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Step Up to Help Curb Teen Medication Abuse
Today, more than 2,000 U.S. teens will use prescription drugs to get high for the first time. Sadly, for many, it won't be the last time. One in six teenagers has abused prescription drugs at least once, and more than one-third of all prescription drug abusers in the United States are between the ages of 12 and 17. Many become addicted, and some die. In fact, drug overdoses are the leading cause of accidental deaths in more than a dozen states. So what can we do about it? Some practices use a patient prescription agreement, in which the patient agrees to take medication as directed, not share it and dispose of unused meds ...
Source: As We See It: Voices From the AAFP - September 28, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

Treatment Can Reduce Financial Burden on Families
Source: About.com Alcoholism - September 28, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Identifying Coping Mechanisms
The nine steps that form the basis of my approach to mastering stress and living well are, at a basic level, about identifying and changing habits. The subject of my previous post was “Taking Charge,” and once an individual has summoned this crucial resolve, one of the first areas to focus on is our habitual coping mechanisms. read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 27, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Paul Huljich Tags: Addiction Stress addictions addictive quality alignment avoiding stress changing habits compulsion computer use coping mechanism coping mechanisms Coping mechnisms crutch distraction dysfunctional innermost feelings nine st Source Type: news

Treating Alcoholism Reduces Families' Financial BurdenTreating Alcoholism Reduces Families' Financial Burden
Addiction treatment can lower the financial burden and improve quality of life for families of those with alcohol dependence, new research shows. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

Actor Johnny Lewis acted out under drug influence, addiction expert doctor weighs in
Source: Monsters and Critics Consumerhealth News - September 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Black Youth Exposed To Alcohol Advertisement More Than Other Adolescents
African-American adolescents between the ages of 12 and 20 are exposed to more alcohol advertisements on TV and in magazines than youth in general, as stated by a recent report from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The recent study examines African-American youth exposure to alcohol by brand name and type, as well as African-American adolescent exposure to advertisements relating to black adults from a variety of different media companies, by use of data from recent years...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Adults And Pregnant Women Should Be Screened For Alcohol Abuse, Says Task Force
In an attempt to tackle the growing problem of alcohol misuse, a draft recommendation on screening and behavioral counseling has been issued by the US Preventative Services Task Force (Task Force). Until October 22, the Task Force is welcoming comments from the public on this issue, which will all be taken into account before the concluding statement is released...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Break a sugar addiction within a week using three easy steps
Refined sugar is a drug that is similar to opiates in its power to become addicted to it. The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs stated in a study published in 2010 that sugar releases euphoric endorphins in some people's brains in a manner very similar to that of certain...
Source: NaturalNews.com - September 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Alcohol and Drugs in the News
Source: About.com Alcoholism - September 27, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Homicidal Pattern Disorder
A criminal investigator offers his theory about the making of a serial killer.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 26, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Katherine Ramsland Tags: Addiction Behavioral Economics Law and Crime Stress act of violence andrei chikatilo anthony sowell assumptions diathesis stress model distortions dsm DSM-IV edmund kemper environmental influences handful inconsistencies in Source Type: news

Family Benefits From Treating Alcoholism (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Treating alcohol addiction reduces its burden on the family budget and improves life for those who live with alcoholic patients, German researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 26, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Kenya: Drug Users to Get Syringes
[The Star]Women are expected to take a large share of the syringes to be distributed to drug addicts in the country, the government has said. Coast provincial Director of public health and sanitation Anisa Omar said the program to provide syringes to drug addicts will be implemented through rehabilitation centres to prevent a further spread of communicable diseases.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 26, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: 25 September 2012 Online Issue
1. Evidence Review: Behavioral Counseling Interventions Can Reduce Problem Drinking Alcohol misuse is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States after tobacco use and being overweight. About 30 percent of the U.S. population admits to alcohol misuse, with most engaging in what is considered risky drinking, or drinking more than is recommended during a given time period. Researchers reviewed 23 randomized, controlled trials that lasted at least six months in duration to evaluate the effect of behavioral counseling interventions on reducing alcohol misuse...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 26, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

