Date of Issue: 01/01/2019 | Volume: 7 | Number: 1
Issue Links:Learning Objectives | Editorial Information
How should families help their loved ones who are struggling with addiction? Should they be accommodating, firm, or confrontational? The Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) approach is a good strategy that you should become familiar with.
Date of Issue: 11/01/2018 | Volume: 6 | Number: 8
Issue Links:Learning Objectives | Editorial Information
Opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment can be tricky, in part because it doesn’t respond well to detox and counseling-only approaches. The overwhelming majority of people relapse after such attempts, or even become more vulnerable to overdose because of decreased tolerance after detoxing.
Angela is a 27-year-old woman who was just discharged from the hospital after a suicide attempt following her second arrest for DUI. She says she only drinks on the weekends, but she recently lost her third job due to absenteeism....
Gabapentin is FDA-approved for seizures and neuropathic pain, but it’s commonly used off-label for a variety of psychiatric and physical conditions, including anxiety, insomnia, borderline personality disorder, alcohol use disorders, and multiple pain disorders. Another aspect of gabapentin use that...
Opiate use disorder is increasingly common, and it is important to develop a systematic approach for treating it. In this article, I will discuss some of the more important elements of treatment, starting with the need to address patients’ denial...
George F. Koob, PhD, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), doesn’t like the word “codependency,” and he likes the word “enabling” even less. “Codependency is a pejorative word, and it implies that someone else is...
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