Exercises in Effective Listening
If during the course of a difficult discussion, the conversation happens to touch on any of those areas, expect to react emotionally.
Category: Addiction Clinicians
Addiction clinicians ROCK! It’s a complex field and evolving all the time. But some tried-and-true tools will never go out of date. Strategies, tips, and even a laugh or two.
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Microdosers
If the dose is in fact subtherapeutic, then what causes the effects so enthusiastically reported by the user?
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How to Forget
Suppose we could develop cognitive techniques and train the patient to use them whenever symptoms reappeared?
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LSD Science Update
The relative importance of set and setting suggests that the environment in an LSD experience should be carefully controlled.
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The Motivated Reasoning Paradox
A better approach is to seek out the motivation behind the belief.
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Trauma and Memory
In fact, it’s often difficult to convince the trauma patient to seek treatment, in part because of fear of having to re-experience the event.
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Medical Cannabis in Addiction Treatment
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.
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Is Your Therapy Dull?
“It’s too much like doing your taxes,” was her verdict. That’s probably the worst thing I’ve heard anyone say about psychotherapy.
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Statute of Limitations
It’s sometimes said that the justified ones are by far the most dangerous. They’re the most difficult to let go of, and the most likely to develop into an obsession.
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Addictive Delusions
A reasonably good rule of thumb for differentiating results of substance addiction from other illnesses: When the substance use stops for an extended period, the symptoms improve dramatically or go away entirely.
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Depression Update
Patients with severe substance disorders may experience depression as a result of the cumulative effects of their substance use.
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Searching for a Substitute
If addiction really is a brain disorder based in complex adaptations to a substance, then who’s to say those adaptations won’t occur with a different drug?
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Getting Drugs From Docs Part Three: Prevention
Try thinking of the interaction between drug seeker and practitioner as type of negotiation where the two parties have very different goals.
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