Topic: research

In a way, drug trial catastrophes are like airline disasters, in that the aura of secrecy extends well beyond the incident itself.

As far as polls and election results: Those aren’t very good ways to determine whether something is safe.

In that respect, you could say that our ally in change is addiction itself.

Problem is, we in the general public don’t like being made to wait. We want answers, and we want them to be final.

We develop habits and routines that seem to have a life of their own– and you’re never more aware of that than when you go to change them.

Besides, your insurance company probably loves them. It’s cheaper than extended psychotherapy.

When a clinician uses an EBP, she’s reassuring herself that it’s likely to be more helpful than if she sat on her hands and did nothing.

This is where ‘recovery work’ comes in, in the form of acquiring healthy strategies to successfully handle (i.e., without resorting to substance use) stressful situations and resulting emotions.

Yet because the information is compiled by an outside firm, the program can trumpet ‘independently verified’ outcomes.

Close to 20% reported being in recovery from one or more behavioral addictions – especially disordered eating, sex and love addiction, and self harm…