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The Mobilization of Community Resources to Support Long-Term Addiction Recovery
May 3rd, 2011 / Resources / Betty Ford Institute
BY: William L. White, M.A.  SUMMARY:  Models of addiction treatment that view the sources and solutions to severe alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems as rooted within the vulnerability and resiliency of each individual stand in marked contrast to models that focus on the ecology of AOD problem development and resolution via complex interactions between individuals, families, and communities. An integration of the latter model into mainstream addiction treatment would necessitate a reconstruction of the treatment-community relationship and new approaches to community resource...

Setting the Standard for Recovery: Physicians Health Programs
May 3rd, 2011 / Resources / Betty Ford Institute
BY: Robert L. DuPont, M.D., A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D., William L. White, M.A., Lisa J. Merlo, Ph.D., Mark S. Gold, M.D.  SUMMARY: A sample of 904 physicians consecutively admitted to 16 state Physicians’ Health Programs (PHPs) was studied for 5 years or longer to characterize the outcomes of this episode of care and to explore the elements of these programs that could improve the care of other addicted populations. The study consisted of two phases: the first characterized the PHPs and their system of care management, while the second described the outcomes of the study sample as...

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