Counseling

Challenges involved in working with the methamphetamine-addicted patient who exhibits compulsive sexual behavior include working on a feasible sexual recovery plan, Brad Lamm said at the Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit.

Mindfulness-based strategies can help both patients with stimulant use disorders and the clinicians who work with them, Ryan Soave said at the Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit.

"Is Your Story Making You Sick?" seeks to counteract damaging narratives that keep patients with addictions and other serious issues stuck in negative patterns of thinking.

Alcoholics Anonymous World Services has released an updated DVD for its Big Book in a format for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.

A focus on one drug of abuse in research or policy-making makes little sense given the widespread phenomenon of polydrug use, says Daniel Ciccarone, MD, MPH.

A state grant is allowing Centerstone to offer services for gambling disorders, in an effort that will take advantage of telehealth opportunities.

State officials in Iowa are seeking interagency strategies to combat a methamphetamine problem that they say is eclipsing prior meth crises in the state.

The Drug Policy Alliance has introduced what it calls an alternative to abstinence-only prevention curricula for high school students.

Talk, prayer and forgiveness are central to overcoming resentments that can stand in the way of a healthy recovery.

Active-duty military are among the populations that will be served under expanded graduate internship efforts for psychologists at the University of Missouri.