Agenda vs. Agenda
Ambivalence isn’t just a matter of figuring out what we want to do. It’s very much about the ability to make good decisions and feel confident about them.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
The March of Pseudoscience
The treatment population is jam-packed with vulnerable people and families desperately looking for magic solutions to a genuinely challenging problem like recovery.
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A Simple Test
Really resistant clients are already planning to continue using alcohol or drugs throughout treatment, possibly in secret.
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Aaieee!! Krokodil!
The evidence suggests we do not yet have a Krokodil epidemic. Although the media seems to do its best to help create one.
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Building Blocks of Motivation
Even when the patient has concluded that continued substance use is no longer the best option, he or she still harbors a number of important doubts about the ability to change.
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