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Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment is for people who have co-occurring disorders, mental illness and a substance abuse addiction. This treatment approach helps people recover by offering both mental health and substance abuse services at the same time and in one setting [SAMHSA, USA]
Between 1997 and 2007, the proportion of substance abuse treatment admissions reporting co-abuse of alcohol and drugs declined from 45.3 to 39.4 percent [SAMHSA, USA]
This TIP endorses a biopsychosociocultural framework based on clinical practice and research centered on women. By placing emphasis on the importance of context, many topics examine the role of factors that influence women’s substance use from initiation of use to engagement of continuing care treatment services, i.e., relationships, gender socialization, and culture [SAMHSA, USA]
Pat Taylor joined Faces & Voices of Recovery as Executive Director in 2003, building on many years of grassroots advocacy leadership [Afflicted & Affected, USA]
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), about 420,000 of the over 5 million veterans receiving health care from VA had substance use disorder diagnoses in fiscal year 2009 [Government Accountability Office, USA]
Findings suggest that treatment completion rates of individuals from poor South African communities can be enhanced by i) improving perceptions of substance abuse treatment through introducing quality improvement initiatives into substance abuse services, ii) strengthening clients’ abstinence-oriented social networks and, iii) strengthening the counselor-client therapeutic alliance [Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Policy, USA]
[Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
Faces & Voices of Recovery grew out of the historic 2001 Recovery Summit in St. Paul, Minnesota. It rose as an organizational manifestation of a new recovery advocacy movement in the United States. In the years since, Pat Taylor has brought great passion, skill and creativity to her leadership of Faces & Voices [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
The drugs scene in Colombia is characterized by the fact that it is dominated by a confusion of insufficiently supported statistics and speculative diagnoses which produce policies that reflect this chaos. The common denominator is the political manipulation of the data [Transnational Institute, uSA]
The concept of “conflict of interest” is a relatively recent development, intended to ensure that those involved in decision-making are motivated by reasonably objective judgment, rather than personal gain or bias [International Center for Alcohol Policies, USA]
The rise of authorized marijuana use in the U.S. means that many individuals are using cannabis as they concurrently engage in other forms of treatment, such as substance abuse counseling and psychotherapy [Harm Reduction Journal, USA]
Lewis Mehl-Madrona, a graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine, recently wrote a piece for Futurehealth.org that zeroes in on a series of highly pertinent questions about the manner is which the America media tends to cover drug policy stories [Addiction Inbox, USA]
The federal law that mandates harsher prison terms for people arrested with crack cocaine than for those caught with cocaine powder is scientifically and morally indefensible. Bills to end the disparity are pending in both the House and Senate [New York Times Editorial, USA]
This report addresses the health consequences of drug use by describing characteristics and drug use patterns of New Yorkers [New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, USA]
Though the Cambodian government says its 11 state drug treatment centers are all voluntary, a report released by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) last month says only 1-2% of drug users enter Cambodia’s drug rehabilitation facilities by choice [Time, USA}
Back when I first became interested in the science of addiction, I was fascinated by an article in Parabola magazine by Dr. Richard Sandor, a Los Angeles psychiatrist with many years of experience treating alcoholics and other drug addicts [Dirk Hanson, Wired In]
An Interview with Phillip Valentine by William L. White, MA [Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, USA}
This month also marks the implementation of a new policy on tobacco papers at PLoS Medicine. While we continue to be interested in analyses of ways of reducing tobacco use, we will no longer be considering papers where support, in whole or in part, for the study or the researchers comes from a tobacco company. As a medical journal we do this for two reasons [PLoS Medicine, USA]
But with about 10% to 15% of Americans, mostly middle-aged or older, suffering from chronic pain severe enough to interfere with daily life, figuring out which pain medications work best — and which are safest — is of crucial interest [Time, USA]
Watch the DBH/MRS Recovery Transformation Video and see how Philadelphia’s Recovery Transformation continues to have a positive impact on the lives of people with behavioral health needs [The Department of Behavioral Health & Mental Retardation Services, City of Philadelphia, USA]
