Addiction Professional articles from November 2007

Addiction Professional archives from November 2007

What are your clients hearing?(Letter From the Editor)
November 1, 2007... They tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no, no. Yes I been black, but when I come back, You won't know, know, know "Rehab," Amy Winehouse It's half past midnight. Do you know where your client's iPod is? Kathryn Benson, LADC,...

Questioning the value of laser therapy article.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2007... Addiction Professional has sunk to a new low in publishing an article on low-level laser therapy for addictions (July/August 2007 issue). This technique is bunk; P.T. Barnum would have loved it. There is absolutely no solid research supporting...

Tribute to a pioneer.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2007... I have been receiving Addiction Professional for about a year now and it is very informative. One of the features in the July/August 2007 issue focused on Mel Schulstad. Years ago when I got my first job at the Arlington County, Virginia,...

Everything in balance on medications.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2007... Just a brief thank you for Nick Roes' short but important piece in the May/June 2007 issue entitled "Seek a balanced approach to medication." No topic could be more timely in the fast-moving world of medication-assisted treatment and recovery....

Where a few might benefit many: individuals in recovery work to develop a treatment ethic in China.
November 1, 2007... In Chinese society, addicts are treated with moral disdain; punishment is a component is a component of addiction treatment; rural jurisdictions ignore the central government's policy on treatment; and treatment generally is limited to acute...

Be aware of relationship dynamics in women's treatment: moving beyond the 'identified patient' can enhance clinical success.(Feature)
November 1, 2007... Across all major addiction treatment modalities--detoxification centers, residential treatment programs, and outpatient treatment with and without medication-assisted therapy--we see evidence that social support outside of treatment constitutes...

Pharmacotherapy: integrating new tools into practice.(NAADAC LIFELONG LEARNING SERIES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... This is the sixth and final installment in a series of articles designed to provide you with the latest information on the use of medications in alcohol dependence treatment. Medications (pharmacotherapy) used as adjuncts to counseling...

Alcohol dependence treatment: case studies in medication use.(NAADAC LIFELONG LEARNING SERIES)
November 1, 2007... (Editor's Note: Dr. DiClemente was not the therapist for any of the individuals profiled in this article. He has served as the overall scientific and technical editor of this article. The stories described are from individuals who volunteered...

Bioethics and addiction treatment: like any disease, addiction should be governed by systematic ethical decision making (first of two parts).(Feature)
November 1, 2007... We all know about codes of ethics. Nearly every clinical profession and organization of clinical practitioners has one. These codes are designed to provide clinicians with general guidelines for ethical conduct in their profession or within the...

What we know about the sex addict: interactions of multiple addictions are common in this population.(Feature)(Disease/Disorder overview)
November 1, 2007... For therapists, diagnosing sexual addiction and/or compulsivity in a patient can be a daunting task. The key lies in vigilance in taking the patient's history. Most often the emerging details will reveal the presenting behaviors' underlying...

Minding the mind in older gamblers: gambling in older adults might signal cognitive declines.(Feature)
November 1, 2007... Denny Crane is the fictional lawyer on the television series Boston Legal who fears the creeping onset of "mad cow," his euphemism for Alzheimer's disease. While this television character's portrayal of significant memory loss is intentionally...

The complexities of conduct disorder: counselors must be vigilant on co-occurring issues in adolescents.(Feature)
November 1, 2007... More and more substance abuse counselors, mental health professionals, juvenile justice workers, and school personnel are examining the interrelationships between conduct disorder and substance abuse in adolescents. Conduct disorder is one of...

Distrust: an adaptive tool.(The Family Factor)
November 1, 2007... 'Twas the night before tomorrow, And all through the house, I locked up my money, And so did my spouse. We hate to do it, But now, it's a must, Until our dear child, Can earn back our trust. --An Ode to Families Anonymous...

Timberline Knolls: residential campus.(Environments for Recovery)
November 1, 2007... For Sheldon Miller, MD, chief medical officer of the Timberline Knolls residential treatment facility for women southwest of Chicago, the environment in which care is offered serves as the foundation for the clinical program. The 43-acre...

When anger complicates recovery.(Road to Recovery)
November 1, 2007... Anger is a big problem for many people and it's often one of the complicating factors for those struggling with addiction. There are lots of reasons for clients to be angry, (1) and for many of them it seems as if aggression gets good results...

A useful test for monitoring alcohol use.(Drug Testing)
November 1, 2007... Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, known as "%CDT," is a blood test to detect heavy alcohol use (five or more drinks a day) over the past two weeks. (1) This alcohol biomarker can provide clinicians with an objective way to screen and monitor...

Intelligent software: a roadmap to recovery.(Technology)
November 1, 2007... When software first came to the addiction treatment community in the 1980s, it was little more than an electronic version of paper forms. While the software may have been smart enough not to ask the same question multiple times, it had very...

Continuing education quiz.
November 1, 2007... Earn continuing education credits by taking this quiz on the article that begins on page 24 of this issue. A grade of 70% or above will earn you a certificate of completion for two nationally certified continuing education hours. This is an...

Building post-treatment support.(Recovery)(Detroit Recovery Project)(Interview)
November 1, 2007... Andre Johnson reports that 19 years ago, "I was panhandling, snatching purses, stealing, and selling drugs to support my habit of four years." Today, Johnson serves as president and CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project, an agency centered on...