Hospital Consults — Are They Worth It?
I asked a number of the attending docs if they’d spoken with the patient about the problem, and was startled by how rarely the answer was yes.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 28, 2022 | Addiction | 1 |
I asked a number of the attending docs if they’d spoken with the patient about the problem, and was startled by how rarely the answer was yes.
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 14, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | May 7, 2018 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 22, 2018 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 30, 2017 | Addiction Clinicians, Addictive Substances, People in Recovery | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 27, 2017 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |
Not surprisingly, the vast majority of patients who drop out or otherwise leave maintenance programs return to heroin at rates of 80% or higher.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 26, 2017 | Programs, Treatment | 3 |
It’s the basic unit of most drug-free approaches. What would happen if it could be incorporated into the OTP curriculum?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 25, 2017 | In the News | 0 |
That’s why I’d welcome more research into the tapering process, with an eye to improving success rates.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 21, 2017 | Programs, Treatment | 0 |
Of course with additional treatment responsibilities, a counselor couldn’t be expected to manage a caseload of up to 75.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 6, 2017 | Public Policy, Treatment | 0 |
The benefits of the program are framed mostly in terms of harm reduction– what doesn’t happen.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 16, 2017 | Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |
An answer such as vigorous exercise or meditation or going to a meeting will never be as universally attractive to someone a few weeks sober as “well, here, why don’t you toke this?”
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 22, 2016 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Would you respond to this information with a concerted effort at self-examination and profound behavior change?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 31, 2016 | Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 1 |
I’ve come to view it more as a tool for harm reduction than a path to long term recovery, with some notable exceptions.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 19, 2016 | Addiction, In the News, Treatment | 1 |
It may be that kratom is a drug that some can use without much difficulty, while for others, it becomes pathological.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 8, 2016 | Public Health, Treatment | 0 |
So even if drug use decreases, and clients continue on methadone, they don’t necessarily make the other much-desired (by society) changes — such as giving up crime.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 21, 2016 | Addiction, Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
The flaw in this very late-stage view of addiction… is the suggestion that somehow, addiction is the patient’s fault. Avoidable if the patient simply followed directions.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 7, 2016 | Addiction Clinicians, Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |
I’m sure some is used to suppress withdrawal, but if it’s possible to get high, then you have to figure people are doing that, too.
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