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It makes perfect sense to do something that’s been shown to be effective at limiting one very important adverse consequence to the individual and society

I was reading about a dramatic increase in cases of Hepatitis C in Maine, a state that, like the rest of the Northeast, has been (continued…)

My longstanding rule is to design your program to treat your population, not some idealized group of subjects who did well in a research setting with a significantly different structure.

Those misconceptions are a principal reason so many Americans have become skeptical of the value of treating addictions at all.

The idea is to collect hits, and that happened the moment you clicked the link. Ad revenue is what it’s all about. The more clicks, the more they can charge.

To make the CMHC system a reality, we’d need— hold your breath, this can be scary— a national plan that requires stable funding.

It makes little sense to criticize our “system” of mental health care, when it’s only a system in some places. In the national sense, it isn’t a system at all, and never has been.

It’s a spiritual program that addresses emotional growth alongside behavior change.

As far as funds for prevention and treatment, we can look to our experience with problem gambling. Most states where gaming is legal have turned out to be pretty stingy.