WHY ADDICTION TREATMENT DOESN’T WORK

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WHY ADDICTION TREATMENT DOESN’T WORK Decades of research on treatment approaches along with understanding of human biology and psychology combine to invalidate the core components of “addiction treatment” in the U.S. And explain its lethal failure.    by Clark Miller Published August 30, 2018 Updated April 6, 2021; November 17, 2021 “What we simply need […]

DOXA DECONSTRUCTED: CHRONIC PAIN IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK, IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE

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DOXA DECONSTRUCTED: CHRONIC PAIN IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK, IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE  by Clark Miller Published August 15, 2018 Updated April 4, 2021 “Crisis is a necessary condition for a questioning of doxa, but is not in itself a sufficient condition for the production of a critical discourse.” – Pierre Bourdieu  Outline of a […]

CHRONIC PAIN: THE RESEARCH SAYS FIND A THERAPIST

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CHRONIC PAIN: THE RESEARCH SAYS FIND A THERAPIST    by Clark Miller Published August 15, 2018 Updated April 4, 2021   The best available research on effectiveness of treatments for the most common chronic pain, pain that is “centralized” (not cancer pain or due to acute inflammation or tissue damage) – like lower back pain […]

UNCONTROLLED SUBSTANCE USE IS A NATIONAL EPIDEMIC: WHERE HAVE DECADES AND BILLIONS SPENT ON MEDICAL MODEL RESEARCH AND APPROACHES GOTTEN US?

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UNCONTROLLED SUBSTANCE USE IS A NATIONAL EPIDEMIC:  WHERE HAVE DECADES AND BILLIONS SPENT ON MEDICAL MODEL RESEARCH AND APPROACHES GOTTEN US? By Clark Miller Published August 2, 2018 Updated April 4, 2021 Measured by public health outcomes, trends, and related research and data, medical industry control of healthcare resources to treat compulsive substance use, or […]