Harm Reduction Radio - HAMS
182 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 8 years ago - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsThis series interviews experts in the addictions field, with a focus on evidence-based, cutting-edge approaches to substance abuse problems such as: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), pharmacotherapy, harm reduction, and many, many more. Your host Kenneth Anderson is the founder and CEO of The HAMS Harm Reduction Network and the author of "How to Change Your Drinking: a Harm Reduction Guide to Alcohol."
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Episodes
If Your Spouse Drinks
August 31, 2012 00:00 - 37 minutes - 8.46 MBOur guest this evening is Neill Neill Ph. D., author of Living with a Functioning Alcoholic: A Woman’s Survival Guide. Dr. Neill will be dispelling many myths about alcohol and alcoholism as well as offering practical tips for what to do with a spouse whose drinking is a problem.
Trauma Bonding and Cults
August 23, 2012 18:00 - 1 hour - 15.1 MBOur guest today is Alexandra Stein, author of the book Inside Out: A Memoir of Entering and Breaking Out of A Minneapolis Political Cult and the doctoral dissertation Attachment, Networks and Discourse in Extremist Political Organizations: A Comparative Case Study. We will be discussing disorganized attachment and trauma bonding in cults and how this differs from healthy bonding in non-cults.
Obama's War on Medical Marijuana
August 17, 2012 00:00 - 47 minutes - 10.6 MBOur guest is Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate Judge Jim Gray who will be discussing the federal raids on California Medical Marijuana dispensaries and the failed war on drugs. Judge Gray is the author of the book Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed: A Judicial Indictment Of War On Drugs.
Creating the Capacity for Attachment
August 10, 2012 00:00 - 44 minutes - 9.91 MBOur guest tonight is Karen B. Walant, Ph. D., author of Creating the Capacity for Attachment: Treating Addictions and the Alienated Self.
Cult Recovery
August 03, 2012 00:00 - 43 minutes - 9.74 MBOur guest is cult expert Janja Lalich PhD, Professor of Sociology at CSU Chico and author of Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships.
Abintra Counseling
July 27, 2012 00:00 - 32 minutes - 7.32 MBOur guest tonight is Ryan Paul Carruthers, executive director of Abintra Counseling, a Nebraska-based addiction treatment program which incorporates Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Abintra is a Latin word meaning "from within."
Leaving the Fold
July 20, 2012 00:30 - 45 minutes - 10.1 MBOur guest tonight is Marlene Winell Ph. D., author of Leaving the Fold - A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving their Religion. For more information about recovery from harmful religion and religious trauma syndrome please visit Dr. Winell's web site http://journeyfree.org.
Homeless Narratives
July 13, 2012 00:00 - 37 minutes - 8.26 MBOur guest is Jay Levy, author of Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways: From Words to Housing and Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Lessons Learned. Jay has been working in homeless outreach and Housing First for over 20 years.
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain
July 11, 2012 16:00 - 33 minutes - 7.41 MBOur guest this afternoon is Marc D Lewis Ph D, author of Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs.
Addiction as an Attachment Disorder
July 06, 2012 00:00 - 40 minutes - 9.13 MBOur guest is Philip J. Flores Ph. D., author of Addiction as an Attachment Disorder. We will be discussing addiction and attachment theory.
Tobacco Harm Reduction
June 29, 2012 00:00 - 40 minutes - 8.96 MBOur guest this evening is Gilbert Ross MD, Executive Director of the American Council on Science and Health. Dr. Ross is the author of the Forbes article How Health Regulators Are Killing American Smokers. We will be discussing various tobacco harm reduction strategies including Swedish snus, electronic cigarettes, and smoking reduction.
Drugs and Society
June 22, 2012 00:00 - 36 minutes - 8.05 MBOur guest this evening is Peter Venturelli, Ph. D., co-author of Drugs and Society.
