ASAM - American Society of Addiction Medicine - Definition of Addiction
Short Definition of Addiction: Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry....
Creating Leverage for Intervention
Intervention can be quite dramatic (that’s why it makes for good TV), but it’s really the intelligent application of leverage that...
Certification Process: Addiction Counselling
The Process of Accreditation The Third Tier are the IC&RC Internationally recognized and accredited addiction certifications that most...
Next Intermediate & Advanced Addiction Counsellor Package Dates and Venues
Next Intermediate & Advanced Addiction Counsellor Package Dates and Venues The dates for the next Intermediate (IACC) and Advanced (AACC)...
Do-It-Yourself Addiction Intervention Guide
The Guide includes a step-by-step explanation of how intervention works and how to plan one for your addict/alcoholic. A while back I...
How to Lower Inpatient Dropout Rates
"I would be interested in more discussion about how to lower the dropout rate in an inpatient substance abuse treatment program.” It’s a...
Basic Addiction Counsellor Starter Package this Weekend in JHB, CT and DBN
The BACC (Basic Addiction Counsellor Starter Package including four foundation modules kicks off this weekend in the three major cities,...
How To Become a Specialist in the Eating Disorder Field
Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope For...
The Chemistry of Drug Addiction
Hank describes how our brains respond biochemically to various addictive substances and behaviours and where those responses have come...
How to Identify Substance Abuse Among Students
Most teachers and qualified educators are required to learn a few things about substance abuse pre-vention during college. This basic...
