The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of behavior change has become almost universally accepted in addiction treatment. Like all dogmas, it is rarely critically examined, leading to blind belief and unskilled use.
In addiction treatment, one of the biggest challenges that clinicians face is helping clients recognize that they are their own experts for making positive behavior changes.
Chronic care management (CCM), used successfully to treat other chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, is one approach being looked at to improve care and clinical outcomes for patients with addiction.
A coalition, formed to fight what it sees as an opioid epidemic, is rallying support against the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the drug Zohydro.