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.

 

Breast cancer in men

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Bogler, the senior vice president for academic affairs at MD Anderson Cancer Centre at the University of Texas in Houston, is undergoing chemotherapy treatments; so far, his tumour had stopped growing. The next step in his treatment is a modified …
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Brits Worry about Addiction to Painkillers

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Over a third of the pain patients in the United Kingdom say they need pain medicine just to be able to work and many worry about becoming addicted to painkillers, according to a study by Nuffield Health, the UK's largest healthcare charity. In a survey …
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Research examines interventions in treating African-Americans with substance

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The researchers report that the study contributes to the public health need for more empirical evidence on effective substance abuse treatments for African-Americans. The researchers reported finding only two previous readiness-to-change (RTC) studies …
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