Substance Abuse Resources: SBIRT in Pediatrics: Teen Alcohol Use Case – Good Doctor Example – PART II: Brief Intervention

SBIRT in Pediatrics: Teen Alcohol Use Case – Good Doctor example – PART II: Brief Intervention


This video depicts a physician demonstrating a good example of a brief intervention for alcohol use with an adolescent patient. All patients portrayed in the…

 

How do you solve a problem like Rob Ford?
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Of course, no public official should lose his job simply because someone accuses him of substance abuse. The allegation of drug use itself, while surprising and salacious, is not necessarily career-ending and doesn't hurt the city all that much …
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Autism specialist: Child abuse claims went unanswered for 10 years
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Often an unsafe home stems from an underlying mental health or substance abuse issue. If that's the case, DCF sets the family up with a treatment or therapy program. “For us to remove a child,” Carroll said, “that's the last possible thing we want to …
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Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne Bump defends welfare audit amid
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The administration is going to be losing a voice on the needs of municipalities, veterans and substance abuse treatment," Bump said. "I don't think it will affect the day-to-day operations of state government, but they certainly are going to miss …
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