Santa Monica-based CLARE Foundation and Conscious Recovery by CLARE, a midmarket outpatient treatment initiative launching in fall 2013, held a one-hour workshop titled “Mars & Venus in Addiction: The Dangers of Ignoring Gender Differences in Substance Abuse Treatment” on Friday. The workshop was part of the 49 Conference of the California Association of Marriage and […]
Month: May 2013
Gender Factors Matter In The Treatment Setting
The “Mars and Venus” syndrome related to the genders certainly seems to apply to the addiction treatment and recovery milieu. As CLARE Foundation director of clinical services Matthew Healy says, “The old joke is that if a man in recovery gets a job and a flat-screen TV, he can make it in the world.” That […]
