This blog is going to focus on the health and welfare of health-care professionals confronted by abusive drug seekers. On February 26, 2014, the Windsor Star City Desk wrote an insightful article on “Doctors reporting abuse from patients seeking narcotics”....
Brian Cross of The Windsor Star has been providing some very important information on the opioid epidemic. In particular, he has written about the difficult subject of parents whose children are addicted to opioids (updated Jan 29, 2018 Windsor Star...
In many ways, anger and/or rage can be considered to be the reverse face of depression; anger and rage can be tremendously destructive, especially in the context of addiction. The most important thing to remember about anger/rage is not to...
I once heard a recovering alcoholic say: “Guilt is what I feel when I say to myself: ‘I made a mistake’. However, Shame is what I feel when I say to myself: ‘I AM a mistake’”. When it comes to...
10-15% of health professionals will develop an addiction at some point in their lives. Another important statistic is that 30-35% of those health professionals with an addiction will also have an additional mental illness such as depression, bipolar illness (also...
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