Bill White with Stephanie Brown on the unexpected "trauma of recovery": Bill White: Yes, you used the phrase “trauma of recovery” that just stunned me when I first read it. Stephanie Brown: By 1994/95, we were well into analyzing family data and clearly saw that the experience of trauma, so starkly evident during active addiction, … Continue reading The “trauma of recovery”
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Trauma and Chemical Use and Addiction
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Seeking safety vs. treatment-as-usual for male veterans
Seeking Safety appears to improve attendance, satisfaction and coping, but makes no difference in drug use: Findings: Seeking Safety (SS) compared to Treatment As Usual (TAU) was associated with better drug use outcomes, but alcohol use and PTSD severity decreased equally under both treatments. SS versus TAU was associated with increased treatment attendance, client satisfaction … Continue reading Seeking safety vs. treatment-as-usual for male veterans
Grief, love and addiction
On Being's blog draws a link between "complicated grief " (a potential new DSM-V diagnosis) and addiction. UCLA researchers found that grief over losing a loved one can take an extreme form of bereavement, stimulating the part of the brain normally associated with reward and addiction. This is called “complicated grief” and the name alone gives more … Continue reading Grief, love and addiction
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