When a family comes to you because their loved one has an addiction, they bring with them a unique set of issues. They are frightened and traumatized by the chaos
High addiction rates within the LGBTQ community are well established, yet treatment focusing on the specific needs of this community are not. The fallback position tends to apply a one-size-fits-all
When wilderness therapy first came on the scene, it evolved into a ’hoods in the woods scenario, where it was a toss-up who was tougher, the teens or the guides.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has added Gaming Disorder to it’s list as a mental health disorder. Gaming disorder will be included in the the next publication from the organization,
Dr. Robin Barnett Say the words pregnancy and addiction, and the first response is often judgment and indignation, images of alcohol bottles alongside swollen bellies filling people’s minds. Sadly, it is this prevailing
Dr. Robin Barnett Though more conversation is turning toward recognizing and trying to combat stigma around drug and alcohol addiction, these attitudes still persist. One definition of stigma is this:
Dr. Robin Barnett, EdD, LCSW, LCADC, CSAT Nearly everyone in America knows that our country is living through an opioid epidemic that is addicting and killing millions of our people.