Music Hath Charms
You’re aware that music therapy is used in mental health settings. Playing music is great, but for most of us, it’s enough just to listen and be affected.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
What is a “Safe” Drinking Level?
Problems with alcohol are better defined in terms of the problems themselves than some arbitrary amount consumed.
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Helping Staff Manage Boundaries
Countertransference issues can be a genuine hazard in our field. If allowed to continue, it can lead to some pretty spectacular incidents.
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“Weak” Evidence for Prescription Opioid Effectiveness
These powerful drugs have escaped the constraints of legal use and become widely misused
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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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