Recovering from Religion
June 15, 2012 00:00 - 46 minutes - 10.3 MBOur guest this evening is Darrel Ray Ed. D. who is the author of The God Virus and Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality. He also operates the web site Recovering from Religion.
Harm Reduction Youth Shelter
June 08, 2012 00:00 - 31 minutes - 6.9 MBOur guest this evening is Jenny Barber who will tell us about her experience working in Eva's Satellite, a harm reduction youth shelter for 16 to 24 year olds in Toronto Canada.
Narrative Therapy and Harm Reduction
June 01, 2012 00:00 - 41 minutes - 9.33 MBOur guest is harm reduction therapist Pamela Smithbell who is the author of the paper From New Age to Neuroscience; Creating New Narratives with Meditation Programs and Guided Imagery in Addiction Treatment.
Robert Doyle on Problem Drinking
May 25, 2012 00:00 - 31 minutes - 7.01 MBOur guest this evening is Robert Doyle, MD, DDS of Harvard Health Services. Dr. Doyle is co-author of the book Almost Alcoholic.
Almost Alcoholic
May 18, 2012 00:00 - 30 minutes - 6.69 MBOur guest is Joseph Nowinski PhD, co-author of the book Almost Alcoholic and primary author of the Project MATCH 12 Step Facilitation Therapy Manual.
Marijuana Is Safer
May 11, 2012 00:00 - 19 minutes - 4.18 MBOur guest is Mason Tvert, co-author of Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? and executive director of saferchoice.org.
From 12 Step to Harm Reduction
May 04, 2012 00:00 - 32 minutes - 7.3 MBOur guest is Barry Lessin, M.Ed., CAADC who will be discussing his journey from being a traditional 12 step addictions counselor to becoming a harm reduction therapist.
Christians Against Prohibition
April 27, 2012 00:00 - 39 minutes - 8.82 MBOur guest this evening is Andrew Bairnsfather, founder of Christians Against Prohibition, and we will be discussing how the drug war is in violation of the basic ethical principles which inform the world's religions.
Harm Reduction Therapy Groups
April 20, 2012 00:00 - 33 minutes - 7.41 MBOur guest this evening is Cynthia Hoffman, MFT who does couples counseling and harm reduction therapy groups in San Francisco.
Co-occurring Disorders - Dual Diagnosis
April 13, 2012 00:00 - 38 minutes - 8.48 MBOur guest this evening is Marlene Reil, PhD, CASAC who will be discussing co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Dr. Reil also specializes in mindfulness and smoking cessation.
Artists, Young People and Harm Reduction
April 05, 2012 00:00 - 35 minutes - 7.92 MBJohn P Pasagiannis, PhD joins us this evening to talk about substance use and harm reduction among artists and young adults.
The Center for Optimal Living
March 30, 2012 00:00 - 32 minutes - 7.11 MBAndrew Tatarsky joins us this evening to talk about The Center for Optimal Living, Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and his book Harm Reduction Psychotherapy.
GRASP Grief Recovery
March 22, 2012 02:30 - 30 minutes - 6.7 MBOur guest tonight is Denise Cullen, Executive Director of GRASP. GRASP stands for Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing. GRASP is a support group for people who have lost a loved one as a result of drug use. The GRASP book is called When a Child Dies From Drugs.
Harm Reduction and the Gay Community
March 16, 2012 00:00 - 29 minutes - 6.42 MBOur guest tonight is Michael Benibgui PhD who is currently a psychologist at the Center for Optimal Living and Project Director at Services for the Under Served and who in the past has been Clinical Director at GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis). We will be discussing his research and work with substance use and harm reduction in the LGBT community and his research on the Physiological Impacts Of Homophobia.
Summing Up With Stanton Peele
March 09, 2012 01:00 - 1 hour - 14 MBRenowned addictions expert Stanton Peele joins us for a year in review episode. We have covered a huge amount of ground with many brilliant people and we want to thank them all. Starting next week we will move to a less intense format of one half hour show per week, thus freeing up a lot of time to move on to new adventures.
