Substance use disorders and mental health treatment
Dr. Michael S. Levy is a clinical psychologist who is the Vice President of Clinical Services at CAB Health and Recovery Services, Inc. and Health & Education Services in Peabody, MA. He is a lecturer in psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance and at Harvard Medical School, and he maintains a private practice in psychotherapy. He writes extensively on the treatment of substance use disorders, as well as people who struggle with substance use and mental health conditions. He also has written articles to understand how people get stuck in certain ways of being in the world, and wrote an article on his experience when he volunteered to aid the disaster victims of Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Levy has published one book entitled "Take Control of Your Drinking...and You May Not Need to Quit" through Johns Hopkins University Press.
For twelve years, Dr. Levy wrote a weekly column that appears in three newspapers called "Take the First Step" in which he answered questions from readers regarding substance use and addiction. He also gives numerous lectures and workshops across the country.
Through his involvement with CAB, he also participates in the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Clinical Trials Network (CTN), an organization that develops and implements drug abuse treatment research across the country. He is on the editorial board of the Treatment Practitioner's Research Bulletin.
