Judy Crane, author, therapist, speaker, and founder of Florida’s The Refuge and The Guest House treatment centers, is no stranger to trauma and drug abuse. In the introduction to her new book, The Trauma Heart: ...
A distinctive feature of recovery from addictive disorders is that while people entering recovery have reached a point where they are powerless over the addiction per se, they must assume central responsibility for holding the ...
2017. Has there ever been a new year when national headlines have been so dominated by significant developments effecting our societal attitudes toward substance abuse and addiction? Let’s review. Almost lost just prior ...
Alcohol and drug use are common among student-athletes (White & Rabiner, 2011). Underage drinking, drinking and driving, binge drinking (i.e., five drinks in a row per occasion for a male and four per occasion for ...
In keeping with this issue’s focus on adolescents, this column will initially focus on research findings concerning the predominant emphasis, in many settings, of prescribing antidepressants as a first line of attack in treating major ...
Dear Dr. Toni: I am a fifty-four-year-old female therapist. I practice somewhere in South Florida. Last week my husband of twenty years left me for a younger woman. I have been in recovery for ...
This is the final installment in a three-column series dealing with aging and wellness in recovery. The first two columns focused on threats to sobriety that often accompany aging and suggestions for counteracting these hazards, ...
Early in the history of addiction treatment the field realized that adolescents were not “short adults,” and that they presented with different problems and needs from adults. This awareness resulted in the development of adolescent-specific ...
It is difficult to argue with those who state that drug addiction is the biggest single social problem of our times. It is undeniable that the threat of both legal and illegal drugs, most especially ...
Dr. Michael Flaherty is a long-time friend and colleague with whom I regularly discuss addiction and recovery issues, and ways to promote recovery for affected individuals and families. Mike is a practicing psychologist, researcher, educator, ...
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