Chemically-assisted detox, replacement therapy, recovery-pharmocotherapy are current buzzwords in addiction treatment. Five years ago these would have been viewed as oxymoronic. Today, our understanding of the brain has advanced the development of more drugs to treat addiction then almost any other health problem. We as a society believe there is a pill for whatever ails you – including being addicted to pills. Dr Inaba explores this trend, its impacts and the conflicts with more traditional approaches (12-step, peer counseling) in recovery treatment.
Archive for August, 2008
A Pill for Everything – Including your Addiction
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Our Awareness Gap of Addiction and “S-BIRT”
Friday, August 1st, 200870-80% of people who meet the clinically accepted diagnostic criteria for substance abuse do not believe they have a problem. To increase people’s understanding and acceptance of the issues they are facing, “S-BIRT”, Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment has been shown to be very valuable tool. The brief intervention alone, just 5-10 minutes of evaluation and education about drugs (including alcohol and tobacco), drug use and the impact on people’s health and lives, has been shown in studies to have an effect of reducing drug use by up to 50%.
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