Topic: communication

We need the knowledge and skill to evaluate claims of effectiveness as medical treatments– for instance, to determine whether the research that supports that claim is solid, or if it’s unreliable.

A doc who’s watching the clock is far less likely to expend valuable time chatting with a patient.

The addicted brain is unable to accurately evaluate the situation.

Kids in the audience already know someone who uses drugs without appearing to suffer much from it. Assertions to the contrary by some stranger are automatically dismissed.

Of course a blog has one big down side: You have to keep feeding it, like Moloch, with new content.

Many addicts think they can control their drinking. While they may be able to stop, simply quitting is different from a lasting, internal change.

Social networking speech is protected, in the United States at least, by the same Constitution that protects other forms of speech.

By the time a client lands in treatment, it may be hard to tell whether their family relationships offer a potential asset or a problem set to address.

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

Psychological theories that may be of great interest to professionals can seem like messages from Pluto to a rehab patient.