Patients often ask, "Do people completely recover from an eating disorder? How long does recovery take?" First let's look at how researchers define physical and behavioral recovery--as symptom free ...

December 28, 2011 — After considering more than 1,400 comments during a public feedback period this summer, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released a new ...

My previous posts have focused on recognizing and preventing excessive substance use, with an emphasis on providing the latest information about my special interest – cannabis (see 20 Questions to ...

To start off, this is part one of a multi-part look at recovery. The subject is simply too broad and the innovations too interesting to fit into one column. Instead, let’s try to break the topic into ...