Articles & News: Category: Treatment

 
Nutrition & Hydration: Macronutrients

Nutrition & Hydration: Macronutrients

In this two-part posting, Tully Hill Medical Director Dr. Gregory Serfer details the importance of…

NALTREXONE & TOPIRAMATE

NALTREXONE & TOPIRAMATE

Advantages and disadvantages of using Naltrexone and Topiramate to treat substance use disorders and addiction.

Tully Hill Treatment and Recovery Designated as a Blue Distinction® Center for Substance Use Treatment and Recovery

Tully Hill Treatment and Recovery Designated as a Blue Distinction® Center for Substance Use Treatment and Recovery

Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield and the BlueCross BlueShield Association have designated Tully Hill Treatment and…

CIWA-Ar – Critical Tool in Assessing Alcohol Withdrawal

CIWA-Ar – Critical Tool in Assessing Alcohol Withdrawal

The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol, commonly abbreviated as CIWA or CIWA-Ar (revised version), is a 10-item scale used…

Patient-Centered Care at Tully Hill

Patient-Centered Care at Tully Hill

Just what is meant by patient-centered care? And how is it incorporated into Inpatient and…

PAWS Facts, Signs & Symptoms, and Risk for Relapse

PAWS Facts, Signs & Symptoms, and Risk for Relapse

Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) refers to a constellation of signs and symptoms that may persist…

How Family Members Can Support Addiction Recovery

How Family Members Can Support Addiction Recovery

Being a family member of someone who is actively in their addiction or in recovery…

What are they talking about: drug and alcohol treatment, terms, and sorting out what is best.

What are they talking about: drug and alcohol treatment, terms, and sorting out what is best.

When you or a loved one decide to seek help for an addiction or substance…

Why Eating Disorder Training Matters

Why Eating Disorder Training Matters

Upstate New York Eating Disorder Service CEO Carolyn Hodges-Chaffee, founder of one of the first…

Improving the Language of Addiction: Why Tully Hill Uses ‘Substance Use Disorder’

Improving the Language of Addiction: Why Tully Hill Uses ‘Substance Use Disorder’

Certain terminology (including addiction and chemical dependency) used to define, discuss, and describe substance abuse…