| How To: Recovery Resource Mapping
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| 2009-06-15 |
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What addiction recovery resources are there in your community and what resources are needed to support long term recovery? |
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| Healing Harmonies: Music therapy helps hospital patients recover, cope
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| 2009-02-02 |
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Music therapy is an established health care profession that promotes wellness, manages stress, alleviates pain and promotes physical rehabilitation, according to the American Music Therapy Association. Is this something that can be or is being used in your facility? Read about some of its uses.
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| New Alcohol Screening Test
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| 2008-12-08 |
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Addiction Medicine | Clinicians Corner | Of Interest To Everyone
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The RAPS4 alcohol screening test is a four-question quiz designed for busy clinical healthcare offices that has been shown to be effective in detecting alcohol dependence in the past 12 months. The RAPS4 test has been found to be highly effective in detecting alcohol dependence in the past year across gender and ethnic groups -- white, black and Hispanic.
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| Manual for Recovery Coaching and Personal Recovery Plan Development
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| 2008-09-10 |
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The recovery coach program is an intensive, community-based case management program for people who have entered an addiction treatment program or have been screened for treatment, but have been placed on a waiting list. The program is designed as an integrated component of a comprehensive addiction treatment program. The primary purpose of the recovery coach program is to help individuals in addiction treatment gain access to needed resources, services, or supports that will help them achieve recovery from their substance use disorder |
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| New Evidence On Addiction To Medicines: Diazepam Has Effect On Nerve Cells In The Brain Reward System
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| 2008-08-27 |
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Addiction Medicine | Clinicians Corner
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Addictions to medicines and drugs are thought to develop over a relatively long period of time. The process involves both structural and functional changes in brain nerve cells that are still poorly understood. However, a single drug or alcohol dose is sufficient to generate an initial stage of addiction. |
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| Removing Barriers: Dual Diagnosis Treatment and Motivational Interviewing
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| 2008-07-16 |
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The phase-by-phase interventions from "denial" to "abstinence" begin by assessing the
client's readiness to engage in treatment. Readiness levels are accepted as starting points for treatment, rather than points of confrontation or criteria for elimination.
This website has numerous articles and training resources of interest to CD and MH professionals. |
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| Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Appears More Effective Than Sleep Medication For Treating Insomnia
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| 2007-11-27 |
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Patients with insomnia who implemented cognitive behavioral therapy interventions such as relaxation techniques had greater improvement in their sleep than patients who received the sleep medication zopiclone, according to a study in the June 28 2006 issue of JAMA. This site includes a reprint of the article from JAMA and also TOP 10 foods for a good nights sleep.
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| Barriers to Treatment for Women with Children
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| 2007-11-06 |
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Only a small percentage of addicted women ever enter a substance-abuse treatment program. The IOM Committee estimates that there are approximately 105,000 pregnant women each year who need drug treatment. Only 30,000 of these women receive any form of treatment, and very few of these are in programs with a primary focus on special services for pregnant women. |
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| Heavy Drinking Still a "Man's World"
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| 2007-10-16 |
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According to figures recently released by SAMHSA from the 2004-2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), men outpace women in all categories of excessive drinking. Men are still twice as likely as women (10.5 percent versus 5.1 percent) to meet criteria for alcohol abuse and addiction as defined by the DSM-IV. |
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| New Inservice Training Manual to Help Improve Treatment Practices for People with Co-occurring Disorders
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| 2007-10-04 |
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Provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment, TIPs are best-practice guidelines for the treatment
of substance use disorders. Publications are free for download or in print.
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