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Brian C's Story
When people become addicted they can feel trapped in a deadly cycle that they are powerless to stop. There simply seems to be no way out for the addict.
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - April 29, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: weightloss.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news

New Type of Intellectual Disability Found
Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) led a study discovering a gene for a new form of intellectual disability, as well as how it likely affects cognitive development by disrupting neuron functioning.
Source: Disabled World - April 28, 2012 Category: Disability Tags: Cognitive Disabilities Source Type: news

Problems of Codependents
Everyone laughs when I tell them that I wrote Codependency for Dummies. But codependency is no laughing matter. It causes serious pain and affects the majority of Americans — and not just women or loved ones of addicts, as many people believe. So what is it? My definition is someone who has lost the connection to his or her core self, so that his or her thinking and behavior revolves around someone or something external, including a person, a substance, or an activity, such as sex or gambling. It’s as if codependents are turned inside out. Instead of self-esteem, they have other esteem, based upon what others think...
Source: Psych Central - April 28, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT Tags: Abuse Anger Disorders Family General Loneliness Men's Issues Personality Psychology Relationships & Love Self-Esteem Self-Help Women's Issues Boundaries Caregiving Caretaking Codependency Movement Codependent Relationship Source Type: news

Safety Warning Issued for Pain Patches
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 28, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Bath Salts
Not long ago, the mention of “bath salts” may have conjured up scenes of pampering and ultra-relaxation, perhaps in a spa setting or a five-star resort. More and more, however, bath salts are the street name for a new family of synthetic chemicals that people are getting high on, including mephedrone, pyrovalerone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 27, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Elias Aboujaoude, M.D. Tags: Addiction Health bath salt bath salts chest pains clinical psychiatry news convenience stores crystal meth drug epidemic emergency room staff emergency rooms extreme paranoia human consumption journal clinical psychiatry kid on Source Type: news

Better Than Normal: How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
Sometimes the title of a book is so intriguing that you can barely contain your eagerness in wanting to begin reading it. Such may be the case for you as well with Better Than Normal: How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional. This offering from Dr. Dale Archer, a board-certified psychiatrist and distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, will change the way you look at “the box called normal.” Dr. Archer states that he is “… driven to spread an empowering new message about mental disorder that places responsibility for identity and mental health back where it bel...
Source: Psych Central - April 27, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Twila Klein Tags: Book Reviews Disorders General Happiness Healthy Living Personality Psychology Self-Esteem Self-Help Treatment Adhd American Psychiatric Association Behavioral Traits Bipolar Board Certified Psychiatrist Continuum Model Dia Source Type: news

Anxiety Problems in Relationships, Part I: 3 Habits That Invite Anxiety
In my practice as a Denver psychologist, anxiety problems rank among the most common presenting issues. At work, people may call the feelings stress. In relationships, couples label anxiety as tension. Fortunately, at work, home, or elsewhere, understanding the habits that exacerbate anxiety can launch you on a pathway toward feeling better.read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - April 27, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Psychiatry Self-Help Therapy addictive behaviors alcohol drugs anger depression anxiety problems anxiety problems Denver anxious anxious feelings apparent difficulty chest muscles collapse compulsive habits distractio Source Type: news

Symptoms of Codependency
The term codependency has been around for almost four decades. Although it originally applied to spouses of alcoholics, first called co-alcoholics, researchers revealed that the characteristics of codependents were much more prevalent in the general population than had been imagined. In fact, they found that if you were raised in a dysfunctional family or had an ill parent, you’re likely codependent. Don’t feel bad if that includes you. Most American families are dysfunctional. You’re in the majority! Researchers also found that codependent symptoms got worse if left untreated. The good news is that they̵...
Source: Psych Central - April 27, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT Tags: Caregivers Disorders General Loneliness Personality Psychology Relationships & Love Self-Esteem American Families Anxiety Belongings Boundaries Codependency Consciousness Disguise Dysfunctional Family Feelings Four Decade Source Type: news

