A psychiatrist once told me that the only thing that would constitute a radical opinion in Psychiatry today was actually agreeing with wh...

Lockdown has had a big impact on everyone but especially those who are in receipt of opiate prescribing treatments. Daily administration ...

During the lockdown there is undoubted escalation in drinking. This may bring the use of online digital treatments to the fore. At pres...

In Training and in Reflective Practice sessions the issue of empathy, relationships and outcomes is often discussed. This is particularl...

A new study finds that interventions that take a multidimensional approach -- tackling the biological, social, environmental and mental h...

A great word I heard recently was anticipointment. This when you find that something you thought would be great turns out to be rubbish...

Rehabs are often believed to ineffective or only as effective as community based treatments. There are a lot of myths about rehabs and t...

The ODHIN Trials are a large scale study exploring the effectiveness of brief interventions in primary care for alcohol problems. As alc...

Opioid-related deaths continue to take the lives of thousands in the U.S. each year, with non-fatal opioid overdoses as a significant ris...

As I have often discuss in this blog, modality-or type of therapy-adds little to clinical outcomes with clients. For example, Orlinsky's...

Research finds that people with substance-use problems who read a message describing addiction as a disease are less likely to report wan...

Interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) will become an increasingly common aspect of our lives. A team at the Technical University...

I have just completed the design of a hugely innovative detoxification programme with Bosence Farm in Cornwall. The programme takes a new...

Relationships in and of themselves make a huge difference to treatment outcomes. The American Psychological Association have just conduc...

I discuss the role of emotions in change and treatment outcomes. Particularly the importance of naming emotions in the here and now in o...

Vivid dreams involving drinking and drug use are common among individuals in recovery. A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (M...

Women's hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more affected by triggers that lead to relapse, a new...

I get asked about the issue of self-disclosure a lot in training. It is one of those difficult grey areas where people are never sure of...

There is a widely held myth in community services that impatient services, such as detox and rehab are ineffective. Only recently I read...

In training and lectures I discuss the role of developing HD 4K goals to support motivational enhancement with clients as well as reduce ...