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In 1990, Dr. Marlatt was awarded The Jellinek Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to knowledge in the field of alcohol studies, in 2001 he was given the Innovators in Combating Substance Abuse Award by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and in 2004 he received the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism [Afflicted & Affected, USA]
The Addiction Project website is produced by HBO in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) [HBO, USA]
Provides research-based information about addiction, drug treatment, and recovery for new patients undergoing treatment for addiction, and for their friends and families [National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA]
Through our long-standing partnership with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction services, PRCH has developed a comprehensive set of recovery-oriented practice guidelines which offer specific guidance on how to translate the concept of recovery into the concrete day-to-day practice of behavioral health care practitioners and systems [Yale School of Medicine, USA]
The Recovery Bill of Rights is a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
The product of more than 20 years of research, Slaying the Dragon is the remarkable story of America’s personal and institutional responses to alcoholism and other addiction… Author William White provides a sweeping and engaging history of one of America’s most enduring problems and the profession that was born to respond to it [Chestnut Health Systems, USA]
by William L White: Treatment Works is the central promotional slogan of the addiction treatment industry. This essay argues that the slogan misrepresents the probable outcomes of addiction treatment and misplaces the responsibility for such outcomes [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
by Mark Ragins: The medical model tends to define recovery in negative terms. Symptoms and complaints need to be eliminated. Illnesses need to be cured or removed. Patients need to be relieved of their conditions and returned to their premorbid, healthy, or more accurately not-ill state [The Village, USA]
Classic Conference Report, Washington, D.C. September 28-29, 2005 [SAMHSA, USA]
With drugs in the picture, lives are often at stake, whether from addiction, adverse drug effects, or the risks that go along with emotional crisis and madness. Combined with the confusing messages from society about drugs, the result is a lot of fear. Drugs become demons or angels. We need to stay on them at all costs, or get off them at all costs [The Icarus Project and Freedom Center, USA]
Through our long-standing partnership with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction services, PRCH has developed a comprehensive set of recovery-oriented practice guidelines which offer specific guidance on how to translate the concept of recovery into the concrete day-to-day practice of behavioral health care practitioners and systems [Yale School of Medicine, USA]
Within your mental health and/or addictions treatment, a “recovery plan”, sometimes called a treatment plan or service plan, is the document that you create with your team to help plan how you want to move forward towards your goals.
By Phillip A. Valentine, William L. White and Pat Taylor [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
We conclude that there is strong evidence that tax- and age-based restrictions on alcohol availability reduce crime, and we discuss implications for policy and practice [Christopher Carpenter & Carlos Dobkin, USA]
The 9th Annual Association of Recovery Schools Conference, “On the Trail to Freedom”, will provide a wide array of opportunities for those who work with adolescents in the area of substance abuse. This conference will allow participants to share best practices, learn from experts in the field, and connect with colleagues from all over the country [Association of Recovery Schools, USA]
Policymakers and other stakeholders can use cost-benefit analysis as an informative tool for decision making for substance abuse prevention. This report reveals the importance of supporting effective prevention programs as part of a comprehensive substance abuse prevention strategy [SAMHSA, USA]
by William L White and colleagues: These peer-based recovery support roles go by various titles: recovery coaches, recovery mentors, personal recovery assistants, recovery support specialists, and peer specialists. Complex ethical and legal issues are arising within the performance of these roles for which little guidance can be found within the existing literature [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
The following is an interview of Dirk Hansen, blogger at Addiction Inbox. Dirk is the author of “The Chemical Carousel,” which looks at addiction as a chemical disease with biological effects on our psychology [All Treatment, USA]
R. Gil Kerlikowske became director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy in May. Kerlikowske, 60, has worked in law enforcement for nearly four decades [Washington Post, USA]
A Treatment Improvement Protocol Tip 52 [SAMHSA, USA]
