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Teens and Drugs in Thailand
Teens and Drugs in Thailand Parents often fear that their children will fall into drug and alcohol use. Indeed, drugs and alcohol can become very destructive. Substance abuse and addiction tears families apart, ruins careers, and cost society untold amounts of money....
Treatment for Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Treatment for Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders Introduction The common characteristic displayed by clients with somatic symptom and related disorders is persistent complaints about somatic symptoms (usually physical symptoms, such as back pain) for which...
Prescription Painkillers to Heroin Addiction
Prescription Painkillers to Heroin Addiction Although death due to drug overdose from prescription painkillers, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, have decreased overall recently, the opposite is true regarding heroin overdose. Between 2012 and 2014...
“An Assessment of an Automated EEG Biofeedback System for Attention Deficits in a Substance Use Disorder Residential Treatment Setting”
Eric Mason The article “An Assessment of an Automated EEG Biofeedback System for Attention Deficits in a Substance Use Disorder Residential Treatment Setting” examined the effectiveness of EEG biofeedback treatment. Specifically, its effectiveness in the...
Effectiveness of 12-Step Self-Help Group: Literature Review
Eric K. Mason Effectiveness of 12-Step Self-Help Group: Literature Review Introduction Self-help groups, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) have been a staple in the addictions self-help world for nearly a century. In...
Self-help group meetings in Bangkok, AA and NA meeting.
I attended two self-help group meetings in Bangkok, an AA and NA meeting. The NA meeting was at a local Christian Church, while meeting was a meeting within a local rehab. Both the NA and AA meetings were very similar in format. The meetings ran very...
Substance Use Disorders: Treatment
Substance Use Disorders: Treatment Author: Eric K. Mason Substance use disorders/addictions are relatively common, affecting some 23.7 million people in the United States (Maxem & Ward, 1995). Indeed, the use of addictive substances is prevalent in most societies....
Improving Treatment Compliance: Counseling and Systems Strategies for Substance Abuse and Dual Disorders
Improving Treatment Compliance: Counseling and Systems Strategies for Substance Abuse and Dual Disorders by Daley and Zuckoff discusses what counselors can do to help substance abuser and the dually diagnosed stay in treatment. The strategies described may be used in...