The Benefits Of Treatment For Alcoholism Reach Their Famiiles Too
The financial effects of alcoholism on the family members of addicts can be massive, but little is known about whether treatment for alcoholism reduces that financial burden. A study of 48 German families published online in the journal Addiction reveals that after twelve months of treatment, family costs directly related to a family member's alcoholism decreased from an average of 676.44 (Â£529.91, US$832.26) per month to an average of 145.40 (Â£113.90, $178.89) per month. Put another way, average costs attributable to alcoholism decreased from 20.2% to 4...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 26, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Marijuana Withdrawal Causes Functional Impairment
Source: About.com Alcoholism - September 26, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Dr. Griffith Edwards, Pioneer in Addiction Medicine, Dies at 83
Dr. Edwards, a British psychiatrist, reshaped thinking about heavy drinking, the psychology of drug use and the implications for public policy.
Source: NYT Health - September 25, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By BENEDICT CAREY Tags: Psychiatry and Psychiatrists Edwards, Griffith Drug Abuse and Traffic Alcohol Abuse Deaths (Obituaries) Addiction (Psychology) Source Type: news

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Awake Rats: Studies Relevant to Addiction and the Reward Circuitry
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used to investigate human and laboratory animal brain reward function using a variety of experimental paradigms. The most popular functional imaging technique relies on the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) contrast mechanism first reported in the anesthetized rat by Seiji Ogawa and coworkers in the early 1990s. A significant advantage of fMRI is that it allows a functional characterization of the awake rodent brain under different treatment and pharmacological conditions. We have performed fMRI of the neural actions of cocaine in awake male and female rats and the la...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - September 25, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

Food Restriction and Reward in Rats
Food restriction is a defining characteristic of anorexia nervosa and a risk factor for binge pathology. Basic research related to drug addiction indicates that food restriction increases drug reward magnitude, persistence of preference for a drug-paired environment, and relapse to drug seeking. These phenomena suggest that drugs of abuse subvert the adaptive mechanisms that normally facilitate foraging, learning, and ingestion when food is scarce. Similarly, if supranormally rewarding, energy-dense food is abundant but the physiological effects of underfeeding prevail due to restricted intake, the risk of developing malad...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - September 25, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

Binge-Type Eating Induced by Limited Access to Optional Foods
Binge eating is characterized by the consumption of more food within a discrete period of time than would normally be consumed within the same time period under similar circumstances, accompanied by a sense of loss of control. This form of consummatory behavior is common, and it is accompanied by comorbidities that make treatment difficult. Animal models of bingeing have been developed in order to examine mechanisms as well as to develop potential therapeutic interventions. In this chapter, the limited access model of binge eating is described. This model makes use of established criteria for binge eating in humans and it ...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - September 25, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

Food Seeking in Spite of Harmful Consequences
In industrialized nations, overeating is a significant problem leading to overweight, obesity, and a host of related disorders; the increase in these disorders has prompted a significant amount of research aimed at understanding their etiology. Eating disorders are multifactorial conditions involving genetic, metabolic, environmental, and behavioral factors. Considering that compulsive eating in the face of adverse consequences characterizes some eating disorders, similar to the way in which compulsive drug intake characterizes drug addiction, it might be considered an addiction in its own right. Moreover, numerous review ...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - September 25, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

Saccharin Preference in Rats: Relation to Impulsivity and Drug Abuse
In recent years, rats selectively bred for high (HiS) or low (LoS) saccharin intake have provided valuable information regarding vulnerability to drug and food dependence, related affective disorders, and impulsive behavior. The HiS and LoS rats are models of the heritability of maladaptive behaviors, including hallmarks of drug dependence, bingeing, and withdrawal, which serve equally well for the understanding of binge eating. The purpose of this chapter is to review recent developments in this area of research, emphasizing that several commonalities between food and drug addiction have been revealed, and to highlight si...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - September 25, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

Animal Models of Binge Eating Palatable Foods: Emergence of Addiction-Like Behaviors and Brain Changes in the Rat
Binge eating is a behavioral component of some eating disorders, and it is also noted in the overweight and obese, as well as nonclinical populations. Given its increasing prevalence in society, understanding the behavioral, physiological, and neurochemical components of binge eating is important. Both sugars and fats have been identified as common macronutrients consumed by humans during binge-eating episodes and are thus of interest to study. This chapter describes animal models of sugar and fat bingeing as well as the combination of sugar and fat, which allows for a detailed analysis of these behaviors and their concomi...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - September 25, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

The Genetics of Quitting Smoking
The argument of whether biology has something to do with addiction is silly—the interaction between nicotine metabolism, bupropion, and quitting smoking can show you why.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 25, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Health Neuroscience Psychiatry a3 addiction treatment addictive behavior buprenorphine chemicals in cigarettes drug addicts fast metabolizers genetic code genetics habit helpful tools methadone nicotine nicotine Source Type: news

