Addiction & Recovery articles from November 1990

Addiction & Recovery archives from November 1990

SOAR fills a need. (Society of Americans for Recovery)(includes directory of addiction policy groups)
November 1, 1990... SOAR Fills a Void In January 1991, a new star will be added to the constellation of organizations promoting the interests of alcoholics and other victims of addiction. The Society of Americans for Recovery (SOAR) will benefit from...

Time for a new drug war. (prevention of drug abuse) (column)
November 1, 1990... Time For A New Drug War With recent headlines chronicling the never-ending tales of drug-related disasters, with prominent politicians, violinists, athletes, and even justice department officials being tainted with cocaine use, with...

Roundtable on medical education about addiction. (panel discussion)
November 1, 1990... ROUNDTABLE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION ABOUT ADDICTION James F. Callahan, D.P.A., is the executive director of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). His former positions include: director of the Medical and Health Professions Education...

Training practicing physicians - recognition and early treatment of alcohol and other drug problems. (Office for Substance Abuse Prevention's National Tarining System)
November 1, 1990... TRAINING PRACTICING PHYSICIANS--Recognition and Early Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems The National Training System The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 significantly expanded the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (OASP),...

Without stigma: intervention and treatment for medical students. (Eastern Virginia Medical School's Phoenix Committee Support Group)
November 1, 1990... WITHOUT STIGMA: Intervention and Treatment for Medical Students People become ill, illness needs to be treated and treatment is provided by health care professionals. But what happens when the healer needs healing? And how does healing...

Fellowships: establishing a fellowship program requires coming to grips with several major challenges.
November 1, 1990... Fellowships Addiction medicine is a new specialty in American medicine. Its recognition by the medical community, the American Board of Medical Specialties and the public at large is being spearheaded by ASAM, the American Society of...

Certification. (addiction medicine)
November 1, 1990... CERTIFICATION Typically, professions are defined as having some formal occupational organization, recognition, community, and autonomy in the definition and organization of work. Playing an important role in healt care, professionalization...

Love, power and transformation.
November 1, 1990... LOVE, POWER AND TRANSFORMATION Sometimes, only half-jokingly, people have said. "God, give me patience--and make it now." We can probablu identify with that need to have things made better--now, to be free of pain--now and rediscover our...

Studies of drug use and impairment in the medical profession. (prevalence of drug use by physicians)
November 1, 1990... STUDIES OF DRUG USE AND IMPAIRMENT IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION The University of South Florida (USF) Psychiatry Center is the home of one of the nation's first centers for the study of impaired professionals. The Center is collaborating with...