Tag: addiction and mental health
Responsibility Without Blame in Therapeutic Communities: Interview with Philosopher Hanna Pickard
Hanna Pickard on the elusive middle ground between personal responsibility and systemic factors in our understandings of addiction.
âIs Addiction Really a Disease?â
Neuroscientist and psychologist Marc Lewis, author of âThe Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not A Disease,â suggests in the Guardian that treating addiction as...
“Culturally Specific Treatment Center Knows That One Approach Doesnât Work for...
"What was going on inside Turning Point was an experiment: a community-based treatment center designed to serve low-income African-Americans. After a few bumpy early...
â4 in 10 Know Someone Addicted to Prescription Pain Killerâ
A new poll, published in the Washington Post, explores the publicâs connection to prescription pain killer abuse. âA surprising 56 percent of the public say...
