Jan '19

Addiction: a Complex, Life-Threatening Behavior and Worsening Lethal Epidemic, with Treatment Provided by . . . . No, Seriously ADDICTION TREATMENT, DISEASE MODEL, EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, SUBSTANCE USE, UPCOMING POSTS, VOICES

With compulsive use of mood-altering substances (“addiction”) driving a steadily worsening public health crisis, highly lethal, the standards and regulations controlling what types of healthcare professionals are qualified to treat the lethal conditions based on their levels of training, competence and credentialing should be clear…

Why Addiction Treatment Doesn’t Work ACE, ADDICTION TREATMENT, CULTURE, DISEASE MODEL, DOXA, EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT, MEDICAL MODEL, MENTAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, UPCOMING POSTS, VOICES

Why Addiction Treatment Doesn't Work by Clark Miller August 30, 2018 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 – medical (disease) model, 12-Step religious subculture, group... Read More

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Aug '18

Doxa Deconstructed: Chronic Pain is Not What You Think, Is What You Believe CHRONIC PAIN, CULTURE, DOXA, MEDICAL MODEL, OPIOID CRISIS, UPCOMING POSTS, VOICES

Doxa Deconstructed: Chronic Pain is Not What You Think, Is What you Believe by Clark Miller August 15, 2018 Chronic pain and its treatment have played central roles in runaway over-prescription of opioid pain medications and the lethal opioid crisis. As documented in a preceding... Read More

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Aug '18

Chronic Pain: The Research Says Find a Therapist CHRONIC PAIN, CULTURE, DOXA, EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT, MANAGED CARE, MEDICAL MODEL, OPIOID CRISIS, SCIENCE, UPCOMING POSTS, VOICES

Chronic Pain: The Research Says Find a Therapist by Clark Miller August 15, 2018 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... Read More

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Jan '18

Upcoming Post in SCIENCE – Why Addiction Treatment Doesn’t Work: The Research ACE, ADDICTION TREATMENT, CULTURE, DISEASE MODEL, DOXA, EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT, MEDICAL MODEL, MENTAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, SCIENCE, UPCOMING POSTS, VOICES

Decades of research and understanding of human biology, behavior and and psychology combine to invalidate the core components of “addiction treatment” in the U.S – medical model, 12-Step, group treatment, and unqualified professionals – explaining a failed treatment system and worsening national substance use epidemic….