by westcoastrc | Jan 22, 2018 | Gender-Responsive Programming, Mindfulness, Recovery Tools, Treatment Modalities
Gender-Responsive Programming for Men Like women, men need certain things from an addiction recovery program. Men are more likely to start using opioids, alcohol, or other addictive substances for different reasons than those which are likely to apply to women. There...
by westcoastrc | Jan 6, 2018 | Gender-Responsive Programming, Mindfulness, Recovery Tools, Relapse Prevention
Top Five Most Successful Substance Use Treatment Factors for Women Substance use disorder is a disease. While it affects every individual in different ways, it does share certain common features between individuals of the same gender. Women with substance use disorder...
by westcoastrc | Jan 1, 2018 | Gender-Responsive Programming, Recovery Tools
The Role of Gender-Responsive Treatment “Gender-responsive” refers to a treatment plan which takes both an individual’s biological sex and their socially constructed gender roles into account, with full recognition of a given client’s...
by westcoastrc | Dec 29, 2017 | Gender-Responsive Programming, Recovery Tools, Relapse Prevention
Why Do Women Become Addicted? A host of recent research has demonstrated that men and women experience the challenges of substance use disorder in significantly different ways. These progressions of substance use are not without their overlap, but any needs-based...
by westcoastrc | Dec 12, 2017 | Medication-Assisted Treatment, Recovery Tools, Treatment Modalities
What is Subutex? Subutex is one of the brands under which buprenorphine, a partial opioid agonist, is prescribed to individuals overcoming chronic heroin use. It is also used to overcome addiction to other opioids, including those which are prescribed for their...
by westcoastrc | Dec 9, 2017 | Meditation, Mindfulness, Recovery Tools
Top 5 Ways the Body Benefits from a More Mindful Lifestyle Mindfulness is gaining a lot of traction in modern psychology, particularly in the treatment of substance abuse disorder and behavioral health. Its understanding as a popular concept is based on an...