Smoking Cessation Treatments: What Are Young Adult Smokers Thinking?
Quitting smoking is hard. That is why smoking cessation rates among US adult smokers have remained low over the years: in 2017…
The Current Issue
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2020 Nov-Dec
Smoking Cessation
5 Features
8 Columns
13 Articles
The Features
Examining Antisocial Personality and Opioid Use Disorders from a Psychodynamic Perspective
Many crimes are committed by individuals with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), and ASPD and substance use disorders (SUDs) can be a deadly…
Do Personality Traits Influence Addiction to Online Social Networks?
In recent years, the public has noted the negative consequences of online social network (OSN) use. Multiple research studies across different disciplines…
Tobacco-Free Recovery: Vital for Behavioral Health
It may come as a surprise to some that the major threat to the health of clients with behavioral health issues is…
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Questionnaire Intake Questions Related to E-Cigarette Use (Tobacco-Free Recovery Sidebar)
Have you ever used an e-cigarette even one time? How old were you when you first tried an e-cigarette? Have you ever…
The Columns
Letter from the Publisher
Peer Coaches and Sponsors As treatment for addiction becomes more mainstream and acceptable to society, professionals, clients, and the public are facing…
Enhancing Our Serenity: The Distinction Between Remorse and Guilt
I recently read an article concerning a dialogue between Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg and Rosanne Cash (Johnny Cash’s daughter) that I am…
Children of Parents with SUDs
Nearly 8 percent of the US population met criteria for a substance use disorder (SUD) according to a recent survey by the…
Video Game Addiction, or How the World Health Organization Stumbled into a Diagnostic Quagmire
In 2018 the World Health Organization (WHO) announced plans to include “gaming disorder” in the future International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Far…
Parental Cannabis Addiction Impacts Children
As a cofounder of NACoA, I had my own childhood experiences with an alcoholic father. Times have changed; today, opiates, methamphetamine, and…
“Patient” Versus “Client”: What is the Best Way to Identify Those We Treat?
Recently my organization found itself making the decision on whether to use the term “client” or “patient” in identifying the people we…
Disaster Planning: Being Prepared for California’s New Normal
Every year as the summer sun dries the fields and bakes the forests surrounding our residential treatment center, my fire awareness is…
Ask the LifeQuake Doctor
Dear Dr. Toni, I’m a college-educated woman in her mid-thirties—I guess I’m considered a millennial. I live by myself in the Bay…
