Identifying the problem Addiction rates in young adults continue to rise and the addiction epidemic doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all solution. Individuals seeking addiction treatment often have cooccurring disorders. Offering the best-suited level of treatment starts with identifying and understanding the problem of each individual. A young adult rehab & treatment provider will often ask questions … Read More
Clinical evidence unanimously supports a link between self-esteem and addiction – particularly in women with addiction issues. Worth is a Basic Need Abraham Maslow, in his hierarchy of needs, placed esteem in the second to highest category. Human beings, he theorized, have a basic need to feel respected, including the need to maintain self-esteem and … Read More
Many employers recoil at the notion that their employees may suffer from drug or alcohol problems, but the fact is that as many as 60% of individuals with chemical dependency issues work full-time jobs. That, of course, increases the likelihood that at some point some of your employees will struggle with addition issues. Should you … Read More
For a long time, Addiction Treatment was considered (and administered as) an exclusive service. Providers and agencies assessed, planned and delivered care – primary as well as continuing – within the scope of addictive disorders only. In recent decades, clinical research has confirmed the prevalence of mental health diagnoses that are co-occurring with substance use … Read More
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is a priority topic (and a controversial one), in the addiction treatment and recovery industries. But what – exactly – is it? Medication Assisted Treatment: The Facts Medication-assisted treatment (MAT), including opioid treatment programs (OTPs), combine behavioral therapy and medications to treat substance use disorders. The various methods and interventions employed in MAT … Read More
When you hear the term Rehab you probably think of what most people think of: a place – either a resort style private rehab center or an institutional style hospital – where individuals with debilitating addictions go away for 28 to 30 days and then head home again. Many individuals and families approach PA addiction rehab that way – a short-term, … Read More
In 1979, Kabat-Zinn developed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to teach individuals with chronic physical health and mental health problems how to improve their lives. The cornerstone of the MBSR program is Mindfulness Meditation, an ancient practice originally derived from Buddhist Vispassana meditation. MBSR is often used as an adjunctive therapeutic modality for a range of problems and … Read More
In 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Luther Terry issued a landmark report on tobacco and health that changed the course of American history, spurring the decline of smoking in the United States. More than 50 years later, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy hopes he can do something similar for addiction. Murthy’s new report on alcohol, drugs and health … Read More
It’s not just opioids and heroin. Fatal overdoses of other drugs are also steeply on the rise President Obama addressed the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin summit in Atlanta Tuesday, calling further attention to the drug epidemic in America just two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control issued new recommendations on limited the … Read More
The Obama administration is making it easier for doctors to use anti-addiction drugs in the fight against an exploding epidemic of prescription drug and heroin abuse. Read more.
