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Free Resources for Drug Abuse Counselors

Free Online Training for Drug Abuse Counselors Created and hosted by: Health Care Evaluation, Program Evaluation and Resource Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine This self-paced online course is designed to provide practicing substance abuse counselors with the knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully implement Cognitive Behavioral …∞

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Posted on April 2, 2013 at 5:23 pm by Sparrow and modified on April 3, 2013 at 11:16 am.

12 Bad Habits of Therapists
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Psychotherapy is a unique relationship, a kind of connection that is unlike any other kind of relationship a person has in their life. In some ways, it can be more intimate than our most intimate relationships, but it also paradoxically values a vestige of professional distance between therapist and client. Therapists, alas, are just as …∞

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Posted on March 26, 2013 at 4:30 pm by Sparrow

Implementing Brief Intervention in Emergency Departments
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  Alcohol screening brief intervention and referral in the emergency department an implementation study INTRODUCTION: Alcohol is the single greatest contributor to injury in the United States. Numerous studies have reported that a standardized screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) intervention can effectively minimize future alcohol consumption, reduce injury recurrence, and decrease the …∞

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Posted on March 24, 2013 at 4:21 pm by Sparrow

Top Articles
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Posted on March 6, 2013 at 2:03 pm by Sparrow

Managing Addiction as a Chronic Condition
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  Despite decades of using a chronic disease metaphor for alcoholism and, more recently, drug addiction, we continue to provide treatment based on an acute model of care. Is it time to shift to a chronic care approach similar to disease management models? To explore this question, a recent study analyzed data demonstrating the chronic …∞

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Posted on February 24, 2013 at 12:28 pm by Sparrow

Youth Alcohol use Disorders
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Diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence in youths Description This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on the diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence in adults and in young people aged 10–17 years. This is one of three pieces of UK NICE guidance addressing alcohol-related problems and should …∞

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Posted on February 16, 2013 at 11:16 am by Sparrow

Twelve Step Facilitation (TSF) Works
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Professional Interventions That Facilitate 12-Step Self-Help Group Involvement. Facilitating patients’ involvement with 12-step self-help organizations, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA), is often a goal of substance abuse treatment. Twelve-step-facilitation (TSF) interventions have been found to be more effective than comparison treatments in increasing patients’ 12-step group involvement and in promoting abstinence. …∞

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Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:06 am by Sparrow

An Introduction to Medication for Alcohol Dependence
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  New medications for addiction treatment can significantly improve treatment outcomes for many patients, especially when combined with counseling, support and aftercare. This free online course helps addiction treatment counselors understand how these medications work with the brain mechanisms involved in alcohol dependence, and how medications can be part of a comprehensive treatment program that …∞

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Posted on February 3, 2013 at 10:00 am by Sparrow

Elements of Effective Alcohol Treatment for Adolescents
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Nine Elements of Effective Alcohol Treatment for Adolescents In evaluating a broad spectrum of treatment programs and approaches, researchers have identified common themes among the treatments that are most effective in helping teens. Drug Strategies, a Washington-based nonprofit research institute that promotes more effective approaches to the nation’s drug problems, found these key elements in …∞

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Posted on January 31, 2013 at 9:39 am by Sparrow

Alcoholic Liver Disease
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Addictive drinking, but not minor slips, is associated with increased mortality.

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