Category: PDF Articles

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 But some tried-and-true tools will never go out of date.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.

PDF Articles

Diagnosing Cannabis Use Disorder: Updated

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 14, 2016 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles, Programs | 1 |

It certainly makes sense that if you suffer from a major mental illness, you should stay away from pot.

Documenting Supervision

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 14, 2014 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles, Programs | 0 |
Professional Development Plan

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 7, 2014 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles, Programs | 0 |
Social Networking and Recovery Services

by Cecile | Aug 7, 2013 | PDF Articles, Programs | 0 |
Family Inventory: Priorities and Values

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 18, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles, Treatment | 4 |
Whose Life is it, Anyway?

by C. Scott McMillin | May 20, 2013 | Families, PDF Articles, Programs, Recovery | 2 |

Relapse Traps Inventory

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 24, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles, People in Recovery, Programs, Recovery | 0 |

Focusing on the areas most likely to challenge sobriety can help the person in recovery prepare positive responses.

Sustain the Gain

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 22, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles, People in Recovery, Programs, Recovery | 0 |

The trick is to sustain the gains made in rehab in the vast uncontrolled experiment that is everyday life.

Evaluating Antisocial Behavior: Quick Assessment Tool

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 8, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles | 0 |

Clinicians working with addicted offenders and ‘coerced’ (court-ordered) clients often find these problems complicating substance abuse treatment; this tool can help identify particular areas of concern.

Tobacco Cessation Workbook

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 4, 2013 | Addiction, PDF Articles | 2 |

Make specific changes that make it easier to live without tobacco. Your lifestyle should promote your physical, spiritual, and psychological well-being.

The Family That Recovers Together

by Lisa Neumann | Apr 3, 2013 | Families, PDF Articles | 0 |

If we have been or are in the addict’s path, we have dealt with having to compromise.

Crisis Management Cheat Sheet

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 4, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles, Programs | 0 |

This ‘cheat sheet’ is a quick reminder about some very basic principles of relating to a person who happens to be in crisis.

Using Leverage in Counseling the Court-Referred Client, Part 9

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 28, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles | 0 |

Their fondness for risk and excitement makes them ill-suited to a ‘straight’ lifestyle they would no doubt describe as boring.

Using Leverage in Counseling the Court-Referred Client, Part 8

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 13, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles | 0 |

Even the most recalcitrant drinker can appreciate the desirability of avoiding still more consequences. It’s a side door around some of the alcoholic’s denial.