More Bad Medicine
Seriously, how dumb, or perhaps desperate, would a medical professional have to be to undertake something like this?
The Meth Mess – Oman coming
...one past error has been to overemphasize the more glamorous supply side interventions – interdiction and law enforcement – while paying much less attention to the demand side of the bargain.
A study from Japanese researchers, relatively small in scope, is garnering attention among clinical professionals, as well as in the media. A synopsis:
Write down your thoughts and shred them to relieve anger, researchers say
Writing negative reactions on paper and shredding it or scrunching and throwing in the bin eliminates angry feelings, study finds
This interested me, because I first encountered something much like it in the context of 12 Step meetings held at the detox facility where I worked. One evening, the speaker mentioned several “tricks” he’d learned that helped him (and later, others he sponsored) to avoid relapsing to alcohol.
One of those tricks involved keeping a pad of Post-It Notes in his pocket, so that when a bothersome thought or feeling came up during the course of the day, he could jot down a brief note about whatever had upset him. Then he would toss it in the nearest receptacle.
It was the writing and tossing that made the difference, he...
Write down your thoughts and shred them to relieve anger, researchers say
Writing negative reactions on paper and shredding it or scrunching and throwing in the bin eliminates angry feelings, study finds
This interested me, because I first encountered something much like it in the context of 12 Step meetings held at the detox facility where I worked. One evening, the speaker mentioned several “tricks” he’d learned that helped him (and later, others he sponsored) to avoid relapsing to alcohol.
One of those tricks involved keeping a pad of Post-It Notes in his pocket, so that when a bothersome thought or feeling came up during the course of the day, he could jot down a brief note about whatever had upset him. Then he would toss it in the nearest receptacle.
It was the writing and tossing that made the difference, he...
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More Bad Medicine
Seriously, how dumb, or perhaps desperate, would a medical professional have to be to undertake something like this?
The Bill Comes Due
ALD (alcohol-related liver disease) in the United States is projected to cost $355 billion in direct healthcare-related costs and $525 billion in lost labor and economic consumption.
The Power of Drug Company Marketing
...a number of years ago, the Institute of Medicine set forth guidelines intended to reduce the influence of advertising on how physicians prescribed medications... to date, relatively few physicians have actually adopted those guidelines.
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Writing and Ripping
Recovery isn't just about big, life-changing decisions. It's mostly in the myriad little choices we all make, every single day of our lives.
Are Medical Marijuana Patients Drug-Dependent?
It just makes sense for addiction treatment to include helpful information about cannabis dependence, especially if your patient census includes persons who are already enrolled in, or are considering enrolling in, medical marijuana programs.
Pink Cocaine, it isn’t
When I've seen people attempt to explain their motives, they usually blame it on the trust they had in their source -- whoever gave or sold it to them at the time. That trust was misplaced, they complain.
An Interesting Case From Virginia
If I had to recommend something, it would be for schools and parents to grab onto those evidence-based approaches and make them integral to your school culture.
Writing and Ripping
Recovery isn't just about big, life-changing decisions. It's mostly in the myriad little choices we all make, every single day of our lives.
Is there a role for cannabis in OUD Treatment?
They found no clear correlation between cannabis use and a lessening of opioid dependence.
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Exercising for Chronic Pain Relief
We've known for several decades that regular exercise, even the mild sort, helps lessen symptoms of depression. It comes as no surprise that it may also help with CPS and the mood problems that accompany it.
Borderline, Revisited
The term was invented in the 1930’s to describe someone prone to becoming psychotic or severely disturbed under stress, but who otherwise was capable of functioning normally.
Self-Diagnosis
Most of the time, there’s an extended period in which the drinker is engaged in something called ‘comparing out’. That's when they're focused on what isn't wrong with their drinking, and ignoring or minimizing what is.
Exercising for Chronic Pain Relief
We've known for several decades that regular exercise, even the mild sort, helps lessen symptoms of depression. It comes as no surprise that it may also help with CPS and the mood problems that accompany it.
Drugs in Jail
If 70% or more of a jail population has been identified as having a drug or alcohol problem – that does happen – then what you’re really operating is a treatment center that happens to have bars on the windows and guards at the entrance.
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First Person Hard Charger
In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
First Person Hard Charger
In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
Diagnosing Cannabis Use Disorder: Updated
It certainly makes sense that if you suffer from a major mental illness, you should stay away from pot.
Video: Practical Advice on Prescription Painkiller Problems
People have abused opiates for 5,000 years. As much as medicine depends on them, they've always created problems for a percentage of users.
