Addiction Professional articles from May 2004

Addiction Professional archives from May 2004

A beginner's perspective.(Letter From the Editor)(health sciences students define addiction )
May 1, 2004... Sometimes a fresh set of eyes can do wonders to open everyone else's. Kitty Grupp feels that energy every semester at Seattle University, where the R.N./Ph.D. teaches an addictions class to undergraduates. Her students' traditional first...

Perspective on marijuana's effects.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... Thanks for Carlton Erickson's lively article, "What's the Real Story About Marijuana?" (March 2004 issue). Curiously, he fails to mention the elephant in the living room: the chemicals in cannabis smoke. At...

Rapid detox procedures not based in research.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... I was shocked to see the veritable "infomercial" for the highly controversial and scientifically untested Waismann Method for rapid opioid detox in the March issue. Ultra Rapid Opiate Detoxification (UROD) procedures have never been fully...

Boundaries apply to all relationships.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... Given the focus of your publication, I understand your reference to my January 2004 article in the table of contents and why you added "... in the Relationship with the Addict" to the original title of "Boundaries: Tools of Respect." ...

Third of three parts: if parity saves money, why the continuing opposition?(Advocacy)(substance abuse parity legislation)
May 1, 2004... Central to the failure of significant reform in the passage of comprehensive substance abuse parity legislation is the continued opposition of the insurer and employer trade groups and their allies in Congress. In the face of study after study...

Motivating adolescents to recover: clinicians must understand dynamics of youths' pretreatment stages.(addiction)(Cover Story)
May 1, 2004... Successfully engaging chemically dependent adolescents in the treatment process poses a challenge for most counselors. Typically adolescents are not happy to be in a counselor's office and have not voluntarily made the choice to come to...

Cultural factors in adolescent prevention: multicultural approach works well; Curriculum should be part of continuum of care.(substance abuse prevention)
May 1, 2004... Societal problems with alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD) ebb and flow, but require constant vigilance else the flow returns to the dangerous levels of the latter part of the 20th century. Even at its lowest levels, the painful effects of...

Understanding the dynamics of polysubstance dependence.
May 1, 2004... By definition, polysubstance dependence means a person is using three or more groups of addictive substances over a 12-month period with no one substance predominating. In practice, if one holds to rigorous use of this definition, this...

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse: third edition.(book)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... The American Psychiatric Publishing TEXTBOOK OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE THIRD EDITION Edited by Marc Galanter, M.D., and Herbert D. Kleber, M.D 2004 * 704 pages * ISBN 1-58562-099-8 hardcover * $105.00 until April 30, 2004, thereafter...

Second in a series: stimulants and malnutrition; Counselors must understand symptoms, results of discontinued use.
May 1, 2004... Stimulants are probably the favorite drug of choice among Americans. The work ethic requires more work in less time, and done more efficiently. Sleep becomes the "necessary evil" because while we have to sleep to survive, it is viewed as a...

Providers need business solutions more than ever.(INTRODUCTION)(addiction treatment providers)
May 1, 2004... Today it is possible for treatment to become more cost-effective by automating provider processes and streamlining the method of care delivery. Addiction treatment providers have available realistic and state-of-the-art technology to aid them...

Good outlook for opiate addicts: treatment advances on many fronts.(SPECIAL REPORT)
May 1, 2004... At the outset, it is important to note that this is one of the most dynamic periods in the United States as it relates to policymaking in treating chronic opioid dependence. The federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) promulgated...

Buprenorphine: understanding the newest tool for treatment.(SPECIAL REPORT)(addiction treatment)
May 1, 2004... Addiction treatment professionals are faced with countless clients who suffer under the lash of drugs and alcohol. Clients with opiate addiction are a particularly difficult case. Opiate addiction alters every part of the person's being,...

Trust what you know: combat the overshadowing of the CD professional.(Workplace Issues)
May 1, 2004... You may not even realize it, but your field is being systematically stolen from you. More and more, the connection between patient complaints, behaviors and "symptoms," and how this relates to their drug and alcohol history, is not being...

