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  Blogs Read postings from Lynn Sucher, president of Treatment Consultants and a former clinical director and administrator of addiction treatment...

  09/01/09 · More from publication

• Caught in the middle on marijuana: concerned about effects on treatment, many addiction professionals avoid the heated marijuana policy debate 

  While alcohol stands as the most prevalent substance addressed in addiction treatment programs and methamphetamine might have the most vexing...

  09/01/09 by Gary A. Enos · More from publication

• Improving alumni relations: an active alumni program can reinforce recovery principles and boost a treatment center's marketing 

  Many addiction treatment programs offer clients a continuum of care: diagnostic assessment, primary treatment, extended care, outpatient services...

  09/01/09 by Lorie Obernauer · More from publication

• An application of integrative medicine: nutritional and other therapies can assist with co-occurring substance use and eating disorders 

  Eating disorders (EDs) such as bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa involve many features similar to those present in substance use disorders...

  09/01/09 by Carolyn Coker Ross · More from publication

• Improving the response to FASD: addiction professionals can assist in drinking prevention and in services to alcohol-exposed individuals 

  The adage "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is ancient and wise. But even its implied 16-to-l savings undervalues prevention in...

  09/01/09 by Daniel Guarnera · More from publication

• Raising the bar on ethical standards: counselor conduct shouldn't be based merely on meeting statutory requirements 

  As I was doing research for this article, I was chatting with a friend online. I told her I was preparing to write about ethics in the practice of...

  09/01/09 by Joseph S. Stanley · More from publication

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