Women and Men: Different Experiences of Recovery

May 31, 2013 by Alexandre Laudet, Ph.D

By extension, (women’s) recovery success will positively affect communities’ (and the nation’s) health and economy.

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Recovery Works for EVERYONE

May 9, 2013 by Alexandre Laudet, Ph.D

Recovery is not only good for the individual but also good for the nation’s health and economy.

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Opioid Maintenance: Life Sentence?

February 20, 2013 by C. Scott McMillin

Informed client choice means accurate information about the likely outcome of decisions made early in treatment.

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Evolution of a Disease Concept

December 31, 2012 by C. Scott McMillin

A model generally supersedes other models not because it is perfect in every respect, but because it seems to explain certain aspects better than its predecessors.

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Treatment Outcomes: Does it Work?

July 1, 2012 by C. Scott McMillin

Signpost with arms pointing to good, better, best

Our longstanding practice of branding anyone who drank again a ‘failure’ kept us from recognizing very real success right under our noses.

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“Weak” Evidence for Prescription Opioid Effectiveness

April 6, 2012 by C. Scott McMillin

These powerful drugs have escaped the constraints of legal use and become widely misused

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Is LSD Going to Cure Alcoholism?

March 12, 2012 by C. Scott McMillin

The Norwegian study is part of an ongoing effort to restore the right of researchers to conduct studies involving therapeutic uses of LSD.

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Bupe Dreams

February 6, 2012 by C. Scott McMillin

With good controls, I’d say it’s a legit therapeutic option.

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Deterring Drunk Driving: Do Sanctions Work?

February 2, 2012 by C. Scott McMillin

One state estimates around a fifth of offenders are rearrested within three years of the prior conviction. Expand that window to five or ten years and the rate is likely substantially higher.

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Deterring Drunk Driving: Who’s Likely to Reoffend?

February 1, 2012 by C. Scott McMillin

One or two (risk factors) is not as suggestive of repeat offending as four or five. But it does allow a clinician to apply a rough risk profile to a particular offender.

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