ICUDDR

The International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR) is holding its annual conference at the Sukosol Hotel in Bangkok Thailand, July 13-15, 2020. Conference registration will begin on March 1st. ICUDDR supports...

Emotional Contagion. Have you ever been in a bad mood and all of a sudden it seems like everyone around you is in a bad mood, too? Do you feel that your emotions and mood can be “caught” by others? Psychology says emotional contagion is the...

Change Talk When I talk with people, I hear various degrees of what MI calls “change talk.” As described here, the types of change talk include: Desire: Why would you want to make this change? Ability: How would you do it if you decided...

1) PRECONTEMPLATION STAGE “It isn’t that we cannot see the solution. It’s that we cannot see the problem.” Precontemplators usually show up in therapy because of pressures from others… spouses, employers, parents, and courts… Resist change...

The Journal of Addiction has developed a checklist for helping potential contributors write up papers in the field of addiction.