MDs Confronting SUDs
I imagine it takes a special kind of practitioner to push aside the barriers in the system to get to the SUD that lies underneath, even when he or she knows it’s there.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 31, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
I imagine it takes a special kind of practitioner to push aside the barriers in the system to get to the SUD that lies underneath, even when he or she knows it’s there.
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For many people, however, including helping professionals, it’s tempting to just give up
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But it’s still confusing for many people outside the field, since unlike psychiatry, they don’t revise their thinking every couple decades.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 2, 2019 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Many so-called “heavy drinkers” do in fact meet criteria for an AUD, but quite a few do not.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 22, 2018 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Here’s something else familiar: That preoccupation with obtaining and protecting the supply.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 11, 2018 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Her definition of social drinking was any alcohol consumed in the company of other human beings.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 5, 2017 | In the News | 0 |
A Federal judge once concluded in a famous lawsuit: It was clear that psychiatrists get together to define various disorders, and then every so often, get back together to redefine them.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 18, 2016 | Addiction, Addiction Clinicians | 1 |
Newcomers had a tendency to focus their attention on the drug that brought them to treatment, ignoring others they happened to have been using.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 30, 2016 | Addiction, Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Perhaps 20% of users will experience withdrawal– evidence of their dependence on the drug– regardless of whether they have other symptoms.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 23, 2016 | Addiction Clinicians, Families, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
There’s a lag between the onset of an addictive disorder and arrival in treatment.
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Some observers have criticized us for orienting treatment methods to more severe cases, but that’s predominantly who we see in many forms of treatment.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 11, 2014 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction | 2 |
Having that particular label implies– the need to make a number of important changes in lifestyle that the patient frankly doesn’t feel like making.
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