The Meaning of Addiction Has Changed
Addiction does not emanate from a substance, but is an involvement a person forms at a particular time and place in their life.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 25, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Stanton Peele Tags: Addiction Source Type: news

Teens Over 1/3 Of New Prescription Drug Abusers
WebMD Medical News By Rita Rubin Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Sept. 24, 2012 — Efforts to lessen prescription drug misuse in the United States may be starting to pay off in young adults, but the continuing problem among teens is worrisome, a new government report shows. The number of people aged 18 to 25 who said they had used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes in the previous month fell 14%, or from 2 million in 2010 to 1.7 million in 2011, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Non-medical use of prescription drugs among children 12 to 17 and adul...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 25, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news

Griffith Edwards obituary
Expert on alcohol and drug addiction who pioneered new forms of treatmentThe concept of alcohol dependence is now so entrenched in general awareness and so fundamental to scientific thought that it is difficult to remember a time when the syndrome was unrecognised – and yet the original, provisional description appeared in the British Medical Journal only in 1976. Written by Griffith Edwards, who has died aged 83, and Milton Gross, the now-classic paper signalled Griff's lifetime commitment to studying alcohol and other addictive drugs and his huge contribution to the field.When he started, the only approach to treating ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 25, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Hamid Ghodse Tags: Society Source Type: news

Key To A Cure For HIV May Be Provided By The Addictive Properties Of Certain Drugs
A Florida State University researcher is on a mission to explore the gene-controlling effects of addictive drugs in pursuit of new HIV treatments. Working under the support of a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Florida State biologist Jonathan Dennis is studying a unique ability shared between a promising class of HIV treatments known as histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs) and psychostimulant drugs such as cocaine...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 25, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

Who Are the Campus Problem Drinkers?
Source: About.com Alcoholism - September 25, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Researchers Outline Effective Approaches As Prescription Painkiller Overdoses Mount
Prescription painkillers are responsible for more fatal overdoses in the United States than heroin and cocaine combined. And while most states have programs to curb abuse and addiction, a new report from Brandeis University shows that many states do not fully analyze the data they collect. Experts from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Center of Excellence at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management systematically assessed prescription drug monitoring programs and found a patchwork of strategies and standards...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 24, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Drugs in College
As the school year starts, the colleges and universities open their doors to a new generation of students, and the drug dealers get ready to make the easiest money of the year. But is marijuana, or even alcohol, for that matter, an important part of the student experience? ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Addictions - September 23, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

How Does Marijuana Impair Driving Skills?
Source: About.com Alcoholism - September 23, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Mental Care Is Covered
Some health plans that offer mental-health and addiction coverage are required to offer it at an equal level to the medical coverage they provide.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - September 22, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Some Long Island Schools Putting the Fun in Fitness
Some Catholic school and health care services leaders on Long Island say video games have made many children more physically passive and increased obesity, and often are addictive. But they also say they know video games aren't going away. So they've decided to tap into them to try to get children off the couch and into more vigorous physical exercise.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - September 22, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Treatment for addicts is starting to change
Experts are pushing for a truly medical approach to treating addiction as a disease rather than relying solely on longtime unproven therapies like 12-step programs.A call for change is afoot in the difficult and often heartbreaking world of addiction treatment.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 22, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Is it right to take ecstasy in a TV trial? | David Nutt and Julia Manning
Professor David Nutt plans to test ecstasy live on Channel 4 to study its effects on the brain. Health campaigner Julia Manning says he risks glamorising the drugNext week Professor David Nutt will test the effects of MDMA – otherwise known as ecstasy – on a number of volunteers live on TV in a research project funded by Channel 4. Julia Manning, chief executive of thinktank 2020Health believes the experiment is reckless. Oliver Laughland chairs.David Nutt: The project has two purposes. The first is to show the whole process – from design to analysis – of a scientific experiment being performed. The secon...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 21, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Laughland Tags: Comment is free Source Type: news

Addictive properties of drug abuse may hold key to an HIV cure
A medical researcher is on a mission to explore the gene-controlling effects of addictive drugs in pursuit of new HIV treatments.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 21, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Make Pinterest Your Personal Health Coach
A healthy addiction: Use Pinterest to achieve your personal health goals.
Source: U.S. News - Health - September 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Chocoholics beware! Chocolate can 'trigger opium-like cravings'
Conclusion This study in rats suggests that the action of the brain chemical enkephalin in the specific part of the brain called the anteromedial quadrant of the dorsal neostriatum is vitally important in signalling the desire to consume M&Ms. Additionally, that injecting artificially high levels of this chemical into this specific area of the brain can make the rats eat excessive amounts of M&Ms, in all likelihood overriding the effect of feeling full. The media and researchers suggest that this chemical and signalling system may be involved in human conditions that generate harmful levels of motivation to over-co...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Source Type: news

