Addiction Professional articles from January 2008

Addiction Professional archives from January 2008

How are physicians influencing treatment?(Letter From the Editor)
January 1, 2008... Fueled by the availability of easily administered alcohol and drug assessment instruments, along with new financial incentives to use them, generalist physicians appear more poised than ever to play a pivotal role in treating problem substance...

Beware efforts to lower the legal drinking age.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... I would like to comment on the cover article "Starting a Dialogue" in the September/October 2007 edition. Before commenting, I'd like to point out that in addition to being a pharmacist, I have had training as an alcohol group facilitator and...

NCPG does not certify treatment programs.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... I would like to clarify that the National Council on Problem Gambling does not "certify" any gambling treatment program. Therefore, the wording of the Williamsville Wellness advertisement in the Nov. 2007 issue was incorrect and misleading. ...

Teens and cravings: understand their perspective: clinicians can help youths by addressing the multiple dimensions of craving.
January 1, 2008... In one adolescent treatment group the discussion topic was: "What is your decision today about future use: Quit? Continue? Haven't decided any thing yet?" One teen answered this way: "What I want to know is, how do you stop the cravings?" The...

Evaluating the 'hard-core drinking driver': Illinois prioritizes the identification of offenders who need services the most.
January 1, 2008... A Icohol-related fatalities have significantly decreased over the past 25 years, but alcohol-impaired driving continues to kill more than 17,000 individuals per year--accounting for 40% of all traffic fatalities. (1) Sustained public education...

Getting the most out of meetings: clinicians can give patients these 12 tips for 12-step success.
January 1, 2008... Ted Williams was one of the greatest hitters ever to play baseball. It is said he could read the stitches on a ball traveling more than 90 mph. Yet it's rumored that his first attempt at hitting a golf ball was a complete failure. He missed it...

Thinking and acting ethically: case scenarios uncover ethical dilemmas that haven't been given due attention in the field.
January 1, 2008... In Part 1 of this two-part article (November 2007 issue) I presented a brief history of bioethics and wrote about how one particular approach to ethical decision-making, pragmatic bio-ethics, might be applied to help resolve ethical dilemmas in...

Clues to intervention for methamphetamine addicts: similarities with traumatic brain-injured patients speak to the need for realistic treatment approaches.
January 1, 2008... In working with addicts newly engaged in abstinence from methamphetamine use, I have found similarities to individuals exhibiting not a pattern of addiction, but rather a symptom cluster often associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI)....

Willingway hospital.(Environments for Recovery)
January 1, 2008... Administrators at many residential treatment centers will tend to say they want to create a home-like environment for patients. But at Willingway Hospital in Statesboro, Georgia, the notion of home is more intertwined into the fabric of the...

A warning signal about tests' integrity.(Drug Testing)
January 1, 2008... If drug testing is to be an effective and integral component of the effort to prevent substance-related harms, every element of the testing sequence must be considered reliable and must be considered reliable and must provide reasonable defense...

Electronic health records' benefits for addiction treatment.(Technology)
January 1, 2008... The popularity of electronic health records (EHRs) has reached a pinnacle. EHRs are a topic of national debate, presidential candidates' platforms, and editorials in major newspapers. Trade show agendas, once dedicated solely to clinical,...

Addiction policy briefs.(Addiction Professional Monitor)
January 1, 2008... The Web site of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Policy Research Program includes a series of "Knowledge Assets" designed to inform policy-makers and the public of the policy implications of the latest addiction research...

Course for faith leaders.(Addiction Professional Monitor)
January 1, 2008... The National Association for Children of Alcoholics has launched an online course to assist faith in understanding addiction and its impact on families. "Addiction and the Family: An Online Course for Faith Leaders" offers three contact hours...

Advocacy conference.(Addiction Professional Monitor)(National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors )(Conference news)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals and the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) are teaming up to present the 2008 Advocacy in Action Conference March 9-11 in Arlington, Virginia. Continuing education...

DVD for potential clients.(Addiction Professional Monitor)
January 1, 2008... Fred J. Hansen, an addiction professional and founder of the Life Management Resources outpatient treatment program in Plano, Texas, has created a DVD intended to inform people in need of the facts about addiction and possibly convince them to...

Expanding radio Network.(Addiction Professional Monitor)
January 1, 2008... The Recovery Talk Network, a radio talk format available to millions of listeners through CRN Digital Talk Radio, expanded its reach in October to include the Boston radio market. A statement released by CRN to announce the expansion into...

A helping hand in recovery.(Recovery)
January 1, 2008... From an open hand reaching out with palm up, to hands clasped together, to open hands holding an acorn, Sam T. Barnes has sculpted 12 bronze hands representing each step along the way to recovery. For his meticulous efforts, the retired...