I had the opportunity yesterday to participate in the panel of the television news show Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell to talk about the Lindsay Lohan case. I found out about the opportunity about two hours before I appeared. I was waiting for a client to arrive and I got the call. I knew I couldn’t …
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Are Addicts in Recovery Receiving Adequate Pain Management?
March 28th, 2010 | Posted by in Addiction - (5 Comments)With the recent deaths of Corey Haim, Brittany Murphy, and Michael Jackson, most psychotherapists and physicians, who may not necessarily work in addictions, are becoming more mindful of this growing epidemic of pain medication addiction. As a psychotherapist who specializes in addictions, I have been aware of this pervasive problem for years. In addition, in …
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Are Media Psychotherapists Narcissistic?
February 15th, 2010 | Posted by in Addiction - (10 Comments)I have noticed, as it is getting closer to my appearance on Celebrity Rehab 3’s VH1 Vlog, I am feeling excited and ambivalent at the same time. I am asking myself what does that mean? Am I feeling this way because I wonder how my appearance will rate with my colleagues (other professionals in the …
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New Rules Define Implementation of Mental Health and Addiction Parity
February 9th, 2010 | Posted by in Addiction | Policy - (9 Comments)It’s been a very long road, but the addiction and mental health fields have cleared another hurdle with the recent release of federal rules that define how mental health and addiction parity must be implemented. Interim final rules jointly issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department …
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