Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Substance Abuse

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Substance Abuse

In this clip from a recent 3-day workshop at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dr. Aaron Beck discusses how CBT can be used to treat substan…

Portman: Substance abuse fight crucial
Filed under: substance abuse

Federal dollars spent on mental health treatment and substance abuse prevention will save taxpayers from costly incarceration fees later, Sen. Rob Portman told providers Monday. “It's discouraging, but in a way, substance abuse can never be entirely …
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New: ON MENTAL ILLNESS: A Comparison With Substance Abuse
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People seem to perceive persons with mental illness similarly to how they perceive people addicted to drugs. Indeed, sometimes persons with mental illness turn to drugs in a vain effort to get relief from the torment created by their brain condition …
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Browns: Josh Gordon suspended two games for violating substance abuse policy
Filed under: substance abuse

Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon on Friday was suspended by the NFL for the first two games of the regular season and in addition was fined two game checks for violating the league's substance abuse policy. The league did not reveal specifically what …
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Arrested 396 Times: Chicago Woman Shermain Miles Sentenced To Mental …
Filed under: substance abuse

A 51-year-old Chicago woman who has been arrested 396 times in the past four decades has accepted a plea deal that will send her to a mental health and substance abuse treatment facility. Shermain Miles of Chicago's Uptown community area, whose long …
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