Five tips for parents to help teens build resilience
By the time kids are in 8th grade, they’re already feeling the peer pressure and starting to experiment with nicotine, illicit drugs, and al
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What Do Women's Rights Have To Do with Addictions?
How many of you have lost sleep this week with the overturning of Roe v Wade? Well, I have! In my heart, I had always felt that things...
Another untimely death: How Compris helps identify, intervene and improve addiction recovery
Last week, we got a call from one of our sons with tragic news: his friend Joey had overdosed. He was 27. Sadly, this wasn’t the first,...
Compris understands how resilience and motivation guide healthy choices
We recently had the honor to present at the National Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists (NACBT) international conference, The...
17 Years to Get Healthy is just not good enough.
Let me explain: Remission rates for substance addictions are much lower than those of other chronic illnesses, such as diabetes or heart...
Learn how employers save $8,700 and employees start feeling better
Hi Everyone, We are excited to announce that you can now take the assessment and receive Compris' new actionable Wellness Profile. This...
Substance-Related Illnesses: The Killers behind the Killers
Hi Everyone, Did you know that substance-related illnesses cause 637,000 deaths each year in the US (67,300 from overdose) at a cost of...
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and the Compris Assessment
Hi Everyone, Our workplaces look very different than just a few months ago due to COVID-19. The stresses that employees suffer, and...
Compris: Standing for Inclusion and Equality for all
A somber and hopeful hello to everyone today, BLACK LIVES MATTER. Of course all lives matter too, but amidst the 400 year old bigotry,...
Addiction Assessment, Prevention, Treatment: One Size Does Not Fit All
Hi everyone, It’s been a while since we’ve gone “back to basics” about what we are doing and why we feel Compris is so important. We’ve...
Humanity can come in a box: Treating addictions around the world.
Hi Everyone, Staring into a computer screen at yet another person in a box, I was heartened to learn more about the humanity in a world...
Social Distancing While Treating Addictions
Hi Everyone, We're sure you've been inundated with COVID-19 these days, and for good reason. However, we would be remiss if we didn't...
Compris and criminal justice reform
Hi Everyone, Did you know that half of the primary convictions among federal prisons are for drug offenses? Did you also know that of...
Saving Lives From the Ground Up
Hi Everyone, We recently attended the Midwest Opioid Response Innovation Conference 2020 held at MATTER in Chicago. The lost opportunity...
Missed Opportunity to Save a Life
After surviving an opioid overdose in an emergency room, a patient decided he was ready to get help for his addiction. The ER staff...
Addiction: the chronic illness that requires more evidence-based attention
A 60 year old homeless physician was treated at an emergency room due to an overdose. He developed an opioid addiction after being...
ASAM's New Addiction Definition and the Missing Puzzle Piece
Hi Everyone, The American Society of Addictions Medicine's (ASAM) has a revised definition of addiction: “Addiction is a treatable,...
Addictions: The Big Brain Hijacker
Hi Everyone, Last week, a 51 year old man was taken to a neighborhood E.R. after a deadly opioid overdose. His relatives, also misusing...
So what's the big deal about vaping?
Hi Everyone, Around the nation, leaders are calling for a ban on flavored e-cigarettes. Vaping is now the latest healthcare epidemic for...
Why Addiction Screens Are Harmless At Best
Hi Everyone, Given that 1 in 10 adults are misusing drugs, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending that primary...
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