Counseling

Medicaid Study: Few Young Overdose Survivors Receiving Evidence-Based Care
A review of Medicaid claims has found that more than two-thirds of adolescents and young adults who survived an opioid overdose received no treatment for opioid use disorder in the month following the event.
The Importance of Boosting Your Self-Compassion
In the stressful environment of addiction counseling, clinicians need to take the time to treat themselves more kindly, Edward Hoffman writes.
College Students' Marijuana Use Rises in Legalization States
Oregon State University researchers have found that college students in states where recreational marijuana use has been legalized are more likely than students in other states to be occasional or frequent users of the drug.
Patients Resolve to Pursue Small Steps Toward Big Goals
A clinician at Mountainside suggests that conversations about patient goals should focus on the small actions that pave the way to greater progress.
Harm Reduction Approach Should Extend to Patient Smoking
John de Miranda writes that substance use treatment programs' abstinence-based approach to patient tobacco use has closed access to more productive alternatives.
Studies Highlight Influence of Sadness on Addictive Behavior
Harvard University researchers suggest that sadness, more than any other negative emotions, triggers cravings for addictive substances.
California Initiative Promotes Tobacco-Free Treatment Environments
The state of California is seeking applicants for an initiative to promote tobacco-free behavioral health treatment settings and evidence-based interventions for nicotine addiction.
Japanese Study Links Low Levels of Alcohol Use to Cancer
Japanese researchers say more public education is needed on the association between alcohol consumption and common cancers.
SAM Leader Highlights Flaws in Studies on Marijuana Access and Opioid Deaths
Kevin Sabet states that recent findings linking expanded access to marijuana with reductions in opioid-related deaths have been thoroughly rebutted.
For Methamphetamine, Other Drugs, Reliable Use Estimates Hard to Come By
RAND researchers have issued new estimates of illicit drug spending, at a time marked by a reduced number of reliable information sources.
To Minimize Countertransference, Clinicians Must Maintain Control in Relationship
A breakout session at NCAD East offered strategies for minimizing the effects of countertransference, which is inevitable in therapeutic work.
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