Addiction Professional articles from September 2008

Addiction Professional archives from September 2008

This research has a kick.(Letter From the Editor)
September 1, 2008... Sometimes an afterthought in research turns out to reveal a critically important finding. For Kathleen E. Miller, PhD, a sociologist and research scientist at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions, this happened when she...

Addiction curriculum needs consistent standards.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... I found the May/June 2008 issue's special section on education quite relevant to the field of chemical dependency counseling. Don Osborn and Anne Hatcher both stressed the need for professionals with advanced degrees to have more comprehensive...

Do we need to define 'recovery'?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... I am really perplexed as to who really cares about defining "recovery" and whether a definition will benefit anyone other than those doing research. The definition of "a voluntarily maintained lifestyle characterized by sobriety, personal...

New research is redefining alcohol disorders; Does the treatment field have the courage to change?
September 1, 2008... In the treatment community, it is common knowledge that many people with alcohol dependence never receive specialty addiction treatment, and that those who do receive treatment have the most severe form of the disorder together with substantial...

On the California ballot, will 5 prove greater than 36? Another groundbreaking treatment initiative in the state gains national attention.
September 1, 2008... State correctional expenditures have seen a 145% increase over the past three decades, outpacing spending increases over that period for healthcare, education, or natural resources. (1) About half of the states have responded with some type of...

Technology transfer on main street; Effective implementation of evidence-based practices takes a greater commitment than what many programs expect.
September 1, 2008... Webster's defines technology as "the science of the application of knowledge to practical purposes" and defines transfer as "to cause to pass from one person to another." So, technology transfer is the process by which we convey knowledge,...

Don't fumble the treatment handoff; organizations need a systematic approach to ensure clients' smooth transition between levels of care.
September 1, 2008... Legendary Ohio State University football coach Woody Hayes once quoted the great Michigan State University coach Duffy Daugherty as saying, "There are three things that can happen when you pass the football, and two of them are bad." Hayes'...

All recovery experiences deserve respect: A medical director combats criticism of medication-assisted approaches.
September 1, 2008... Back in the spring, I attended the annual meeting of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) and participated in a panel discussion on the question of whether buprenorphine maintenance constitutes addiction recovery....

Know a client's cancer treatment history; Neuropsychological effects of chemotherapy can complicate the recovery picture.
September 1, 2008... People in cancer recovery groups and chat rooms are actively engaged in sharing problems associated with the treatment used for their illnesses. Not long ago these difficulties were considered a function of patient's imaginations, and patients'...

Embrace the angry young man.(Road to Recovery)
September 1, 2008... In my zeal to discuss treatment implications for mandated clients, culturally diverse clients, women, the dually diagnosed, and other special populations, I might have overlooked the one target population that seems to need us most: adolescent...

Justice-involved clients pose challenges.(Drug Testing)
September 1, 2008... It is becoming more prevalent for criminal courts, drug courts, family courts, and youth and family services agencies to order random drug and alcohol monitoring of individuals. Clients may be tested anywhere from weekly to monthly, often for...

Are services in the virtual world near?(Technology)
September 1, 2008... At any given hour of the day, around 50,000 people are exploring, learning, interacting, and being entertained in the three-dimensional virtual world of Second Life, arguably the most advanced of the online virtual platforms in existence. A...

Erasing stigma toward medication-assisted treatment.(Recovery)
September 1, 2008... When Walter Ginter started, as a person in recovery, to learn about and understand addiction and how methadone treatment works, he became angry. He concluded that treatment providers had failed to educate him properly, and he could not fathom...