Addiction Professional articles from July 2005

Addiction Professional archives from July 2005

A new prescription for treatment.(Letter From the Editor)
July 1, 2005... The enthusiastic response to our January 2005 cover story on medication treatments for alcohol dependence confirmed our professional readers' interest in broadening treatment options. In this issue (page 14), Kathryn Foxhall follows up with a...

Opportunities to broaden dialogue.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... The May issue of Addiction Professional was, for me, a harbinger of great potential for making this magazine a place where we can discuss not only our own approaches, but where research and practice can become more closely integrated. The...

More than one size of support group.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... I was delighted to read the article "Take a Crash Course in Your Clients' Support Groups" by Rob Sauerland (March 2005 issue). As the executive director of the Recovery Resource Center in Cincinnati, I continue to be encouraged by the growing...

'Treatment' alone falls short of goal.(Letters)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Treatment works as far as it reaches, because "it is an intervention," not an assurance that the mind, body or soul will be healed afterwards. What I believe has become the untruth is that alcoholism or drug addiction must be "treated" under...

A tool for demonstrating the value of treatment.(Advocacy)
July 1, 2005... Treating people with alcohol and other drug abuse problems is hard work. I could never do it. I don't have the skills or the patience. Having been the state alcohol and drug abuse director in three states over 26 years, I at times became...

Buprenorphine may not be 'the latest' for long: more Rx options could help build office-based treatment of opiate addiction.
July 1, 2005... Charles R. Schuster, Ph.D., director of the substance abuse division at Wayne State University's medical school, runs a survey funded in response to congressional concern that buprenorphine, the newest medication available in the U.S. to treat...

Patient assessment and selection for buprenorphine treatment.
July 1, 2005... Laura F. McNicholas, M.D., Ph.D., says buprenorphine is not a difficult medication to manage in patients, and she should know. McNicholas is a clinical associate professor in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the...

Harm reduction and traditional treatment: shared goals and values.
July 1, 2005... In reading an article by James Balmer and Jason Schwartz in the November 2003 issue of Addiction Professional, we found ourselves in great agreement with much of what they wrote, but also chagrined to find that they persist in many...

Credentialing vs. education: workforce development of addiction counselors.
July 1, 2005... The workforce development recommendations for addictions counselors are being prepared. U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden (D.-Del.) has recently introduced the "Health Professionals Substance Abuse Education Act" in the Senate, and Rep. Patrick J....

Searching for a message to unite professionals and the public.(Cover Story)
July 1, 2005... As challenging as it may have been over three years to bring leading addiction organizations to consensus on the need for a unified public education and action campaign, these groups' leaders are becoming aware that the hardest work still lies...

One day at a time: implementing integrated treatment at a large behavioral health agency.
July 1, 2005... Fifteen years ago, our treatment agency first brought in a speaker to talk about the importance of dual diagnosis. MICA (Mentally Ill, Chemically Abusing) clients were more common than clinicians realized, the speaker said. Dual diagnosis was...

Body image a critical factor in treatment of adolescent girls.(Road to Recovery)
July 1, 2005... For adolescent girls, a healthy body image is one of the most important ingredients for success--both in the treatment and prevention of substance abuse. With very few female-only programs available, and counselors drawing upon research that...

Address thoughts and actions of teens with addicted parents.(Adolescent Treatment)
July 1, 2005... Teens with alcoholic or drug-addicted parents (or other adult caregivers) have many characteristics of children of alcoholics, yet also some distinctively their own. At times adolescents display remarkable resilience and it can be difficult to...

Dynamics differ when group is mandated to participate.(Group Psychotherapy)
July 1, 2005... Dear Dr. Roth, My name is Matthew Tomatz and we spoke briefly at the recent AGPA (American Group Psychotherapy Association) conference. I also thoroughly enjoyed and learned from a workshop that you co-facilitated at last year's conference...

The supervisor's effort assists the client.(Clinical Supervision)
July 1, 2005... Does effective clinical supervision lead to positive client outcome? It seems logical that it does; however, studies that correlate client outcome to effective clinical supervision, with regard to successful long-term changes and a sustained...

Common factors in the development and treatment of a gambling disorder.(Gambling)
July 1, 2005... Today, legal gambling flourishes in every state except Utah and Hawaii, and in every Canadian province. While gambling generates important economic benefits, there is no question that it also carries certain costs; the most frequently cited is...

Coaching recovery with families and significant others.(Family Issues)
July 1, 2005... It is widely accepted in the addiction treatment community that the ravages of addiction affect those close to the using person in a myriad of ways. The pain, embarrassment, degradation and sense of loss experienced by families and significant...

Do I want to be a SAP?(Workplace Issues)(substance abuse professionals)
July 1, 2005... Professionals in the addiction field have frequently called themselves "substance abuse professionals." In 1995, this term took on specific meaning for employers and employees in transportation, pipeline and hazardous-material industries...

The 'P, pu, puh' story, and other reflections.(Humor)
July 1, 2005... It was a scene right out of the TV show "The Wonder Years," and it marked my adolescent moment of abject mortification. "Mr. Greaney," 9th-grade biology teacher Leo Palmero began ever so innocently. "What is the male sex organ?" ...

Helping family members help their loved one--and themselves.(Motivating Substance Abusers to Enter Treatment)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Motivating Substance Abusers to Enter Treatment Jane Ellen Smith and Robert J. Meyers Guilford Publications, New York City (212-431-9800), 2004. ISBN: 1-59385-052-2. Cloth, 289 pages. This book details an alternative to the two...

Continuing education quiz.
July 1, 2005... Earn continuing education credits by taking this quiz on the article that begins on page 14 of this issue. A grade of 70 percent or above will earn you a certificate of completion for two nationally certified continuing education hours. This is...