Predicting CUD’s Impact on Treatment
...it’s more likely to be those with five or six or more symptoms -- the “high-moderate” to severe cases, in DSM parlance – who eventually seek treatment.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 22, 2024 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
...it’s more likely to be those with five or six or more symptoms -- the “high-moderate” to severe cases, in DSM parlance – who eventually seek treatment.
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Hint: Just insisting that you’re not bluffing this time won’t convince that young man, or many others of his kind. He’ll need to be shown.
In an atmosphere such as this – already ‘spoiled’, we might say – any response must be carefully thought through and planned.
by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 6, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
…the real barrier for many newcomers to AA was the fear that ultimately, they would be required to stop drinking entirely, on a permanent basis.
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I’m not sure the author realizes that almost all the drinkers who wind up in addiction treatment do so after having gone through a period of questioning whether or not they deserve a label such as alcoholic.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 25, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
“choosing to use lower-potency cannabis products could help to make cannabis use safer and offers a sensible strategy for harm reduction.”
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 24, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
She was continually being surprised when others reported what she’d said and done during her blackouts. The memories themselves never returned.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 13, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Yes, to an addiction counselor it will seem reminiscent of the control strategies employed by many folks who eventually wind up in treatment.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 25, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
The author cites a meta-analysis conducted by another group that some 47% of frequent cannabis users, both recreational and medical, were experiencing withdrawal symptoms.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 12, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |
Definite progress has been made, but there are still plenty of examples of people who fall through the cracks in the healthcare system.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 17, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |
One man was shocked at the intensity of his craving for liquor after just a few weeks of relative moderation.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 20, 2021 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Offer counseling and support or even a special track for folks who “fell off the wagon”, so to speak, and now may be ready to climb back on.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 13, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |
I suppose he was happy for people to see him as pigheaded, since it covered up the real problem: His rapidly deteriorating cognitive function.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 6, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |
He came to see it in terms of needing to give up one thing– alcohol– so he could have everything else.
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