April 9th: Prevention and treatment of mental disorders challenge primary care doctors worldwide. Most of them use electronic medical records
Encouraging people to take part in studies of drug and mental health problems: New abstract out now
April 1st: Encouraging recruitment to clinical trials is a frequently reported problem. Challenges related to study design, communication,
How Do We Make Tracks? Meeting of The Society for Technical Communication
January 31, 2015– The STC Canada West Coast chapter hosted a day for technical communicators, both new and those more seasoned, which included tips
50 Shades of Grey Rejection
How does one give specific feedback: what format to follow, which rules to abandon; what are the grave dangers of inflation and how to deal with the
New paper out now: Alcohol Screening among Opioid Agonist Patients in a Primary Care Clinic and an Opioid Treatment Program
February 25th: Drinking in people who also use other illicit drugs causes serious problems. Their doctors and health professionals can ask about
Patient-Related Drinking and Alcohol Counselling: Do Doctors Own Lifestyle Habits Matter?
The medical degree isn't a vaccine against addiction. “If you don’t drink as much as your GP, you don't drink too much,” an old saying goes. When
Doctors sweat to discover traditions of the first nations
Many doctors see addiction as a disease of body only. If overdone, this view can lead to medicalization of addiction. Some may argue that the latest
Mentors wanted: What to look for in mentorship
Finding a mentor can be a challenge for many junior academics because some supervisors don't have time to mentor researchers. If you are seeking a
Which talking therapies work for drug users with alcohol problems? A Cochrane update
Have you ever had an unresolved question and you kept asking again, again and again, until you got the answer? We wanted to find out whether talking