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Prescription ProTips for Physicians
Is there a disparity between what you can observe and what the patient reports?
Good and Bad Advice at 12 Step Meetings
12 Step literature suggests that sponsors stick with advice on how to work the Steps, rather than stray into realms better left to trained professionals.
Synthetic Marijuana: A Brief Look
Some of the adverse effects reported by K2 and Spice users are no doubt related to unidentified substances that adulterate the product.
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Families Blogs
Outpatient Follies
The experience of addicts and alcoholics, particularly at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, makes it clear that we could use more inpatient resources, not fewer.
Medical Marijuana
They don’t advertise themselves as PTSD docs; they’re pot docs. Little or no mention of treatment associated with the prescription.
Hospital Follies
The notorious revolving door wasn’t entirely due to the patient’s desire to avoid change– the hospital couldn’t get them out the front door fast enough.
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Documenting Supervision
Busy professionals, though, may rely on “taking notes,” and doing the more formal documentation “later, when there’s time.”
Diagnosis: Towards Validity and Consistency
The way addicts and alcoholics themselves talk about their condition (“an emotional disease,” “a parasite the feeds on our emotions”, “an emotional cancer,” “a fear based disease”) is rarely considered in theories of addiction.
A Better Diagnostic Understanding of Addiction
While it may have similarities to other disorders, the emotional dysregulation that characterizes addiction is not the same.
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Clinician Blogs
Outpatient Follies
The experience of addicts and alcoholics, particularly at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, makes it clear that we could use more inpatient resources, not fewer.
Medical Marijuana
They don’t advertise themselves as PTSD docs; they’re pot docs. Little or no mention of treatment associated with the prescription.
Hospital Follies
The notorious revolving door wasn’t entirely due to the patient’s desire to avoid change– the hospital couldn’t get them out the front door fast enough.
Resources
Documenting Supervision
Busy professionals, though, may rely on “taking notes,” and doing the more formal documentation “later, when there’s time.”
Professional Development Plan
Clinicians who improve their skills produce better outcomes for the client.
Prescription ProTips for Physicians
Is there a disparity between what you can observe and what the patient reports?
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Programs Blogs
Outpatient Follies
The experience of addicts and alcoholics, particularly at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, makes it clear that we could use more inpatient resources, not fewer.
Medical Marijuana
They don’t advertise themselves as PTSD docs; they’re pot docs. Little or no mention of treatment associated with the prescription.
Hospital Follies
The notorious revolving door wasn’t entirely due to the patient’s desire to avoid change– the hospital couldn’t get them out the front door fast enough.
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Outpatient Follies
The experience of addicts and alcoholics, particularly at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, makes it clear that we could use more inpatient resources, not fewer.
Medical Marijuana
They don’t advertise themselves as PTSD docs; they’re pot docs. Little or no mention of treatment associated with the prescription.
Documenting Supervision
Busy professionals, though, may rely on “taking notes,” and doing the more formal documentation “later, when there’s time.”
