Met with CEO of Elements Behavioral Health for 3 hours this week. Abstinence based treatment is alive and well in Los Angeles. Thanks for holding the line Dr. David Sack! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sack-md/ #Abstinencebasedtreatment
Convincing an individual struggling with substance abuse to quit can be a difficult challenge. Just like any other struggle with addiction, psychological factors make it very hard to quit, so a person must be convinced on their own terms that the time is right. A group of researchers wanted to find out exactly what motivates […]
More of of opium based illicit drugs are reaching the Untied States and Canada than was suspected previously. These opiate drugs kill more people than any other drug.
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals will hold its annual conference August 18-22, 2009 at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. The conference will include workshops addressing prevention, safe and drug-free schools, criminal justice, addiction history, co-occurring disorders, current research and outcomes, ethics, special populations, workplace/management issues, clinical techniques, alternative therapies, faith […]