Wet Housing Reduces Drinking
March 08, 2012 01:30 - 31 minutes - 7.08 MBOur guest tonight is Susan Collins Ph.D. of the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences who will be talking to us about her research on wet housing. Her studies show that homeless alcoholics who are allowed to drink in wet housing significantly reduce their alcohol consumption when compared to homeless alcoholics living on the streets. Moreover wet housing costs the city only a fraction of what it costs for alcoholics to live on the streets.
Sober for Good - Ignition Interlocks
March 02, 2012 01:00 - 51 minutes - 11.6 MBOur first guest is Anne Fletcher, author of Sober for Good and many other books. Our second guest is Scott Elting from Draeger Diagnostics to talk about the Breathalyzer Ignition Interlock Device, BRAIID.
St. Ann's Corner - Candy Lightner
February 24, 2012 01:00 - 1 hour - 15 MBOur first guest is Bart Majoor, Clinical Director at St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction, a syringe exchange and harm reduction program in the Bronx New York. Our second guest is MADD founder Candace Lightner who will be talking to us about the Breathalyzer Ignition Interlock Device.
Becoming Alcoholic
February 23, 2012 01:00 - 36 minutes - 8.06 MBOur guest tonight is David Rudy Ph D, author of the book Becoming Alcoholic: Alcoholics Anonymous and the Reality of Alcoholism which discusses the conversion process of affiliation with AA from a sociologist's perspective.
Teaching Harm Reduction - Harm Reduction Underground
February 17, 2012 01:00 - 56 minutes - 12.6 MBOur first guest is Jenifer Talley PhD who teaches courses in substance abuse treatment with a focus on harm reduction at The New School University. Our second guest, who wishes to remain anonymous, will discuss underground needle exchange programs in Texas where possession of a syringe is a crime.
Biofeedback in Addiction Treatment
February 10, 2012 01:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBOur guests tonight are Estate "Tato" Sokhadze PhD and Christopher Stewart MD, both of the University of Louisville, who will be discussing their research in using biofeedback in addictions treatment. For more information or to find a provider please visit http://www.isnr.org or http://www.aapb.org.
Safe Rides Unlimited
February 09, 2012 01:00 - 27 minutes - 6.04 MBOur guest is Moe Sattar, founder of the Safe Rides Unlimited drunk driving prevention program. Don't want a DUI? Safe ride programs are one of the best DUI prevention strategies out there!
Drink Link Moderation
February 03, 2012 01:30 - 31 minutes - 7.09 MBOur guest tonight is Donna J. Cornett, founder of the Drink Link moderate drinking program and author of 7 Weeks to Safe Social Drinking: How to Effectively Moderate Your Alcohol Intake and other books.
Methadone Wellness
January 26, 2012 01:00 - 33 minutes - 7.55 MBJoin us as Sarz Maxwell MD of the Chicago Recovery Alliance talks about methadone, buprenorphine, and discrimination against maintenance patients which occurs in communities and even in methadone clinics themselves.
Alcohol Solutions - Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention
January 20, 2012 01:00 - 1 hour - 14.7 MBOur first guest is Dr. David J. Hanson who operates the web site Alcohol Problems & Solutions. Dr. Hanson is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at SUNY Potsdam. Our second guest is Dr Sarah Bowen of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington. Dr. Bowen, together with Dr. Neha Chawla, is the author of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Addictive Behaviors A Clinician's Guide.
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy - Uncorked
January 13, 2012 01:00 - 1 hour - 14.7 MBOur first guest is Patt Denning Ph D who will be talking about her new book Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy 2nd Edition, which is a must read for all mental health and substance abuse treatment professionals. This second edition is not merely an update of the first--it is a whole new book. Our second guest is Gabrielle Glaser who will be talking about her forthcoming book Uncorked which explores the history of women and alcohol in America and discusses why AA can be such a bad fi...
