Treatment Outcomes: Does it Work?
Our longstanding practice of branding anyone who drank again a ‘failure’ kept us from recognizing very real success right under our noses.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
Will This Client Follow Directions?
If Bob gets a job, his mom will ask him to move out of the basement, and he’ll have to get a roommate, which he doesn’t want, so better to remain unemployed.
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Quick Onset: “One Drink” Alcoholism
One large survey of alcoholics found that some 14% had actually become dependent within a year of the first drink. The percentage almost doubled when the time period was extended to two years.
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Seniors With Addiction Have Special Needs
That doesn’t mean you need a program that treats senior exclusively. It does suggest that you should concentrate your efforts on programs with access to physician care beyond simple detox.
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Trapped: Helping Clients Avoid Relapse
Would have been easy enough to avoid, had I seen it coming. Unfortunately the brain I was using to make decisions was the addicted one. It was not a friend to recovery.
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