Breaking Free
Breaking Free
Cook County Sheriff's Office
Rock Bottom
29 minutes Posted Feb 12, 2019 at 9:53 pm.
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When do you intervene with someone suffering from substance abuse? Do they have to hit "Rock Bottom" before accepting treatment?
In this installment, Dr. Christopher Holden explains the modern thinking on how to approach these difficult situations and when – And he discusses what steps to take if the person accepts treatment or refuses it.
Dr. Holden is the director of addiction services at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System. He is an expert on opioid addiction and the evolution of how the medical community is treating it.