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Safety Barriers Address Vulnerabilities in Recovery

08/01/2020

How can an individual in recovery stay sober when the areas of his or her brain that process decisions aren’t functioning properly, Kevin McCauley, MD, senior fellow with Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, asked NCAD attendees in his Saturday...

How can an individual in...

08/01/2020

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Douglas’ ‘Long Way’ Leads Him to Recovery

07/30/2020

During his time in prison, Cameron Douglas envisioned one day “stepping down in New York, landing every job and being the toast of the town,” he told National Conference on Addiction Disorders attendees on Thursday. That wasn’t his reality...

During his time in prison,...

07/30/2020

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CENAPS Corp. Announces Passing of Founder Terence T. Gorski

07/24/2020

The CENAPS Corporation has announced the passing of its founder and president, Terence T. Gorski, a leading voice on relapse prevention within the addiction treatment field. Gorski, 71, died on July 2. A longtime industry thought leader on...

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07/24/2020

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NCAD Spotlight: Early Returns Promising for Contingency Management Initiative

07/02/2020

Keeping clients engaged in treatment is an ongoing challenge for providers, but Community Medical Services, an Arizona-based national operator of opioid treatment programs in nine states, is finding success by enticing patients to strive for...

Keeping clients engaged in...

07/02/2020

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NCAD Spotlight: Connecticut Center Focuses on Recovery Support for Young People

06/24/2020

Although recovery supports for youth and young adults generally have lagged in comparison to those for such services for adults, the Wheeler Clinic’s Connecticut Center for Prevention, Wellness, and Recovery in Plainville, Connecticut, is...

Although recovery supports for...

06/24/2020

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Sport Climbing Offers Alternative Approach to Facilitating Recovery

06/12/2020

Recently, a study was conducted at Mansfield University in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, to explore the effectiveness of sport climbing on emotion to assess how experiential adventure therapy could be used as an enhancement tool for substance use...

Recently, a study was conducted...

06/12/2020

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5 Key Practices for Providing Tech-Assisted Peer Support

05/07/2020

In recent years, peer recovery support services (PRSS) have become essential resources to help persons with an opioid or other substance use disorder (SUD) find a stable path to recovery. Peer specialists—individuals who have the lived...

In recent years, peer recovery...

05/07/2020

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Group Builds Alternatives to Culture at Entertainment Venues

07/09/2019

For young Grateful Dead fan Duke Rumely, the presence of a sober support group at the band's concerts helped make sobriety cool, at an uncertain time in his recovery. As a parent in Colorado years later, Rumely was often reminded of the...

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07/09/2019

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Columbine Survivor, Recovery Advocate Austin Eubanks Found Dead in Home

05/20/2019

Austin Eubanks, an injured survivor of the Columbine High School mass shooting and nationally known addiction recovery advocate, was found dead in his Colorado home on Saturday, a county corner confirmed to local media.

Austin Eubanks, an injured...

05/20/2019

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Communications Fuel Progress on Multiple Fronts

04/23/2019

From interagency collaborations to opioid use disorder treatment through telemedicine, communications prove key in projects discussed at Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit.

From interagency collaborations...

04/23/2019

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