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Alternatives to 12-Step Recovery

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its 12-step cousins are the oldest, best known, and most widely available recovery support groups. In recent decades, however, a number of alternatives have appeared that may be better suited for some people in recovery. Read More

Book Review: Authors Question AA’s Effectiveness

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) occupies such a prominent place in popular culture and addiction treatment that it seems a little odd to question its effectiveness. But odd, counterintuitive questions about AA have been accumulating for years, and we finally have a book that collects them all in one place. Read More

There’s been a big push in the past decade for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), and evidence seems to support its effectiveness. Read More

The New Science on AA and 12-Step Facilitation

In this modern era of neuroscience, how can we take seriously the notion that an effective way to address the chronically relapsing brain disease of addiction is by recommending that those affected congregate frequently in rented church basements to discuss their addiction and recovery experiences? Read More

Psychiatry Practice Boosters, Second Edition (2018)
Teaches you the key points of 42 of the most clinically relevant studies in psychiatry published...
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General Psychiatry
Using SAMe In Clinical Practice with Garrett Rossi, MD
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Addiction Treatment
Supervised Drug Consumption Sites
Once controversial, research clearly shows the benefit of these sites, and they have started opening in the United States.
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