Tag: Depression

Recovery Management Nestled in a Recovery Grounded System of Care – an Interview with Dr Michael Flaherty

~ billstaufferpa

Frontiers of Recovery Research Interview Series – William Stauffer What is this series of interviews? In April of 2024, I had the distinct honor of being asked by William White author and thought leader of the new recovery advocacy movement to present his words as the keynote to open up the first annual NIDA Consortium … Continue reading Recovery Management Nestled in a Recovery Grounded System of Care – an Interview with Dr Michael Flaherty

The Social Model of Recovery: Where the Change Happens

~ billstaufferpa ~ 1 Comment

William Stauffer, LSW, PMAC, PECS & Enid Osborne, PhD, MPH, MSW In September, at the 2025 National Association of Recovery Residences Best Practices Summit, held in Sandusky, OH, one of the most notable presentations was that of Dr. Thomasina Borkman. While younger readers may not know her name, they should.  She is a pioneering sociologist … Continue reading The Social Model of Recovery: Where the Change Happens

Definitions and Measurement of Recovery, Where We Have Come from and Where We Need to Go – Jason Schwartz

~ billstaufferpa ~ 1 Comment

Frontiers of Recovery Research Interview Series Interview – William Stauffer In April of 2024, William White asked me to present his keynote to the first annual Consortium on Addiction Recovery Science conference. It was titled Frontiers of Recovery Research and it articulates critical factors of investigation in respect to expanding recovery into the future across … Continue reading Definitions and Measurement of Recovery, Where We Have Come from and Where We Need to Go – Jason Schwartz

On Mattering & Belonging in Addiction Recovery, Older Adults and Beyond

~ billstaufferpa ~ 1 Comment

Mattering definition: being of importance; having significance in our own lives and the lives of others. Belonging definition: a feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group and having a good relationship with the other members of the group because they welcome you and accept you. Mattering, belonging and connection have … Continue reading On Mattering & Belonging in Addiction Recovery, Older Adults and Beyond

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Enhancing Retention to Achieve Longterm Remission and Recovery

~ Jason Schwartz

A newly published monograph "addresses the challenges of achieving long-term stable (OUD) remission and recovery, and, more specifically, the related challenges involved in adherence and retention within the pharmacotherapeutic treatment of OUD." This document is a critical step toward understanding what medication can and cannot achieve for which patients under what circumstances. This right-sizing of … Continue reading Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Enhancing Retention to Achieve Longterm Remission and Recovery

What does SAMHSA do?

~ Jason Schwartz ~ 4 Comments

What does SAMHSA do, and should I care if their staff are fired in significant numbers? It's my impression that most probationary SAMHSA employees have been fired. Terminations started there because terminating probationary employees is easy procedurally. Permanent employees require a process to justify Reductions in Force (RIF) to move ahead with termination. Some people … Continue reading What does SAMHSA do?

2024’s Top Posts – #1 – 12-Step Facilitation is the eighth most frequently used therapeutic approach in treatment facilities

~ Jason Schwartz

There are a lot of problems in addiction treatment, but 12-step hegemony is not the problem that advocates and media coverage would lead one to believe. There's a widely held belief that 12-step culture exerts a smothering pro-abstinence stranglehold on public health and policy responses to substance use. It's a strange phenomenon when one considers … Continue reading 2024’s Top Posts – #1 – 12-Step Facilitation is the eighth most frequently used therapeutic approach in treatment facilities

12-Step Facilitation is the eighth most frequently used therapeutic approach in treatment facilities

~ Jason Schwartz ~ 7 Comments

There are a lot of problems in addiction treatment, but 12-step hegemony is not the problem that advocates and media coverage would lead one to believe. There's a widely held belief that 12-step culture exerts a smothering pro-abstinence stranglehold on public health and policy responses to substance use. It's a strange phenomenon when one considers … Continue reading 12-Step Facilitation is the eighth most frequently used therapeutic approach in treatment facilities