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.
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.
It's long been known that experiencing control over a stressor immunizes a rat from developing a depression-like syndrome when it later encounters stressors that it can't control. Now, scientists funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have unraveled the workings of the brain circuitry that inoculates against such hard knocks - the circuitry of resilience.
These Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) and dissociation, whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster. The purpose of this award winning site is to provide information for clinicians and researchers in the traumatic-stress field.
SAMHSA's Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) has just released in print the first of a series of brief publications for treatment professionals on co-occurring mental & substance abuse disorders to better educate states, communities & behavioral healthcare providers.
Persons with chemical dependency and mental illness have a number of things in common. Reviewing the parallels can give us new insights into both disorders and those who suffer from co-occurring disorders.
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