COVID-19 has revealed weaknesses in the gold standard for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. The methadone dispensing arm of opioid treatment programs (OTPs) delivers life-saving treatment to large volumes of people with OUD, but the ...
As of this writing, thirty-five states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana (hereafter referred to as “cannabis”), and an additional seven states have legalized cannabidiol (CBD) oil only (DISA Global Solutions, 2021). ...
Our bodies and brains are like radio antennae, gathering information from our environment. Our brains and bodies respond to every experience by creating or releasing chemicals and hormones. Experiences create connections and networks in our ...
Racial/ethnic discrimination, a practice of oppression, exclusion, and unequal treatment of stigmatized groups, has gained increased attention as a salient source of stress (Carter, Lau, Johnson, & Kirkinis, 2017; Goosby, Cheadle, & Mitchell, 2018; Williams ...
Whether you should maintain your website by yourself is a decision every behavioral health care provider must make for themselves. In truth, there’s no right or wrong answer. To better understand whether that’s the best ...
Safe and stable housing is critical to recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders. By providing housing and other support to individuals, recovery residences represent a vital component of a comprehensive and recovery-oriented system of ...
According to a recent report on drug use published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), nearly 20 million adults in the United States have a substance use disorder (SUD). However, less ...
As we travel through life, many of us navigate a series of shifts concerning our beliefs in a higher power (or lack thereof), together with our sense of alignment with that power. I suspect this ...
How does Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) tackle the problem of memory and relapse, that mysterious inability to learn from experience? There are a number of ways, which I will discuss in this article. The Casual Relapse ...
Parents of individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) must have a high tolerance for aberrant behavior. My two sons struggled for decades with addiction to heroin and are both now in long-term recovery. This is ...
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