Elizabeth Epstein – Cognitive Behavioral Treatments for Alcohol Dependent Women
Elizabeth Epstein – Cognitive Behavioral Treatments for Alcohol Dependent Women – Dr. Elizabeth Epstein discusses Cognitive Behavioral Treatments, which are designed to help people, primarily women, cope with their lives without using substances. Dr. Epstein has 20 years experience conducting treatment outcome studies with alcohol and drug use disordered persons. She has focused on clinical research in the addictions, particularly, randomized clinical trials and treatment development of several types of CBT approaches to treat heterogeneous addiction samples. She is a Licensed Psychologist. As Director of the Program for Addiction, Consultation, and Treatment (PACT) jointly run by CAS and GSAPP, directs a practicum there for psychology graduate students.
Community-Based Efforts Increase HIV Testing, Prompt Behavior Change
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“This study shows that community-based approaches can encourage more people, especially those at high risk, to get tested,” said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. “Additionally, the new methods to determine HIV incidence that were assessed within …
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Road to ruin
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The rub, Rodriguez said, is that many of the harsher laws that drove up incarceration numbers have been approved in recent years, and those changes came at the same time drug treatment and other diversion programs—which she sees as more cost effective …
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