Finding the Right Opioid Treatment Program
Some of what patients hear is gossip and folklore, something for which the addict community is famous. But there is a wide variation in quality among OTPs.
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Posted by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 2, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians | 1 |
Some of what patients hear is gossip and folklore, something for which the addict community is famous. But there is a wide variation in quality among OTPs.
Read MorePosted by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 1, 2012 | Families | 0 |
The technique works. But it doesn’t make for very entertaining TV, which is why they usually leave that part on the cutting room floor.
Read MorePosted by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 31, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians, Programs | 3 |
Counselors and therapists are — and I’m generalizing shamelessly here, so forgive me — warm, empathetic, even sympathetic by nature.
Read MorePosted by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 28, 2012 | Programs | 1 |
Crisis motivates addicts to seek treatment. But the addict’s motivation to remain in treatment decreases as he feels better.
Read MorePosted by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 27, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
First, they don’t understand why they’re in treatment, or how it could possibly benefit them. Second, they’re ticked off about having been coerced.
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