World War D
January 12, 2012 01:00 - 33 minutes - 7.45 MBOur guest is Jeffrey Dhywood, author of World War D. The Case against prohibitionism, roadmap to controlled re-legalization.
Project Lazarus
January 06, 2012 01:00 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBThe number of drug overdose deaths has more than tripled in the US since 1990. More than 100 people die of a drug overdose in the US every day. This increase was not caused by illegal street drugs--the number of deaths from heroin overdose remains relatively constant. The majority of drug overdose deaths in America today are cause by prescription painkillers. Sales of prescription painkillers in the US have tripled since 1999--paralleling the tripling of drug overdose deaths. Project Lazarus...
Exponents - Access Works
December 30, 2011 01:00 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBOur first guest is Howard Josepher, creator of the Exponents Arrive program, one of the first harm reduction programs in New York City. Our second guest is Rae Eden Frank, former executive director and my former supervisor at Access Works needle exchange in Minneapolis.
Drug User Stigma - St. Jude Retreat House
December 23, 2011 01:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBOur first guest is Shilo Murphy, executive director of the Peoples Harm Reduction Alliance to talk about drug user stigma. Our second guest is Michelle Dunbar, executive director of St Jude Retreat House. St Jude's has the highest independently verified success rate of any addiction treatment center--no 12 steps, no disease model, and no B*llsh*t.
Atlanta Harm Reduction - Say Know to Drugs
December 16, 2011 01:00 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBOur first guest is Mona Bennett, Programs Coordinator for the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition. Our second geust is Richard Wilmot PhD, author of American Euphoria: Saying 'Know' to Drugs.
North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition
December 09, 2011 01:00 - 40 minutes - 9.02 MBOur guest is Robert Childs, executive director of the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition who will discuss syringe decriminalization, overdose prevention, and the southern sex work harm reduction summit.
VOCAL - Self Medication
November 11, 2011 01:00 - 1 hour - 14 MBOur first guests will be representatives of VOCAL, a Brooklyn based harm reduction and social justice organization working to effect positive social change. Our second guest is Dr. Edward Khantzian of Harvard University who is the originator of the self-medication hypothesis of addiction.
Psychodrama and Addiction Treatment
November 08, 2011 22:00 - 33 minutes - 7.39 MBScott Kellogg PhD of NYU will be discussing Transformational Chairwork (a technique derived from Gestalt therapist Fritz Perls' psychodrama) and its use in addictions treatment. We will also discuss Gradualism.
STIGMA
October 28, 2011 00:00 - 35 minutes - 7.87 MBYour host Kenneth Anderson is joined by Allan Clear of the Harm Reduction Coalition for a discussion of the stigmatization of drug users and people who drink alcohol.
Overdose Prevention - DBT
October 21, 2011 00:00 - 1 hour - 14.3 MBOur first guest is Sharon Stancliff MD of the Harm Reduction Coalition who will be discussing overdose prevention, naloxone (aka narcan), and Good Samaritan laws. Our second guest is Lisa Dietz who operates the DBT Self Help website who will be discussing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Treatment Growth & Abuse - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
October 14, 2011 00:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBOur first guest will be Bill White, author of Slaying the Dragon, who will be talking about the rapid growth of the treatment industry in the US in the latter half of the 20th century as well as discussing some of the abuses which arose as a result of this rapid growth and attempts to address these abuses via codes of ethics, etc. Our second guest is Dr. Steven Hayes, developer of ACT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and author of Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Accep...
Heart of Addiction - Minnesota Alternatives
October 07, 2011 00:00 - 1 hour - 13.6 MBOur first guest is Lance Dodes, MD, author of The Heart of Addiction and Breaking Addiction, who will discuss the psychology of addiction. Our second guest is Paula DeSanto, founder and CEO of MN Alternatives, a non-12-step treatment program which incorporates harm reduction.