Researcher Suggests Docs With Alcohol Patients Should Try AA Themselves

Researcher suggests docs with alcohol patients should try AA themselves

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“Any doctor treating addicted people should go to at least a few AA meetings, so they can discuss it with patients in a knowledgeable way,” says Marc Galanter, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse at NYU …
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SPECIAL COVERAGE: UNDERGROUND CRACKDOWN

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The Herald presented some common assumptions about drugs in Merritt to members of the Merritt RCMP detachment for the sixth instalment of the Underground Crackdown series. Here's what they had to say. Children in elementary school have been …
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Santa Cruz homeless services providers urge more support in special council …

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"I suggest the challenge first should be really to ramp up treatment for addiction," he said. "Turn this town from a drug culture into a recovery culture, and much of the homelessness issue would begin to be addressed naturally." Bill Tysseling …
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The No-Help Cycle: Jail Fails Addicts

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In terms of adjunct services, 22.7 percent of inmates with substance use disorders participated in mutual support/peer counseling and 14.2 percent received drug education; however, such services alone are unlikely to create lasting behavioral changes …
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