Addiction Clinicians

Most addicts and alcoholics wind up in treatment because they’re experiencing difficulties due to substance use– ranging from the pain of withdrawal to troubles with the law, to threatened loss of job or family.

Building the group model around that common experience, and change-specific tasks or goals, may increase the chances for a successful outcome.

Practically every form of group devised has been adapted and put to use at some facility.

Even in remission, the client is still an addict. The challenge is to sustain the remission, going forward.

He’s able to describe complex phenomena in terms that, with a little work at least, we can understand.

By the time a client lands in treatment, it may be hard to tell whether their family relationships offer a potential asset or a problem set to address.

Psychiatrists were encouraged to hold off on a diagnosis of depressive disorder until several months after such a loss.

Focusing on the areas most likely to challenge sobriety can help the person in recovery prepare positive responses.

The trick is to sustain the gains made in rehab in the vast uncontrolled experiment that is everyday life.

Clinicians working with addicted offenders and ‘coerced’ (court-ordered) clients often find these problems complicating substance abuse treatment; this tool can help identify particular areas of concern.