MARIJUANA TODAY: CHECKING IN WITH DR. STACI GRUBER
How I Became Interested in Marijuana Research
Along with other McLean researchers, I was working on a series of projects designed to look at college students...
IS TOUGH LOVE EFFECTIVE?
On the night of Dec. 12, 1994, in Madison, Wisconsin, Theresa J. McGovern froze to death in a snow bank. She was 45 years old and the mother of...
YOUR BRAIN IS ON FIRE AND HOW TO DOUSE THE FLAMES
In preparing to write this article, a TV commercial from the 70’s kept popping up in my consciousness. I just couldn’t get it out of my head. The commercial...
TRUTHS ABOUT BARRIERS TO TREATMENT FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTIVE ILLNESS
This business of being a psychotherapist and the mother of an adult son with a co occurring disorder is not easy. My patients and I are slogging through cement all in...
THE LATEST TREND IN GEN Z: ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
When Milly’s father called, he discovered Milly’s dark secret. He tried to be a compassionate and attentive father as she broke down in tears and explained what was going on. Devastated...
FREDDY FENDER, ANGOLA, AND THE WAR ON DRUGS
WAR ON DRUGS: We’ve all heard the quip, “It’s all in the timing,” but for Tex-Mex singer Freddy Fender, his timing couldn’t have been worse. Early in his career, he was...
Florida Combats Patient Brokering Through New Legislation
Floridians know well the devastation associated with America’s opioid epidemic. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, opioids were the cause, or present at the time, of death in 10,621...
ON GRIEF AND GRIEVING: A LESSON IN LIBERATION
Grief. It’s a big topic and one most of us prefer to avoid, but grief is sneaky and you never know when or how it’s going to show up to offer...
FEEDING THE RECOVERING BRAIN FOR HOLIDAY SERENITY
It is our brain’s job to allow us to cope with stress gracefully, but to do that, it needs to be fed optimally! How can we optimally feed our brains this...
LIVING BEYOND – HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ADDICTION: THE EGREGIOUS EXPLOITATION OF OTHERS
There is a reason fairy tales most commonly end with happy endings. It is because nobody wants to face the realization of human depravity. The story would no longer be a...