Positive Sobriety Institute Celebrates One Year Anniversary

9 years ago

Positive Sobriety Institute takes great pride in the expert-delivered addiction assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and recovery services we provide to impaired…

Featured in Modern Healthcare: Counseling Impaired Docs: Help Programs May Need Retooling as Hospitals Expand Physician Employment

9 years ago

Positive Sobriety Institute's Dr. Daniel Angres Featured in Modern Healthcare By Lisa Schencker | October 17, 2015 The surgeon was…

Influence Of Personality On Addiction: Part 2

9 years ago

In the first part of this series, we discussed key personality traits that increase the risk for addiction. In Part 2,…

Positive Sobriety: What Are You Looking For?

9 years ago

There are many reasons addicts engage in their addiction, even after a period of sustained abstinence. We previously discussed the…

Influence Of Personality On Addiction

9 years ago

Key personality traits are not immutable, and that’s exciting news for people dependent on substances and for the experts who…

While the U.S. Zigs on Pot, the Netherlands Zags

9 years ago

For decades, The Netherlands has been known for its tolerant cannabis laws—it’s been the poster nation for pro-pot advocates. Cannabis…

Positive Sobriety: Psychosocial Treatment, Software Interventions, Part 2: Individualized Treatment Planning and Individual Therapy

9 years ago

The initial assessment allows us to determine the needs of each patient. This includes determining the need for hospitalization and…

When a Prescription Becomes a Problem

10 years ago

People addicted to mood altering prescription drugs have what I call opioid-induced dyslexia, a term I coined to describe an…

Positive Sobriety: Psychosocial Treatment, Software Interventions, Part 1

10 years ago

Substance abuse negatively impacts public safety, reduces workers’ productivity, and contributes to higher health care costs, premature deaths, and disability…

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use

10 years ago

Author: Bertha K Madras, PhD Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a state of mind activated by either witnessing or experiencing…