Addiction Treatment - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2016
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Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery

In 2013, Sam Frons founded Addicaid—a mobile application (app) that allowed people in addiction recovery to track their progress, check in with counselors, and connect with others in recovery programs. The app was grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy and used the... View Details

Keywords: Digital Health Interventions; Substance Use Disorder; Addiction Treatment; Addiction Recovery; Scale; Innovation; Health; Health Disorders; Health Industry; New York (city, NY)

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06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

October 2008
Article

Navigating the Bind of Necessary Evils: Psychological Engagement and the Production of Interpersonally Sensitive Behavior

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Andrew Molinsky

We develop grounded theory about how individuals respond to the subjective experience of performing "necessary evils" and how that influences the way they treat targets of their actions. Despite the importance and difficulty of delivering just, compassionate treatment... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Power and Influence; Welfare

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24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

Despite the importance and difficulty of delivering just, compassionate treatment when it is most needed—when necessarily harming another person—little research has focused on those who must do so. Using qualitative data from 111... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

specifically about COVID-19 impacts and responses, we spoke with several Harvard Business School alumni committed to reducing the impact of mental illness and addiction on individuals and communities. Here are some examples of how they... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

11 Sep 2019
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Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

to prove that a new medication’s benefits merit a higher price if cheaper, similar drugs are available. The process rewards companies whose drugs are more novel or help patients more, while forcing manufacturers of equally or less effective View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

approached a private, for-profit chain of addiction treatment centers about offering the app to its clients as a support tool for the recovery process once they completed treatment. The chain’s management... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

handwashing. Motivated by scholarship that suggests handwashing is habitual, we design, implement, and analyze a randomized field experiment aimed to test the main predictions of the rational addiction model. To reliably measure... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Jul 2009
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Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

occupations—management, medicine, law enforcement, and addiction counseling—and noticed three surprising patterns that cut across all four occupations. First, in contrast to the stereotypical image of an emotionally numb performer... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

new achievement are further escalated by the glamorized treatment they receive in today's media-centric world. The elements of celebrity—spectacle, "bests," charisma, and any form of novelty from the latest in consumption to a... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

one side can meet its own interests by helping the other side with the other's "internal," "behind-the-table," or "Level II" constituency challenges. Sebenius (2013) offered a moderately theoretical treatment... View Details