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I think we have all asked ourselves before, “How easy would this be if they would just do what I say?” As if we know how best to live our clients’ lives. It’...

Recently one of our psychiatrists, Dr. DelRosario, attended our Change Agent meeting within the Children’s System of Care. He helped us understand the intera...

Congratulations! Because of your finetuned Motivational Interviewing skills and strategies, your client has moved to the Contemplation Stage. At this stage, w...

Professionals working in the field of mental health and substance abuse treatment are expected to be completely impartial, accepting, and unbiased in our app...

Nurses are a valuable contributor to the treatment of individuals with co-occurring disorders. Trying to do effective treatment without a nurse would be like...

By: Pamela Carrisalez Consider the people on your journey in life who helped you walk through some painful, devastating, and stormy situations. You were feel...

“Mary” is a great example of how recovery is a process and not a destination. With more than 12 inpatient admissions in two years, she held little hope for e...

Ever hear someone complain of symptoms like: dizziness, sweating, anxiety/agitation, restlessness, flu-like symptoms, nausea/ diarrhea, or insomnia? When wor...

Action is the stage of change where people believe they not only have the ability to change but are actively involved in taking steps to change their maladap...

Opiates are of one of the oldest, strongest, and most habit-forming classes of drugs in existence. This status results from severe physical and psychological...

A new drug craze the MIST team supervisor recently inquired about at the Children’s Division challenged me. Some research found that taking alcohol shots dir...

Chapter 8 in Tip 35 recognizes; “motivation as multidimensional, not a single domain that can be easily measured with one instrument or scale. Clients are of...

The long search for substances that would relieve anxiety, tension, and insomnia has resulted in a progression from alcohol, to opiates, bromides,barbiturate...

I thought it might be helpful to nonmedical staff to know how some of the narcotic drugs out there actually appear. Certain web sites offer an opportunity to...

Many times in the past few years, the sensationalized story of a starlet or performer has splashed across national or international television and newspapers...

I often end each year by taking a look back and appreciating the good things that have happened during the year. This year, I was inspired to look back at th...

When I first met “Amy” she had three weeks clean from methamphetamine and she was very angry about everything! She thought that her life should be perfect now...