Depression in a Pandemic
Depression, whatever the cause, doesn't respond well to willpower. No better, for that matter, than addiction does.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 21, 2021 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Depression, whatever the cause, doesn't respond well to willpower. No better, for that matter, than addiction does.
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 2, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 27, 2020 | Recovery | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 4, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | May 14, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 6, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 1, 2019 | Public Policy | 0 |
…the problems we decide not to deal with at present go on to undermine treatment for the rest.
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The physician, meanwhile, depends on the information provided by medical science, usually in the form of materials from the pharma firm that markets the product.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 11, 2019 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
The increased incidence of depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric symptoms linked to OUD may also help to account for high rates of relapse among patients, post-treatment, versus other substance disorders.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 8, 2018 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 14, 2018 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
In the absence of complaints, the prescriber can be tempted to assume things are going well, when in fact they aren’t.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 21, 2017 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 7, 2017 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
Patients with severe substance disorders may experience depression as a result of the cumulative effects of their substance use.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 3, 2017 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
This goes back to a problem in assessing pain. There’s no physical test for what is essentially a subjective experience.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 29, 2016 | In the News, Treatment | 0 |
It usually comes back to the assumption that another problem ‘underlies’ addiction, and therefore will respond to treatment with the “right” drug, if we can figure out what it is.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 17, 2016 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |
“I probably would have taken them anyway. I was really hoping for a chemical fix.”
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 25, 2016 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
The practitioner’s job is to tease apart the clinical picture to identify likely contributors to focus on in treatment.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 2, 2015 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
…progress is the measuring stick. You want your patient to know the joy of a structured, purposeful life.
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