Michigan Teenagers who drink can sometimes find themselves on the wrong side of the law. This includes being charged with crimes like MIP (minor in possession) and Minor BAC (which is under age drunk driving , also known as zero tolerance), among others. Many courts in Michigan treat underage drinking very seriously. Some judges have…
Category: Dr. Corby’s Blogs
Charles R. Schuster Left Mark on Detroit’s Addiction Recovery Community
Dr. Charles R. Schuster came to Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1995 to take responsibility for forming a substance abuse research center. He had recently left his position as Director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, National Institute for Health (NIH) where he had served for the prior 8 years under then…
Want a good mental work out to cure your bad habits? Try Cognitive Brain Training
A promising new type of cognitive therapy called “brain training” has been demonstrated to be useful in treating drug addiction, according to an article recently published in the recent issue of Biological Psychiatry: Warren K. Bickel, Richard Yi, Reid D. Landes, Paul F. Hill, Carole Baxter. Remember the Future: Working Memory Training Decreases Delay Discounting…
My work at Wayne State University
My desire to help to treat psychological and addiction problems has been something of a passion of mine for many years. This article linked below was written in 1998 for the Wayne State University School of Medicine newspaper “The Scribe” about a program to treat adolescents with psychological and addiction problems, that I developed and directed while on…
Cognitive Therapy Effectiveness for Depression
This is a landmark study – a meta-analysis by Dr. Keith Dobson that reported that cognitive therapy was even more effective than medication treatment or other psychological treatments for treating most depression. Medication treatment, however, when added to cognitive therapy with more severe depression, results in the best outcomes: http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiLanding&fuseaction=showUIDAbstract&uid=1989-30221-001
How to Find the Right Therapist
Once you have made the decision to seek treatment for your psychological and/or addiction concern, the next thing you will need to decide is with whom to treat. You will also need to make this decision as you look for someone to prepare you substance abuse evaluation for your Michigan Driver License Restoration Hearing. One thing…
Rule 13 Makes License Restoration Difficult
When I prepare a substance abuse evaluation I am doing so because you have been convicted for multiple drunk driving cases and your license has been revoked. Under these cirumstances the rules from the Secretary of State require that you present a substance abuse evaluation before you can regain your license. The rule also requires…
Criminal Competency
I found the following article to be very interesting. This of course is just an excerpt. Psychological evaluations and the competency to waive Miranda rights By I. Bruce Frumkin; Alfredo Garcia Psychology and the law of confessions share a symbiotic relationship. As the “queen of proofs,” confessions play a prominent role in the investigation and…