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02/04/2020
Today's increasingly favored delivery systems for the psychoactive compound in marijuana have heightened the risk of psychotic symptoms among users, according to leaders in the treatment and research communities. An addiction treatment center...
Today's increasingly favored delivery systems for the psychoactive compound in marijuana have heightened the risk of psychotic symptoms among users, according to leaders in the treatment and research communities. An addiction treatment center...
Today's increasingly favored...
02/04/2020
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01/31/2020
The U.S. online gambling affiliate BettingUSA.com is stepping in where most state governments have fallen short, becoming the first organization of its kind to pledge a donation of 1% of its earnings toward responsible gaming initiatives.
The U.S. online gambling affiliate BettingUSA.com is stepping in where most state governments have fallen short, becoming the first organization of its kind to pledge a donation of 1% of its earnings toward responsible gaming initiatives.
The U.S. online gambling...
01/31/2020
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01/30/2020
Sharing a table during a professional conference a few years ago, the clinical director of a Denver-area outpatient addiction treatment agency was reminded how physicians and substance use counselors can find themselves worlds apart in their...
Sharing a table during a professional conference a few years ago, the clinical director of a Denver-area outpatient addiction treatment agency was reminded how physicians and substance use counselors can find themselves worlds apart in their...
Sharing a table during a...
01/30/2020
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01/20/2020
A series of studies conducted at Harvard University sheds new light on how emotions contribute to addictive behavior. The results suggest that sadness, more than any other negative emotion, increases the craving to smoke...
A series of studies conducted at Harvard University sheds new light on how emotions contribute to addictive behavior. The results suggest that sadness, more than any other negative emotion, increases the craving to smoke...
A series of studies conducted at...
01/20/2020
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01/17/2020
A review of seven years of Medicaid claims data from 16 states offers a stark assessment of young people's limited access to effective opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment after surviving an overdose.
A review of seven years of Medicaid claims data from 16 states offers a stark assessment of young people's limited access to effective opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment after surviving an overdose.
A review of seven years of...
01/17/2020
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The Importance of Boosting Your Self-Compassion
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01/16/2020
As an addiction clinician, you've chosen a career to help people—and caregiving is most likely essential to your personality. If working in this field for even a year or two, you're undoubtedly skillful in treating clients kindly and...
As an addiction clinician, you've chosen a career to help people—and caregiving is most likely essential to your personality. If working in this field for even a year or two, you're undoubtedly skillful in treating clients kindly and...
As an addiction clinician,...
01/16/2020
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01/15/2020
The latest analysis of the impact of recreational marijuana legalization initiatives on substance use among young people has found an ongoing pattern of increased marijuana use among college students in legalization states.
The latest analysis of the impact of recreational marijuana legalization initiatives on substance use among young people has found an ongoing pattern of increased marijuana use among college students in legalization states.
The latest analysis of the...
01/15/2020
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01/09/2020
Feeling any buyer's remorse about those New Year's resolutions you invested in emotionally last month? An alcohol and drug counselor at the Mountainside treatment facility in Canaan, Conn., says most of her patients can sympathize, having...
Feeling any buyer's remorse about those New Year's resolutions you invested in emotionally last month? An alcohol and drug counselor at the Mountainside treatment facility in Canaan, Conn., says most of her patients can sympathize, having...
Feeling any buyer's remorse...
01/09/2020
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News
01/02/2020
Substance use treatment programs in California are eligible for funding assistance to enhance screening and treatment for nicotine addiction, via an initiative from the state's Department of Public Health and the state Tobacco Control...
Substance use treatment programs in California are eligible for funding assistance to enhance screening and treatment for nicotine addiction, via an initiative from the state's Department of Public Health and the state Tobacco Control...
Substance use treatment programs...
01/02/2020
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12/31/2019
The addiction treatment and recovery system in the United States is massive. The industry comprises approximately 15,000 public and private service units with more than 1.3 million persons in care at any point in time. Some 24 million people...
The addiction treatment and recovery system in the United States is massive. The industry comprises approximately 15,000 public and private service units with more than 1.3 million persons in care at any point in time. Some 24 million people...
The addiction treatment and...
12/31/2019
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