Chocoholics Beware! Chocolate can 'trigger opium like cravings'
Conclusion This study in rats suggests that the action of the brain chemical enkephalin in the specific part of the brain called the anteromedial quadrant of the dorsal neostriatum is vitally important in signalling the desire to consume M&Ms. Additionally, that injecting artificially high levels of this chemical into this specific area of the brain can make the rats eat excessive amounts of M&Ms, in all likelihood overriding the effect of feeling full. The media and researchers suggest that this chemical and signalling system may be involved in human conditions that generate harmful levels of motivation to over-co...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Source Type: news

Allowing Minors To Taste Alcohol Discourages Later Abuse, Parents Believe
One in every four moms think that it is okay to give their kids a tiny taste of alcohol when they are young, with the hope that it will make the children not want to drink when they are teens, while 40% think that taking a sip of alcohol will result in young kids wanting to drink more when they are older, according to a recent study published in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. A 2008 study claimed that when moms overestimated their kids' future alcohol use, the teens were led to drink more, because they believed it was what their parents expected anyways...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Chocolate can create same high as opium: Links found between obese people and drug addicts
A natural brain chemical with similar properties to opium surged as rats began to eat M&M chocolates - and when a drug was used to stimulate its production, the number of M&Ms eaten more than doubled.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?
Source: About.com Alcoholism - September 21, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Addictive properties of drug abuse may hold key to an HIV cure
(Florida State University) A Florida State University researcher is on a mission to explore the gene-controlling effects of addictive drugs in pursuit of new HIV treatments.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 21, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Sex, Drugs, and Raising Kids
Anything in moderation, the saying goes. But does this wisdom apply to the decisions we make as parents?read more
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - September 20, 2012 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Sam Sommers Tags: Addiction Child Development Diet Happiness Health Media Parenting Relationships Self-Help Sex Social Life adolescence alcohol alcoholic archives of pediatrics archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine assumptions bub Source Type: news

Abusing the Term Trauma
The Association for Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists (APSATS) have organized themselves to certify and train the treatment of “sex addiction induced trauma, defined as the traumatic impact and symptoms caused by sex addiction on self and others.” They are talking about the effects of infidelity. This is trauma?read more
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - September 20, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David J. Ley, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Relationships battle fatigue buzz word civil war veterans clinician flashbacks future feeling gang members George Carlin infidelity informed treatment post traumatic stress post traumatic stress disorder PTSD rape v Source Type: news

Well: Can Food Be Addictive?
Research shows that some foods really are addictive.
Source: NYT Health - September 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By TARA PARKER-POPE Tags: nutrition Eating Disorders Food The Well Column addiction Featured Diet and Nutrition Addiction (Psychology) Source Type: news

Well: Quiz: Are You Addicted to Food?
Find out if you are prone to food addiction. Take the Well quiz.
Source: NYT Health - September 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By TARA PARKER-POPE Tags: mental health Food The Well Quiz Mind addiction Featured Source Type: news

As painkiller overdoses mount, researchers outline effective approaches to curb epidemic
Prescription painkillers are responsible for more fatal overdoses in the United States than heroin and cocaine combined. And while most states have programs to curb abuse and addiction, a new report shows that many states do not fully analyze the data they collect.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 20, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

When Fantasy Crosses the Line
Fantasizing about another person may seem like a harmless indulgence, but it actually draws us closer to temptation and can increase the risk of being unfaithful. In the same way that dwelling on worries and possible catastrophes fuels anxiety and makes fears more vivid, immersion in fantasy can enhance, rather than quench, our longings. Dreaming provides a familiar example of how imagination has the power to cross the line and blend into real life. We all can relate to having an intense dream about someone, and finding the feelings from the dream temporarily spilling into our waking experience of the person. Our Inner Dia...
Source: Psych Central - September 20, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lynn Margolies, Ph.D. Tags: Addictions Anxiety Disorders General Loneliness Men's Issues Relationships & Love Self-Esteem Self-Help Sexuality Treatment Women's Issues Work Issues Catastrophes Dwelling Fantasies Fantasizing Fantasy Life Imagination Source Type: news