Confrontational counseling, sometimes known as attack therapy, is most commonly associated with so-called "therapeutic communities" for people with addictions. It…
The roots of today’s stigmatization of people who use drugs—and of paternalistic, exploitative, often cruel approaches to what we now…
Pliny the Elder, a Roman statesman and writer, lived during the 1st Century CE. He died, famously, during the eruption…
On June 30, 2022, Schick Shadel Hospital in Burien, Washington, closed its doors for good. It was the last facility…
A couple of months ago, I was cleaning off a table in what used to be the drop-in center—before the…