One of the oldest diseases in the world, and we still don’t know as much as we should about its causes, effects, and how to treat it- much less cure it. What we do know, and what we’re learning, ends up here:
That's important in a treatment context, because a history of multiple drug use means they will be tempted to focus on one substance -- their "drug of choice", whatever they may feel that is -- while minimizing the importance of the others.
I’m curious as to whether the reductions in meth use could be expected to lead to eventual abstinence where meth was concerned. That’s been the hope for other maintenance treatments, for the most part unrealized.
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…we still haven’t made much progress in terms of agreeing on what qualifies as legitimate psychotherapy. Or perhaps more importantly, what doesn’t.
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Clinicians …reported feeling under pressure to meet the expectations of clients who had been attracted to the services initially by an aggressive marketing campaign on social media.
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They found no clear correlation between cannabis use and a lessening of opioid dependence.
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Simply bringing up the possibility of ‘doing without’ could be immensely threatening.
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Do you want them here with us, in range of immediate help? Or lying dead in the bathroom of your local fast-food joint?
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There appears to be good evidence for relying on an extended taper off opioids versus a more rapid process. Instead of fast cessation of use, the opioid is deliberately reduced on a preset schedule.
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I doubt ‘tough love’ was ever meant to be that tough. It’s all in how the programs interpret it.
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On the other side of the equation, many in the insurance industry were unimpressed. Who’s supposed to pay for all that? they wanted to know. It won’t be us.
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It may be that psychotherapy itself needs greater definition. The National Institutes for Mental Health define it online as “a term for a variety of treatment techniques that aim to help a person identify and change troubling emotions, thoughts, and behavior.”
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It’s clear that in addition to all the helpful services and programs, the Lummi are also willing to make use of available leverage when necessary to gain compliance.
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“How many fewer days?” was my question. Looks like about 10%.
So if the subject ordinarily drank every day, they eliminated one drinking day in ten?
