Application of EMDR and Brainspotting with Addiction and Mental Health
In writing this article, it is important to understand that once trained in eye movement and desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) and brainspotting, the…
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2016 Sep-Oct
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Treatment Outcomes for Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach Participants with Co-Occurring Problems
Clinicians working in adolescent substance use treatment programs know that youth they see frequently have co-occurring mental health problems that need to…
Peer Recovery Support by Prison Correspondence
The “helper” therapy principle proposed in 1965 by sociologist Frank Reissman suggests that those providing help are as likely, if not more…
The Power of Families to Influence Addiction Recovery: An Interview with Robert J. Meyers, PhD
One of the major clinical innovations in the modern treatment of addiction is the community reinforcement approach and family training (CRAFT) intervention…
Congress 60: A Recovery Community in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The recent rise in opiate addiction within the Islamic Republic of Iran has triggered a wide variety or cultural and professional responses…
When Chaos Rules: Society’s New Addiction to Speed and its Impact on Treatment and Recovery
In the mid-1990s my teenage daughter was fluent in the new social language of stress. She was overwhelmed, pressured, and felt that…
Trauma Symptoms and Treatment Outcomes for Men and Women in Substance Abuse Treatment
There is a significant relationship between the experience of trauma and subsequent substance abuse (Kilpatrick et al., 2003; Rosenberg, 2011). For many…
