Women in Drug Treatment

Letter to the Editor, by Peter Provet, Ph.D. The New York Times To the editor: RE: “Why is Mom in Rehab?” by Charles M. Blow The simple answer is trauma, poverty, lack of support and threat of losing her children. Since crack cocaine burst on to the scene...

Equal Time for Mental Health Care

Letter to the Editor, by Peter Provet, Ph.D. In Reference To The Murky Politics of Mind-Body, The New York Times   To the editor: Even in a favorable discussion of mental illness, addiction is treated as a stepchild with behavioral problems. Other mental...

No Glamour To It

Letter to the Editor,by Peter Provet, Ph.D. The New York Times To the Editor: For thousands of New Yorkers not in the “social scene,” drug abuse and its inherent problems are far from invisible. A visit to any number of treatment programs across the city...

Letter to the Editor: An Anti-Addiction Pill

Benoit Denizet-Lewis (June 25) carefully lays out the evolving scientific approach to treating addiction, and it is promising. The treatment field is at a crossroads. We should find ways to integrate pharmacology with psychological and behavioral interventions so that...