Depression and suicide. They aren’t what you associate with children, especially elementary-level kids. Yet, there’s a growing trend that pediatric medicine has been monitoring since at least 2002 of rising suicides in school-aged children. Just last year, in September 2016, a joint paper covering this topic was published via the American Academy of Pediatrics. In…
Physician-patient privilege. Doctor-patient confidentiality. HIPPA. There’s a lot that goes into medical confidentiality these days, and the line between what is and isn’t shared is constantly under attack. Since the inception of government-driven healthcare, concern and outright fear about what is (and can be) shared from your medical visits has multiplied. Can you tell your…
Do you know what enabling is? We discussed what it means recently in What Is Enabling? Now, we’re clearing up some confusion by talking about what enabling isn’t. There are many mixed opinions about what does and doesn’t enable an addict. Just look at these two opposite opinions: Stop Calling Your Drug Addiction a Disease:…
If you want an individual in your life to recover, don’t enable their addiction. Have you ever heard this advice? Maybe you read it online, in a book, or heard it from a counselor or medical professional. Either way, it’s good advice. Enabling doesn’t help anyone, but what exactly is enabling? With so many online…