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How to Talk With Patients About Substance Use Disorder

Gateway Foundation

Using motivational interviewing strategies and people-first language can help guide the conversation. Your patient will likely feel more heard and understood, which can foster a stronger therapeutic alliance and increase their likelihood of working with you toward recovery. Transparency helps build trust and avoids surprises.

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How to Talk With Patients About Substance Use Disorder

Gateway Foundation

Using motivational interviewing strategies and people-first language can help guide the conversation. Your patient will likely feel more heard and understood, which can foster a stronger therapeutic alliance and increase their likelihood of working with you toward recovery. Transparency helps build trust and avoids surprises.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

This is because they develop treatment plans to address mental illness and substance abuse problems, often holding supervisory roles and advocating for human rights within the criminal justice system. This may include personal interviews, family histories, and the review of relevant documents.

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All You Need To Know About Social Work Articles

Social Work Haven

In various settings, social workers help people manage everyday life challenges and larger problems, from mental health, to poverty, to trauma recovery. It covers topics such as helping elderly individuals access benefits, understanding age-related illnesses, addressing elder abuse and developing end-of-life plans.

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How to Get an Illinois DUI Evaluation

Gateway Foundation

What to Expect During a DUI Evaluation DUI evaluations involve in-person interviews with a certified treatment provider. In Illinois, your evaluator must also compare your interview answers to your driving history, chemical test results, and Objective Test score and category.

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How to Get an Illinois DUI Evaluation

Gateway Foundation

What to Expect During a DUI Evaluation DUI evaluations involve in-person interviews with a certified treatment provider. In Illinois, your evaluator must also compare your interview answers to your driving history, chemical test results, and Objective Test score and category.

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“Maybe we're just too damn intrusive": Tracing the take-the-child-and-run mentality that has endangered Massachusetts children for more than a century

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

While researching my book, I interviewed a group of stewards for the caseworkers’ union in Massachusetts. First, in more than two-thirds of all Massachusetts cases, no substance abuse of any kind is even alleged. Second, all substance use isn’t opioids. Now let’s flash forward to 1989.