“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface, but connected in the deep.” – William James Although our entire world is facing the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in addiction treatment are facing a particularly trying time. While people everywhere are marshaling their efforts to…
“Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become” – Reinhold Neibur I’m not a Buddhist, but I deeply appreciate something a Buddhist monk recently said: “Some people panic at things being out of control. However, we can also choose to be with things being out…
This snippet from the Washington Post says what professionals in the trenches already suspected . . . the opiate problem is getting worse . . . Washington Post 12/20/17: Opioid deaths continued to surge in 2015, surpassing 30,000 for the first time in recent history, according to CDC data released Thursday. That marks an increase of nearly 5,000 deaths…
Congratulations to Dr. Derek Robben on being voted TOP ADDICTION MEDICINE DOCTOR four years in a row by his physician peers (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) by Tampa Magazine. As a Board Certified Psychiatrist with additional Board Certification in Addiction Psychiatry, Dr. Robben possesses a unique set of skills and training that qualify him to handle…
Surgeon General Issues Landmark Report on Alcohol, Drugs November 22, 2016 03:06 pm Chris Crawford – One in seven people in the United States will develop a substance use disorder at some point in their lifetime — yet only 10 percent of them will receive treatment. To bridge this gap, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., M.B.A., released…