After years in the drug world, it may not be easy for someone new to recovery to fit comfortably into the larger society. It helps to find people such as yourself– who used to use drugs but no longer do– to relate to.
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Craving has finally been added to the symptom list. I was never entirely clear on why it wasn’t included in DSM-IV, since there’s an impressive body of research on craving measurement.
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Stats are something we impose on them when there’s already another client waiting in the corridor and the charting still isn’t done.
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The challenge is to develop that relationship quickly enough to engage the client and create an environment that promotes success.
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The law can reflect professional ethics, but many times it does not. It’s quite possible for a certain type of conduct to be within the law and yet not meet ethical standards.
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