Category: Treatment

What works? For who? What doesn’t? Why? A complicated disease makes for complexities in treatment.

Treatment

Elder and Addicted

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 23, 2019 | Treatment | 0 |

For many people, however, including helping professionals, it's tempting to just give up

Groups That Work: Values

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 25, 2019 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
Life Without Opioids

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 24, 2019 | Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |
Proposing a Plan

by C. Scott McMillin | May 23, 2019 | Prevention, Public Policy, Treatment | 0 |
Coercion in Massachusetts

by C. Scott McMillin | May 20, 2019 | Public Policy, Treatment | 0 |
Treatment and Coercion

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 25, 2019 | Public Policy, Treatment | 0 |

Medical Cannabis in Addiction Treatment

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 1, 2018 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |

The field is getting accustomed to patients arriving in addiction treatment complaining of problems with prescription opioids, stimulants, sedatives, etc, while actively enrolled in medical cannabis programs.

Why No Opioid Taper?

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 27, 2018 | Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |

Not everybody wants to remain dependent on pain medication. But at present, we offer few if any alternatives to doing it on your own.

Pain Psychology

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 13, 2018 | Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |

Perhaps more important, the patient could begin to resume a normal life.

Conflict of Interest Case Study

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 18, 2018 | Programs, Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 1 |

Obviously, being able to give your own business a five star rating on a supposedly independent consumer website could be construed as an unfair advantage.

Tossing the Playbook

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 14, 2018 | Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |

We’ve come a long way in treating addictions, but we’re still not very successful at convincing a patient to stick to a treatment regimen.

“Invisible” Hand? Or “Absent” Hand?

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 11, 2018 | Public Policy, Treatment | 1 |

In their eagerness to reduce the size of government, states have stripped away staff who would otherwise make onsite visits to ensure compliance.

In the News: Opioid Addiction and the Private Sector

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 4, 2018 | In the News, Treatment | 0 |

Portman argues that since business and industry will directly benefit, they should take an active or even a leadership role in this effort.

More on Medicaid Requirements

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 15, 2018 | Public Policy, Treatment | 0 |

When they get sick with diseases related to substance use, they’ll avoid going to the doctor or hospital, until their illness is advanced and more extensive and expensive care is involved.