Substance use treatment: Cognitive behavioural therapy and other options

Remember how years ago substance use was called ‘addiction’? The World Health Organization concluded in 1964 that the term ‘addiction’ was not a scientific term and substituted it with “drug dependence’. According to the WHO, the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive (any substance affecting the mind) substances can lead to a dependence syndrome (which … Continue reading “Substance use treatment: Cognitive behavioural therapy and other options”