Why connecting to your therapist matters
Why Connecting to Your Therapist Matters When someone enters treatment, it isn’t always by choice. Sometimes, family and friends need to organize an intervention to help their loved one recognize the need for change. In these situations, the individual may feel “forced” into treatment and enter reluctantly, hoping to just get through it. But even […]
Dining Services
Why is Nutrition Important in Recovery? When someone enters treatment, it is because they are in the throes of their addiction and need to change their lives. More often than not, many simple daily human tasks get overlooked while poor habits are forming during addiction. These tasks can include things such as personal hygiene, the […]
Nutrition and Recovery
Nutrition and Recovery How Addiction Takes a Toll on Your Nutrition Drug and alcohol abuse can take a major toll on your body, especially when it comes to nutrition. While recovery is a gradual process, one often-overlooked factor is how poor nutrition affects healing. Food directly influences brain function—and when your brain isn’t getting the […]
Relapse as Part of the Disease
What is a Relapse? Addiction is much more than simply abusing a substance. It is a chronic, progressive and fatal disease. When someone has recognized that they have addiction and they go through the treatment and recovery process, it is not a 100% guarantee that they will be sober forever. We work as hard as […]
What is Continuum of Care?
What Is Continuum of Care? Continuum of Care is a concept involving the guidance and tracking of patients over time through a comprehensive array of health services. It spans all levels and intensities of care, from birth to end of life. This includes both the services provided and the mechanisms used to integrate care effectively. […]
Pre-Existing Conditions: How the New Proposed Healthcare Plan Could Deny You Coverage
Pre-Existing Conditions: How the New Proposed Healthcare Plan Could Deny You Coverage Congressional Republicans are dead-set on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, seemingly without regard for making improvements to the system. The President’s promise was more people covered with better care at less cost. That is not what the new GOP proposal would […]
The United States’ Greatest Barriers to Improved Mental Health Care Services and What Advocates Can Do to Enhance Care
The United States’ Greatest Barriers to Improved Mental Health Care Services and What Advocates Can Do to Enhance Care What stops people who need mental health treatment from getting the support they need? While on average one in five American adults experiences some form of mental illness every year, just over 40% of people living […]
How Medicaid’s Addiction Treatment Services Will Change as a Block-Grant Program
How Medicaid’s Addiction Treatment Services Will Change as a Block-Grant Program Last weekend Counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway, said in an interview that replacing the Affordable Care Act could include a shift in Medicaid’s financing to block grants. Since it was created in 1965, Medicaid has been a open-ended federal entitlement program, meaning that […]
Opioid Addiction is Predictable and Potentially Avoidable if Physicians Change Screening Habits
Opioid Addiction is Predictable and Potentially Avoidable if Physicians Change Screening Habits Most people only use prescription opioids for a short period of time. According to a new study published in PAIN, The Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain, less than two percent of people prescribed opioid-based pain killers are still […]
More than an Rx: How Can Doctors End the Opioid Epidemic?
More than an Rx: How Can Doctors End the Opioid Epidemic? How can we combat addiction? While nearly 20,000 people died from a prescription opioid-related overdose in 2014, community leaders and elected officials are still scrambling to answer this question. Some advocates point to physicians in their role as key suppliers of prescription opioids as the group […]