Dear Dr. Toni: I just turned forty-eight and I live somewhere in South Florida. I have been married for ten years and have two children. I eat a healthy diet and I run three ...
Two drug-related issues have received a lot of public and media attention recently: the dramatic rise in deaths from opioids, and the growing legalization of marijuana in several states with expectations of more states still ...
Over the years our field has seen several addiction models come and go. Way back it was the moral concept, then the disease model, and now we seem to be in the burgeoning neuroscience era. ...
Individuals with behavioral health (BH) disorders and their families frequently experience emotional distress associated with these disorders. This affects their well-being and quality of life if strategies are not used to manage emotions or moods. ...
One of the critical elements in evaluating individuals with a substance use disorder is assessing and documenting their substance use (Mee, Lee, Shulman, Fishman, & Gastfriend, 2013; Ries, Fiellin, Miller, & Saitz, 2014; US Department ...
Within the chemical dependency treatment field, it is widely accepted that clients greatly improve their odds of remaining in recovery when they adhere to a strict policy of total abstinence. For instance, it is never ...
We’ve all heard the adage “it takes two” when it comes to relationship problems, but educator Pat Love, EdD, author Eva Berlander, and relationship coach Kathleen McFadden disagree—they state that “one person can do the ...
What was originally intended as a two-column series on the high cost of anger has morphed into three columns. The first installment took a detailed look at the costs of uncontrolled anger affecting our overall ...
My childhood hero, Hall of Fame centerfielder for the New York Yankees Mickey Mantle, the brilliant entertainer Robin Williams, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin all suffered from depression and a substance use disorder (SUD). Sadly, Robin ...
In about a month another year will end. Traditionally, people like to look back on the year and some like to look toward to the future. That seems to be an American trait; we are ...
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