The Power of Loss Aversion

May 25, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

Mike Golic, a former pro football player, was asked to recall his five best-ever performances. He couldn’t. “Ask me about my five worst games,” he countered.

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Pot and the NFL Draft

May 4, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

A key trait of the addict is a weird ability to function despite the presence of high concentrations of a drug.

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Recidivism Trap

December 29, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

As if he were proud of it — as if his list of treatment ‘failures’ represented a weird sort of achievement.

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Compulsion

November 10, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

For many, because of compulsion, abstinence may turn out to be easier than re-establishing control.

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Spontaneous Remission?

October 27, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

The experience of addiction routinely includes periods of reduced substance use, or abstinence.

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Heroin in Vietnam

October 20, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

Heroin is certainly an addictive substance, so why didn’t all the subjects continue using it?

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Language and Labeling

October 16, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

It’s the stigma that creates the distinction, not the distinction that creates the stigma.

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Heavy Users

October 2, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

Some observers have criticized us for orienting treatment methods to more severe cases, but that’s predominantly who we see in many forms of treatment.

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Cross Addiction: Is it a Myth?

September 25, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

There are many concepts in clinical psychology that are not science-based, but are nonetheless still of use in therapy.

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The Labels We Use

September 11, 2014 by C. Scott McMillin

Having that particular label implies– the need to make a number of important changes in lifestyle that the patient frankly doesn’t feel like making.

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