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04/27/2020
The young people who comprise the cohort for the nation's largest study ever of brain development and child health have reached the 12-to-14 age range, meaning that substance use will occupy a central place in the study's next phase.
The young people who comprise the cohort for the nation's largest study ever of brain development and child health have reached the 12-to-14 age range, meaning that substance use will occupy a central place in the study's next phase.
The young people who comprise...
04/27/2020
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04/15/2020
Meeting the ambitious goals of the national Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative will require greater engagement of individuals with substance use and mental health disorders, federal officials said Wednesday at the virtual Rx Drug Abuse &...
Meeting the ambitious goals of the national Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative will require greater engagement of individuals with substance use and mental health disorders, federal officials said Wednesday at the virtual Rx Drug Abuse &...
Meeting the ambitious goals of...
04/15/2020
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04/14/2020
For some patients who survive an opioid overdose, the very next step to wellness might involve not a medical intervention, but the act of getting enough food on the table, or averting an eviction from housing. Leaders of UPMC Health Plan in...
For some patients who survive an opioid overdose, the very next step to wellness might involve not a medical intervention, but the act of getting enough food on the table, or averting an eviction from housing. Leaders of UPMC Health Plan in...
For some patients who survive an...
04/14/2020
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04/06/2020
The damage that COVID-19 has inflicted at the epicenter of the crisis can have a particularly shattering impact on the target groups of New York human-services organizations. For those experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness, for...
The damage that COVID-19 has inflicted at the epicenter of the crisis can have a particularly shattering impact on the target groups of New York human-services organizations. For those experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness, for...
The damage that COVID-19 has...
04/06/2020
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03/30/2020
A national advocacy organization is urging more attention to the needs of LGBTQ youths and young adults in substance use research and prevention initiatives, following its publication of a research brief showing higher rates of recent...
A national advocacy organization is urging more attention to the needs of LGBTQ youths and young adults in substance use research and prevention initiatives, following its publication of a research brief showing higher rates of recent...
A national advocacy organization...
03/30/2020
Addiction Professional
Overcoming Regrets: A Key to Clinician Resilience
03/27/2020
As a clinician, do you have any regrets? If so, how have you coped with such feelings? It’s probably impossible to do dedicated work in the addiction field without experiencing any regrets—whether related to clients, families or...
As a clinician, do you have any regrets? If so, how have you coped with such feelings? It’s probably impossible to do dedicated work in the addiction field without experiencing any regrets—whether related to clients, families or...
As a clinician, do you have any...
03/27/2020
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03/27/2020
Despite evidence that sexual minority women face an increased risk of substance use and related problems, a newly published research review found there are still significant gaps in the availability of conclusive findings about this group.
Despite evidence that sexual minority women face an increased risk of substance use and related problems, a newly published research review found there are still significant gaps in the availability of conclusive findings about this group.
Despite evidence that sexual...
03/27/2020
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`One Day at a Time` Resonates in Today`s Time of Crisis
03/23/2020
In 2014, I wrote an article for Addiction Professional titled “Solving a Challenge to 'One Day at a Time.'” I explained how the classic slogan of 12-Step recovery can prove difficult for survivors of unhealed trauma. Because traumatic...
In 2014, I wrote an article for Addiction Professional titled “Solving a Challenge to 'One Day at a Time.'” I explained how the classic slogan of 12-Step recovery can prove difficult for survivors of unhealed trauma. Because traumatic...
In 2014, I wrote an article for...
03/23/2020
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03/20/2020
Even after controlling for factors such as comorbid mental illness, alcohol use disorder is significantly associated with increased risk of suicide, according to a study conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Even after controlling for factors such as comorbid mental illness, alcohol use disorder is significantly associated with increased risk of suicide, according to a study conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Even after controlling for...
03/20/2020
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03/13/2020
Given the adage that addiction is a disease of isolation and recovery is about connection, how should individuals in recovery maintain progress during a health crisis that is subjecting many people to mandated or self-imposed exile?
Given the adage that addiction is a disease of isolation and recovery is about connection, how should individuals in recovery maintain progress during a health crisis that is subjecting many people to mandated or self-imposed exile?
Given the adage that addiction...
03/13/2020
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