This week, as part of our Special Series on Community Approaches to Addiction, the WAGER reviews an article by Sara Guilcher and her colleagues that used concept mapping to assess what resources and support treatment providers need in order to make screening for problem gambling regular practice. Read more →
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Monday, March 23, 2020
A History of the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling
This month’s Special Series on Community Approaches to Addiction focuses on ways to bring addiction prevention and recovery beyond medical settings and into communities. Today, we feature the third in a series of interviews and op-eds with inspiring people who have led efforts to reduce the impact of addiction on their own communities. Founded in 1983, The Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling aims to reduce the impacts of gambling disorder by providing education and resources, as well as advocating for responsible gambling practices. In this op-ed, Dr. Howard Shaffer and Kathleen Scanlan reflect on the history of this organization, driven by Tom Cummings’ vision of establishing statewide gambling-related services. Read more →
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020
STASH, Vol. 16(3) - Can volunteers with lived experience fill the treatment gap for parents of people with substance use disorder?
This week, as part of our Special Series on Community Approaches to Addiction, STASH reviews a study that evaluated a telephone intervention administered by trained volunteers for parents of individuals suffering from substance use disorder. Read more →
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Monday, March 16, 2020
Learning to cope, together: How my son's experience with addiction inspired me to launch a family support network
This month’s Special Series on Community Approaches to Addiction focuses on ways to bring addiction prevention and recovery beyond medical settings and into communities. Today, we feature the second in a series of interviews with inspiring people who have led efforts to reduce the impact of addiction on their own communities. In 2004, Joanne Peterson founded Learn to Cope, a non-profit support network that offers “education, resources, peer support and hope” for family members coping with a loved one’s addiction. Learn to Cope, which includes over 11,000 members, is a nationally recognized model for peer support and prevention programming. Here, Ms. Peterson discusses her efforts to launch and sustain Learn to Cope with Heather Gray, Senior Editor of The BASIS. Read more →
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
ASHES, Vol. 16(3) - Videogames and vaping: Can one popular phenomenon be used to prevent another?
This week, as part of our Special Series on Community Approaches to Addiction, ASHES reviews a study that investigates the effectiveness of a web-based videogame prevention intervention on adolescents’ beliefs and knowledge of e-cigarette use and vaping. Read more →
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Special Topics in Addiction and the Humanities: From scare tactics to realism: Different approaches to the portrayal of methamphetamineEditor's Note: This special edition of Addiction and the Humanities was written by Julia Wise, who conducted an independent research project with the Division on Addiction during the summer of 2012. Crystal Meth is a unique drug that affects users unlike any other substance. A first example is methamphetamine’s effects on the brain; long-term use can result in psychotic symptoms. Some people suffer from these symptoms even after they stop using (Kelly, 2005). A second way that crystal meth is distinct is the way it is produced. Rather than being derived originally from a plant, meth is produced chemically from...
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Special Topics in Addiction and the Humanities: Music Therapy for Chemically Dependent YouthEditor’s Note: The Division on Addiction has recently begun a partnership with the Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations, a residential chemical dependency treatment center for adolescents located in Spokane, WA. The Healing Lodge provides innovative treatment to both Native and non-Native youth that incorporates Native American culture in the healing process. One of the Healing Lodge's most recent treatment innovations is Abstract Music, a program that encourages residents to express their thoughts and feelings through music. In 2011, that program won the "Innovative Program of Year” award from the Washington State Department of Behavioral Health and Recovery and an...
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Addiction & the Humanities, Vol. 8(10) - The Main Event: ESPN covers recovery and redemptionOn October 31, 24-year old Greg Merson won the Main Event of the 2012 World Series of Poker. As a part of their coverage of the biggest live poker tournament in the world (6598 entrants, 7 days of play during the summer, two days of play during October), ESPN and other poker media covered his struggles with addiction, from his past with marijuana and cocaine to his current efforts and strategies for staying clean. Today's Addiction & the Humanities explores this coverage. ESPN’s coverage of Days 1 through 7 During the summer, teams at ESPN edited hours of footage from...