New Money or Not?
It turns out that the funds in question had previously been delayed, for months... They were now to be released, late.
60 Years of “Warspeak”
...a former US Senator took the time to explain to me that framing certain problems as a war rather than, say, a public health issue, made it much easier to marshal public support and (hopefully) a lot of funding.
I had just finished bemoaning the lack of funding for addictions programs when a welcome bit of news showed up in my inbox — in the form of a press release from HHS.
Secretary Kennedy Announces Over $700 Million in New Funding to Address Mental Illness, Addiction, Homelessness
“Through more than $700 million in new investments, we are advancing President Trump's Great American Recovery Initiative and addressing the addiction and serious mental illness that fuel homelessness across America,” the Secretary announced. “These investments will help move people from the streets into treatment and recovery, strengthen families, save lives, and make communities safer…”
I promptly forwarded it to two of my colleagues in the field, letting them know that substantial new funding would be available, probably through the grant process, for behavioral health and homelessness. Good news indeed.
Then, a short while after, this nugget showed up, from StatNews.
RFK Jr....
Secretary Kennedy Announces Over $700 Million in New Funding to Address Mental Illness, Addiction, Homelessness
“Through more than $700 million in new investments, we are advancing President Trump's Great American Recovery Initiative and addressing the addiction and serious mental illness that fuel homelessness across America,” the Secretary announced. “These investments will help move people from the streets into treatment and recovery, strengthen families, save lives, and make communities safer…”
I promptly forwarded it to two of my colleagues in the field, letting them know that substantial new funding would be available, probably through the grant process, for behavioral health and homelessness. Good news indeed.
Then, a short while after, this nugget showed up, from StatNews.
RFK Jr....
- Thinking About Addiction
- In the News
- Public Health
- Public Policy
Fool Me, Please
...a chatbot doesn’t actually feel anything for the user. It’s simply doing what it was programmed to do. Principally, that’s serving as a perfect mirror.
New Money or Not?
It turns out that the funds in question had previously been delayed, for months... They were now to be released, late.
This isn’t an emergency?
…a drug that kills nearly 500 Americans every day, and causes more deaths in a typical year than every infectious disease combined. It is manufactured abroad and domestically, then sold by powerful multinational organizations with a vast network of distributors
- Resources About
- Addiction
- Addictive Substances
- Prevention
- Recovery
- Treatment
Doubts about Diagnosis
It’s vulnerable to bias, both on the part of the patient and the practitioner.
Addicted to Exercise?
Like addicts deprived of their drug of choice, the compulsive exerciser may report a deep sense of loss, accompanied by symptoms such as sleeplessness, irritability, depression, anxiety.
Microdosing hallucinogens
They must be getting some kind of reward, or they wouldn’t keep coming back. Perhaps it’s the placebo effect?
Life in a Hot Spot
Make it a continuing effort, using strategies based in evidence, and harnessing the power of human interaction-- instead of relying on a burst of anti-drug education, however intense.
The Storytellers
One young man explained that he avoided speaker meetings because the “drunkalogues” he heard triggered in him an awful craving for a drink.
Doubts about Diagnosis
It’s vulnerable to bias, both on the part of the patient and the practitioner.
- Resources For
- Addiction Clinicians
- Families
- People in Recovery
- Programs
Rage-baited
From a counseling standpoint, it’s a time when we ought to be advising patients to restrict their social media activity, at the very least to selected forums and sites that support recovery goals
Rage-baited
From a counseling standpoint, it’s a time when we ought to be advising patients to restrict their social media activity, at the very least to selected forums and sites that support recovery goals
Parenting Under The Influence
Children raised in such families are more likely to be exposed to violence, to initiate their own substance use at an earlier age, and to have mental health problems in childhood.
Is This Recovery?
...there are other folks out there like these— pretending to sobriety yet still secretly using, and hoping to avoid the sort of trouble that haunted them in the past.
Officers in the House
...with law enforcement agencies taking on vastly different roles, planning and practicing our response appears more important than in the past.
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A Novel Approach
...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.
A Novel Approach
...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.
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.
