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There Is No Substitute for Experience

  There has been a lot of discussion of late from both inside and outside the chemical dependency treatment industry about the need for scientifically collected outcome data. People from outside the industry have begun to question treatment’s claims of effectiveness, and many are starting to demand meaningful data on...
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Opening New Doors

There are 318 million people in America. Of those, there are: 60-70 million people in some stage of mild or moderate substance use disorder 20-23 million people who meet the diagnostic criteria for severe substance use disorder 3 million people who receive treatment for their substance use disorder each year...
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Chemical Dependency: Why a Multi-Tiered Continuum of Care Is Crucial to Relapse Prevention

(Article originally published on http://www.populationhealthnews.com/ ) For severe and complex cases of addiction, appropriate intervention, ongoing support and recovery management services are necessary. Extending the continuum of care over several years can prevent relapse and have a positive influence on individuals, families and communities. This continuity of care has the...
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Why Quantifying Treatment Outcomes Matters

Why Quantifying Treatment Outcomes Matters

The term “critical juncture” has long been used to describe the point in time in which monumental events, ideas, or decisions chart a new course, which is significantly different than the one previously traveled. At one time or another every nation, industry, company, or individual faces such a moment in...
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A Perfect Storm – The Rise in Heroin Addiction in the Middle Class

  In the last five years, there has been an explosion in heroin addiction in the United States. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the number of people who have used heroin in the last month has more than doubled from 2007 to 2012. The reasons...
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How Family Involvement Can Help in Recovery

How Family Involvement Can Help in Recovery

Addiction is a family disease. It affects the addict and everyone close to them. Living with the chaos and fear that an active addict causes in the lives of those around them eventually leads to a myriad of ineffective coping mechanisms. Nothing the family does seems to help, so they...
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We Asked Our Cases Over a Million Questions – Some of the Answers Were Unexpected

MAP Live Data™ has come a long way since its inception more than 3 years ago. MAP has moved well into six figures in the number of interview sessions completed. MAP’s data scientists and clinical researchers have begun to examine the data and the results have been striking. The analysis...
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When Things Go Bad

Post-treatment recovery support is something MAP is passionate about! At MAP Recovery Support our primary focus is the early detection of relapse behaviors in order to help our clients course correct and avoid a return to active addiction. In many cases, we are able to do this long before things...
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