Addiction & Recovery articles from March 1993

Addiction & Recovery archives from March 1993

So, what's wrong with advertising? (cigarette advertising) (Editorial)
March 1, 1993... As sheer entertainment, I enjoy a good beer ad as much as anyone. I mean, the sight of hapless Bob Uecker being thrown out of his seat in the ballpark's "front r-o-o-o-w," or trying to convince the guys down at the local sports bar that he's...

Shakeup in substance abuse planning hits White House and Congress.
March 1, 1993... The first few weeks of the Clinton Administration have witnessed such major changes in substance abuse policy that they should register at least a "7" on the Richter scale. One influential congressional committee disappeared in the aftermath...

The brave TV station that just said no to local alcohol advertising. (Salt Lake City's KSL-TV)
March 1, 1993... ON JULY 1, 1990 KSL-TV -- THE 41st largest broadcast station of 214 stations nationwide -- made the unprecedented decision to drop all beer and wine advertising from its local schedule. It is a decision that is costing them more than $1 million...

Alcohol advertising and addiction: what's the connection? (interview with Jean Kilbourne, PhD) (Interview)
March 1, 1993... We all live in a sea of advertising. TV, radio, print media, billboards --all reaching out to us, trying to involve us, and compel us to buy, using techniques developed by some of the world's masters in human motivation. Small wonder, then,...

The media war on addictions: report from the front lines. (interview with Steve Dnistrian, Brian Dyak, Elizabeth Thoman)(includes resource listing) (Interview)
March 1, 1993... Image vs. counter-image -- there is a quiet struggle underway in the media against powerful messages that tend to glamorize addictive behavior or substances. Counter-addiction advertising is showing the frightening realities of drug abuse....

Badvertising: it's an art in itself. (includes related article on cigarette advertising)
March 1, 1993... At first glance it looks like "just another ad" -- that warm, fuzzy look, maybe some fun stuff, perhaps a stirring call to macho grandeur. Then you look a little closer and you notice a diseased heart, a blackened lung, a cancerous lip, or...

The 12 Steps are essential to addictions care. (based on an interview with Robert DuPont, MD)
March 1, 1993... The first thing to make clear about the 12 Steps is what they are not: They are not treatment. They are, however, indispensable, in my opinion, to long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Good addictions care...

The 12 Steps are not for everyone - or even for most. (based on an interview with Archie Brodsky)
March 1, 1993... The 12 Steps are very much oversold as a "cure" for addictions in this country. Yes, they do work for some, but for most people with addictions they can be personally costly and destructive. If we had a more practical type of treatment,...

Adapting the CENAPS Model of Relapse Prevention Therapy to managed care.
March 1, 1993... It is a logical fit, but requires more thinking through of the options available This past January 10-16, PacifiCare of Oklahoma, Behavioral Health Services trained thirty of their preferred providers and three of their clinical case...

Relapse prevention: a state of the art overview. (preventing drug abuse relapse)
March 1, 1993... Counselors now have a "toolbox" for relapse prevention Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT) is a necessary evolutionary step in the field of chemical dependency treatment for four reasons: -- RPT is needed! Many patients relapse only to be...

Is adolescent relapse inevitable? (teenage drug abuse )
March 1, 1993... There are special difficulties that make it easy to think so, but these can be managed I have heard it suggested by some that recovery for adolescents is impossible. The thought that there are professionals who believe this is disturbing...

Chemical dependency and eating disorders: a hidden connection? (interview with Mike McDowell, chemical dependency treatment program director) (Interview)
March 1, 1993... A study recently completed by The Willough at Naples, a Florida-based psychiatric hospital that specializes in eating disorders, as well as chemical dependency, suggests a possible link between the two -- and that addictions treatment providers...

Beyond managed care: how the "good guys" can take the high ground. (includes commentary)
March 1, 1993... The recent flurry of articles and workshops on "managed care" all focus on short-term survival for the providers of treatment or employee assistance. While our survival is important, mere survival is not enough. If we do not think ahead, we...

Non-pharmacologic treatment of tobacco addiction.
March 1, 1993... Tobacco use, especially smoking, is not perpetuated by nicotine addiction alone. Tobacco use occurs in response not only to physical withdrawal from nicotine, but also to certain psychosocial situations, and is also triggered by habitual...