According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), “Alcohol and tobacco are the drugs most commonly abused by adolescents, followed by marijuana. The next most popular substances differ between age groups. Young adolescents tend ...
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, a wonderful (and often missed) opportunity to not only help your clients understand how alcohol affects them, but also to help them focus on the messages theyíre sending their children. ...
The dictionary defines a mentor as “a trusted counselor or guide” (Merriam-Webster, 2018). We have all been influenced by mentors in our lives-positive role models who have taken a personal interest in us and both ...
Dear Dr. Toni, I am the executive director of a treatment facility where I am the only woman in a leadership position. The clinical director, the new director of admissions, and the CEO are ...
“In general, reconnecting with the essential self can be gradual, sudden or anywhere along a continuum. This book is an overview of my perceptions of how we might go about reconnecting with our essential self. ...
A reasonable question to ask is this: Why aren’t we having better outcomes with many patients who are being treated for addictive disorders in spite of many years of treatment experience (Miller, Wilbourne, & Hettema, ...
Michael Botticelli, in his term as director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), has been a powerful example of recovery in action, especially by moving the needle of public perception ...
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 ...
As treatment professionals, recovery advocates, and addiction specialists, we are often challenged with the notion that recovery is ineffective and unattainable for most addicts. Unfortunately, the general public’s understanding of addiction is riddled with misconceptions ...
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 ...
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