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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 ...

A new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders has just been announced. A new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders ...

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 ...

How do you define recovery from anorexia? Tuesday’s New York Times explores this question — and highlights striking similarities to the debate over defining recovery from alcoholism and other drug ...

Recovery is a beautiful word for people suffering from a mental illness or addiction. But what does it mean? A year-long project by experts nationwide has led to a new definition of the term that is ...

“When I use a word,” one of 19th century British author and mathematician Lewis Carroll’s characters once said, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” Though he was a ...