Why Don’t Physicians Refer People for Treatment?
A patient said he’d visited a local family clinic three times in the past year for drinking-related problems and the physician never once mentioned that he needed treatment.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
Is There a Cure?
When I think of a ‘cure’ for alcoholism, I mean the ability to drink without further problems.
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Rural Areas and ASAM Criteria
We keep running into situations where ASAM criteria don’t seem to apply.
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How to Lower Inpatient Dropout Rates
Picture a boat with two holes in its bottom. Fix one and not the other and the second leaks a little worse than before.
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Will Spirituality Work for This Counselor?
I wasn’t trained in how to incorporate material about faith and God into counseling. Most of my graduate school education was on traditional social work practice.
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