Featured Treatment Articles
- Is Methadone Alone Enough?
For many sober individuals, the key to long-term recovery is a seamless continuum of care. The combination of medications such as methadone, therapy, sober living and self-help groups like NA offers the best chance for long-term sobriety. more...
- Eliminating Pain Without Developing an Addiction to Painkillers
The number of people who find themselves addicted to painkillers is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States and many other nations. Painkiller addiction is an issue that affects people from all walks of life. Teens, adults and even seniors are prone to developing an addiction to painkillers. more...
- Treating Opiate Addiction with Replacement Therapy
Replacement therapies are medications that are prescribed to treat addictions to opiates such as heroin, morphine and OxyContin. more...
- Opioids Most Commonly Associated with Drug-Related Deaths
Opiates and opioids were the drugs most commonly associated with drug-related deaths and suicides in the 2007 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) report on drug-related mortality. more...
- Cocaine Abuse on the Rise in the United States and Europe
A number of studies indicate that cocaine abuse and addiction may once again be on the rise, both in the United States and abroad. more...
- Resisting Recovery? Find Motivation through Therapy
Treatment centers have changed their mindsets about what is effective when it comes to treating patients, and now take a more patient-centered approach using motivational interviewing. more...
- Common Defense Mechanisms Used by Addicts and Alcoholics
Do you recognize any of these common defense mechanisms in yourself or your loved ones? Find out how addiction treatment programs can help. more...
- Dramatic Association Between Mental Illness & Early Death
According to the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD), people in the United States who have severe mental illnesses die 25 years earlier than do members of the general population. more...
- Former Child Star Reflects on Struggles with Addiction, Eating Disorders, Mental Illness
From 1969 to 1974, Maureen McCormick was a member of what many people consider to be the perfect American family: The Brady Bunch. And though McCormick's on-screen alter ego, Marcia Brady, continues to live a life of suburban bliss on television screens around the world, the decades have been decidedly more difficult for the actress herself. more...
- Phoenix Outdoor Family Support Program Aids in Treatment and Recovery
Wilderness therapy helps struggling teens address substance abuse problems, but it also provides valuable support and education to families. more...
- Help! My Wife Is Drinking Too Much
What to do when you think your wife might have a drinking problem. more...
- Can Xolo Dogs Ease Suffering of Chronic Pain Patients?
A Mexican hairless dog known as Xoloitzcuintli has been said to provide relief to chronic pain patients who respond to heat therapy. more...
- The Link Between PTSD and Substance Abuse
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop in some people after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. An emerging body of research has documented a very strong association between PTSD and substance abuse. more...
- EMDR--Taking Therapy to the Next Level
EMDR targets memories of trauma stored in a part of the brain - the limbic system - which does not respond readily to talk therapy. It can access processing and reasoning within the client which before seemed non-existent and typically reduces total length of therapy time by approximately 50 percent. more...
