YouTube, TikTok, and Compulsive Viewing: Understanding Short Video Addiction in Emerging Adults
As leaders in the behavioral health field, our greatest challenge is tackling the unseen forces that threaten our patients' recovery. Today, one of the most pervasive of these forces is Short Video Addiction (SVA)—the compulsive...
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The Echoes in the Hallway: How Intergenerational Trauma Shapes Your Workplace and What Leaders Must Do
As CEOs and owners of addiction, mental health, and eating disorder treatment facilities, you lead organizations dedicated to healing profound wounds. But what if trauma isn't just walking through your doors in the clients you...
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The Unspoken Cost: Why Women are Leaving Your Behavioral Health Workforce, and How to Stop It
As CEOs and owners of addiction, mental health, and eating disorder treatment facilities, you know the stakes are incredibly high. Your mission is to heal, to guide, and to restore. Yet, an invisible crisis is...
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Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Why Treatment Center Leaders Need Strategic Foresight in Volatile Times
Whether you're managing an addiction treatment facility, mental health center, or eating disorder program, the traditional playbook no longer applies. From post-pandemic recovery patterns to evolving insurance regulations, healthcare crisis management has become a daily...
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The Co-Occurring Crisis: Why Addiction Treatment Facilities Must Evolve Beyond Single-Disorder Models
While traditional models of substance use disorder treatment focus on SUD in isolation, emerging data reveals a stark reality: the majority of patients walking through your doors are battling multiple, interconnected mental health conditions. For...
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Breaking Down Barriers: The Critical Need for Women’s Addiction Treatment
Sarah clutched her phone with trembling hands, staring at the treatment center's number she'd called three times but never finished dialing. Her two-year-old daughter played quietly in the corner, unaware that her mother was drowning...
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Beyond the Numbers: Unpacking the Why Behind Staff Turnover in SUD Treatment (And What CEOs Can Do About It)
Part 2: Why are the turnover rates particularly high in healthcare facilities that specialize in substance use disorder? Dr. Carolyn Ross provides practical advice for CEOs of these facilities.
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The Hidden Cost of Employee Turnover in Healthcare: SUD Treatment: Part 1
Dr. Carolyn Ross highlights the particularly significant financial impact of employee turnover on SUD treatment centers, which face some of the highest rates of staff departures in healthcare.
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The effects of a toxic environment in the workplace
How to recognize the signs of a toxic workplace and take measures to implement a supportive, inclusive culture
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The complex relationship between PTSD and substance use disorder
There is a strong correlation between trauma, PTSD, and substance use disorders. Research has shown that 8.3 percent of people who have experienced trauma go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point during...
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How a workplace can affect the mental health of employees
Why workplace mental health awareness is so important and how it can benefit both your business and your employees.
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Why a sense of belonging is key to helping addiction patients
Feeling accepted is important for both clients and staff at addiction treatment centers. What benefits can it bring a, andnd how can it affect recovery?
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Why family therapy for substance use disorders is so effective
Studies into relapse rates in substance misuse and the role of the family have shown that a lack of family support is an effective predictor of SUD relapse. When involved in the recovery process and...
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The importance of specialist LGBTQ+ addiction treatment
Addiction treatment centers can create safer spaces for LGBTQ+ individuals and promote inclusive practices to enhance recovery.
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The challenges in treating prescription stimulant misuse in young adults
How to effectively manage the growing trend of young adults misusing prescription stimulants and implement intervention strategies.
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The Use of Telehealth in Addiction Treatment
Telehealth has emerged as an innovative method for treating addiction and mental health disorders, with the potential to greatly impact recovery and well-being.
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How to Tap into the Trend of Addiction Tourism
The medical tourism industry is currently worth an estimated $248.9 billion and is forecast to reach $822.7 billion by 2034. Rehabilitation facilities helping clients recover from substance use disorders (SUDs) are also gaining traction within...
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Evolving Treatment Modalities: Exploring Psychedelics for Addiction Recovery
Learn more about exploring psychedelics for addiction recovery.
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How AI and Technology Can Enhance Addiction Treatment Plans and Streamline Operations
Learn more about how addiction centers can utilize AI and technology to facilitate early diagnosis, provide real-time monitoring, and enhance patient outcomes.
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Addressing The Shortage of BIPOC Therapists, and What Your Behavioral Health Organization Can Do to Help
Learn how to address the shortage of BIPOC therapists with Dr. Carolyn Ross. Discover actionable steps that your behavioral health organization can take to make a difference.
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