Taking a holistic approach to drug addiction treatment.(Innovation)
May 1, 2004... In years past, addiction treatment centers have focused primarily on treating the psychological aspects of the disease of addiction, while neglecting to address the delicate interconnective balance of the body, mind and spirit. The wisdom of...

'Don't look back': help your clients focus on the future.(Roadblocks to Recovery)
May 1, 2004... One of the most common roadblocks to recovery involves being stuck in the past: old patterns of behavior; old, unhelpful attitudes; old memories that continue to shape current behavior. Clients may be looking backward to identify the underlying...

Continuing education quiz.
May 1, 2004... Earn continuing education credits by taking this quiz on the article that begins on page 26 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...

The short and checkered life of the first medically oriented center.(book)(New York State Inebriate Asylum)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Drunkard's Refuge: The Lessons of the New York State Inebriate Asylum John W. Crowley, Ph.D., and William L. White University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Mass. (413-545-2217), 2004. ISBN: 1-55849-430-8. Hardcover, 160 pages...

The Twelve-Step Facilitation Handbook: A Systematic Approach to Recovery from Substance Dependency.(Step Videos for Adults)(Video Recording Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... The Twelve-Step Facilitation Handbook: A Systematic Approach to Recovery from Substance Dependency Joseph Nowinski and Stuart Baker, Hazelden Publishing (800-328-9000), $24.95 This 214-page softcover volume documents the efficacy of...

Finding the Recovery in You: A Candid Look into Overcoming Addiction or Any Other Obstacle in Your Life.(self-help book)(Brief Review)
May 1, 2004... Finding the Recovery in You: A Candid Look into Overcoming Addiction or Any Other Obstacle in Your Life R.S. Newman, iUniverse, Inc. (877-288-4737), $11.95 A former addict whose drug of choice was crack, Newman writes a self-help book...

The Group Therapy of Substance Abuse.(book)(Brief Review)
May 1, 2004... The Group Therapy of Substance Abuse David W. Brook, M.D., and Henry I. Spitz, M.D. (eds.), The Haworth Medical Press (800-429-6784), $49.95 This book bridges the gap between substance abuse treatment and group therapy by illustrating...

Add cost-effectiveness to the pluses of offender care.(Of Note)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... A growing body of evidence is demonstrating that offering addiction treatment services in the justice system makes good fiscal sense. A study of a work-release and aftercare treatment program in Delaware found that offenders who received...

Experts lament decision to end ADAM program.(Of Note)(Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring)
May 1, 2004... Several experts in the addiction field have expressed disappointment over the federal government's announcement earlier this year of the demise of the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program, an $8.4 million effort that tracked drug use...

More known about commonality of learning, addiction.(Of Note)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... While experts have speculated for some time that similar brain processes are at work in learning and addiction, a new study is the first to identify a direct molecular link between the two activities. Reporting in the Feb. 19 issue of Neuron,...

NIDA issues update of youth prevention guide.(Of Note)(National Institute on Drug Abuse)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has published the second edition of Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents, a research-based guide to selecting and delivering effective approaches to community prevention. The guide,...

Novel chronicles struggle with addiction, hepatitis C.(Of Note)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... A registered nurse from Massachusetts has written a novel that portrays the love of a couple amid the husband's battle with illegal drug abuse and a subsequent diagnosis of hepatitis C. Kate Genovese's Loving Joe Gallucci, based on a true...

Service search.(Directory)
May 1, 2004... EDUCATION / TRAINING PROGRAMS C2 Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies * www.hazelden.org/graduate school * 888-257-7800, ext. 4175 25 Graceland University * www.graceland.edu/addiction * 800-585-6310...

Building a movement, one mind at a time.(Recovery)(addiction advocacy )
May 1, 2004... The list of professional challenges that Tom McHale has undertaken certainly seems daunting. His Michigan recovery advocacy coalition is setting off on its own because the group that was supporting it lost its funding. His day job takes place...