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Sep 01, 2009; ... Blogs Read postings from Lynn Sucher, president of Treatment Consultants and a former clinical director and administrator of addiction treatment facilities. Sucher recently has blogged on meaning-centered therapy and on how clinicians must address their own personal issues as ...
Caught in the middle on marijuana: concerned about effects on treatment, many addiction professionals avoid the heated marijuana policy debate.
Sep 01, 2009; Enos, Gary A. ... While alcohol stands as the most prevalent substance addressed in addiction treatment programs and methamphetamine might have the most vexing effects to combat, marijuana undoubtedly remains the substance most likely to elicit strong emotions in the professional community. ...
Improving alumni relations: an active alumni program can reinforce recovery principles and boost a treatment center's marketing.
Sep 01, 2009; Obernauer, Lorie ... Many addiction treatment programs offer clients a continuum of care: diagnostic assessment, primary treatment, extended care, outpatient services and/or referrals. Other programs are designed to provide only one of these services along the continuum. In any case, we must ask an important ...
An application of integrative medicine: nutritional and other therapies can assist with co-occurring substance use and eating disorders.
Sep 01, 2009; Ross, Carolyn Coker ... Eating disorders (EDs) such as bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa involve many features similar to those present in substance use disorders (SUDs). Both involve a preoccupation with a substance and with the behaviors accompanying the addiction. Both involve some impulse control issues ...
Improving the response to FASD: addiction professionals can assist in drinking prevention and in services to alcohol-exposed individuals.(Feature)
Sep 01, 2009; Guarnera, Daniel ... The adage "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is ancient and wise. But even its implied 16-to-l savings undervalues prevention in cases that are 100% preventable and for which there is no cure. This is the type of case that concerns fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) ...
Raising the bar on ethical standards: counselor conduct shouldn't be based merely on meeting statutory requirements.
Sep 01, 2009; Stanley, Joseph S. ... As I was doing research for this article, I was chatting with a friend online. I told her I was preparing to write about ethics in the practice of addictions counseling, around 1,500 to 2,000 words. Her response: "All you need is five words: Don't sleep with your clients!" ...
A dangerous infatuation: society's preoccupation with celebrity addiction can harm individuals' recovery prospects.
Sep 01, 2009; Bevacqua, Tony ... We all live in a celebrity culture, and celebrity addiction increasingly has become vital to it. It would be no exaggeration to say that millions of people who have never seen a Britney Spears video or a Lindsay Lohan movie are nevertheless familiar with their histories of chemical ...
A challenging comorbidity in adolescents: careful assessment and treatment planning will assist youths with bipolar disorder.
Sep 01, 2009; Dyer, Fred J. ... The challenge of treating adolescents with substance use disorders (SUDs) can be significant by itself. Yet when factoring in an illness such as bipolar disorder and other comorbid disorders such as attention-deficit/hyper-activity disorder (ADHD), formulating treatment plans becomes more ...
Recovery support for the Facebook generation.(Technology)
Sep 01, 2009; Raths, David ... Shari Corbitt, PhD, executive director of TouchStone Treatment Center in Agoura Hills, California, has seen how social networking technology has started to play a role in the lives of people in recovery--especially among younger clients. "Many of our clients are on Facebook," says Corbitt, ...
A new federally regulated role for clinicians.(Drug Testing)
Sep 01, 2009; Morrison, Reed ... Three decades ago, the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor in Middletown, Pennsylvania lurched into a partial meltdown that sent the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) into a mad scramble to tighten its focus on public safety. The date was March 28, 1979, long before Homer Simpson ...
A community leader's straight talk.(Recovery)
Sep 01, 2009; Enos, Gary A. ... Kismet Evans doesn't sugarcoat when she talks to homeless veterans, aimless young people and others whose well-being she considers part of her calling as a person in recovery. Everything she experienced in the worst of times is on the table as part of the message she delivers to others, ...
A comprehensive guide for purchasing decisions.(INTRODUCTION)
Sep 01, 2009; Casement, Nicole ... Mental healthcare and substance use treatment centers usually have tight budgets, meaning many purchasing decisions must be made carefully (especially in today's economy). Managers and frontline staff need accurate and up-to-dare information to make value- and price-conscious choices. To ...
Information technology.(RESOURCE GUIDE)
Sep 01, 2009; ... ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE (EDI) solutions The SSI Group, Inc. Mobile, AL Contact: Betsy Herp Ph. (800) 881-2739 Fax (251) 345-0100 E-mail: betsy.herp@ssigroup.com Web: www.thessigroup.com SSI is an IT company ...
