If you read my column in the last issue of Counselor, you have probably figured out that the “Drug X” I described is alcohol. This is the number one drug problem in the US and ...
This feels surreal. In October 1976, almost forty years ago, I welcomed readers to the first issue of The US Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, a twenty-four-page tabloid newspaper which was the very ...
Gambling is fast becoming a public health problem in the United States, especially among emerging adults aged eighteen to twenty-five. Since 1995, rates have doubled with around 7 to 11 percent of the emerging adult ...
“Look at this! They finally proved what we told them twenty years ago!” wrote psychiatrist Charles Whitfield, MD, ten years ago across the top of a just published research report. The article was reporting on ...
This is the second and final installment in a series dealing with adverse repercussions of our growing isolation from nature. In the previous column I introduced the concept of nature deficit disorder (NDD) as a ...
It’s hard to believe, but conference time is quickly approaching. It is amazing to consider the long list of accomplishments that have been made by this organization since CAARR and CAADAC have consolidated to form ...
Dear Dr. Toni: I am an educated female professional in my forties who works with women as a coach. I have been in a long-distance relationship with a man for the past year. ...
On occasion, this column highlights an addiction research center in the country. The idea is to pass on practical clinical information generated from such programs to addiction professionals. This time we highlight The Center on ...
In my previous article I alluded to my book When God Becomes a Drug (1998) in which I placed religious extremism in the context of fanatical, addictive behavior. It was dangerous then, and with the ...
This addiction treatment field has had major conflicts about abstinence versus harm reduction or moderation management. This controversy requires some closer scrutiny. While it is clear that the dispute has its roots in ...
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