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One program complained that the incentive program seemed to work best with people who were already more motivated, and not as well with more resistant clients.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 26, 2020 | Programs | 0 |
One program complained that the incentive program seemed to work best with people who were already more motivated, and not as well with more resistant clients.
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 17, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians, Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 31, 2020 | Programs | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 30, 2020 | Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 6, 2020 | Programs, Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | May 6, 2019 | Programs | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 13, 2018 | Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |
Perhaps more important, the patient could begin to resume a normal life.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 23, 2018 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
“It’s too much like doing your taxes,” was her verdict. That’s probably the worst thing I’ve heard anyone say about psychotherapy.
Read Moreby Kimberly Hayes | Jul 19, 2018 | Programs | 1 |
Some approaches are better than others at helping an individual identify what works for them in understanding their disease and establishing a stable recovery.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 28, 2018 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
A new study may be exciting to read, but its credibility will ultimately depend on the accumulation of a body of evidence that confirms it.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 22, 2018 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
We may be stuck relying on the soft stuff– therapy, support, behavior change, even spiritual growth– all those icky-squicky things that neuroscientists struggle to quantify.
Read Moreby 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 | Jun 15, 2017 | Programs | 0 |
An important step that programs often skip: the collection of baseline data. Improvements are often incremental, and if you don’t know exactly where you started, it’s easy to miss them.
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 | Nov 24, 2016 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
Might be that clinicians can teach patients to activate their own body’s placebo response, in order to feel better.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 14, 2016 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |
Clinicians… feel as if they’re always missing at least one extremely important tool that would make all the difference.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 13, 2015 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
The therapist’s faith in the approach appears to be more important than the approach itself.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 6, 2014 | Programs, Treatment | 1 |
I’m told that less than half of contemporary medical practice is actually rooted in evidence.
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