The Shadow Self
We Americans pride ourselves on being rugged individualists. We are independent, free thinkers, wary about marching along with the crowd. Our political system is both built upon and attempts to preserve the freedoms of the individual.read more
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - April 27, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter G. Stromberg, Ph.D. Tags: Media Personality addiction entertainment individualism mental health Psychological anthropology Source Type: news

Drunk Support
The college drinking scene is a matrix of fun and looming crisis. Students share laughter, adventure, and emergent affection when they drink together. And they also face a variety of risks, including injury, sexual victimization, acute toxicity, and death. Based on a large body of scholarly research, we know that heavy drinking in college is linked to a host of negative outcomes.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 27, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Thomas Vander Ven, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Law and Crime Social Life acute toxicity collective effort college drinker college partying countless hours dangerous levels emotional distress house parties informants intensive interviews levels of intoxication nega Source Type: news

Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 27, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

New form of intellectual disability discovered
(Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health led a study discovering a gene for a new form of intellectual disability, as well as how it likely affects cognitive development by disrupting neuron functioning.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 27, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Addressing the critical health problem of adolescent substance use through health care, research, and public policy. - Feinstein EC, Richter L, Foster SE.
The use of addictive substances-tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs-during adolescence interferes with brain development and increases the risk of serious health and mental health conditions, including addiction. Yet, adolescents live in a culture in which f...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 26, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Psychedelics Let the World In
Instead of turning on, tuning in, and dropping out, the chemicals we prefer today help us turn off, tune out, and drop in—into a solipsistic safety zone, protected from too much reality.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 26, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Marc Lewis, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Neuroscience acid diethylamide berkeley california brain brain function drug ecstasy effects of lsd gateways hard drugs how the brain works irony mad men modern society molecule neuroscientist neurotransmitter n Source Type: news

Alcohol and Drugs in the News
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 26, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Feds weigh pulling drug licenses for two CVS stores
ARLINGTON, Va (Reuters) - A federal hearing began on Wednesday on whether to bar two CVS Caremark Corp drugstores in Florida from selling potentially addictive painkillers as part of a government crackdown on prescription pain pills, especially oxycodone.
Source: Modern Medicine - April 26, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Heroin Addicts Have Higher Pain Sensitivity, Even During Treatment
Those taking methadone continue to have heightened pain responses, study finds Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Heroin, Pain
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - April 25, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sex Symposium Snippets
The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, known as SSSS or “Quad S”, held its 2012 Western Region Conference in Los Angeles over a four day period at the end of April.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 25, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Isadora Alman, MFT Tags: Addiction Education Happiness Sex apology attention span couples empathy excitement gender heart of desire insecurity interesting tidbits love with a stranger low desire low sexual desire nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp plenary Source Type: news

Post-Modernism in Brain Psychiatry
America—at least judging from its stalking horse, The New York Times—may be moving away from its slavish devotion to the idea that the key to our mental health is neurochemistry.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 25, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Stanton Peele Tags: Addiction Depression Psychiatry age of anxiety aldous huxley brain chemistry brain disease disease model driven approach face death intellectual capacities mental exercise Nora Volkow paean poem the age of anxiety psychedelic Source Type: news

Less Sugar in Your Life: Start at Home
We’re hit with more and more bitter news—our favorite sweets are toxic and addictive. As science explores obesity and metabolic syndrome, we’re getting the message that less is more when it comes to those sweets.read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - April 25, 2012 Category: Nutrition Authors: Terese Weinstein Katz, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Health 5g abstinence beverages bitter news cereals check labels diet drinks health benefits households how to stop overeating imperfections metabolic syndrome moderation Obesity place in time reducing sugar replace Source Type: news

Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center Inspire Malibu Launches Awareness...
Recent surge in hand sanitizer abuse among adolescents puts Inspire Malibu's team into action.(PRWeb April 24, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9423172.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 25, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

The Most Abused Prescription Drugs
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 25, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Heroin Addicts Have Higher Pain Sensitivity, Even During Treatment
Those taking methadone continue to have heightened pain responses, study finds
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - April 25, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Family Medicine, Pharmacy, Dependence, News, Source Type: news

Report finds supervised injectable heroin treatment is expensive but cost effective
Source: BMJ Area: News According to a report in the BMJ, a new report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction says that medicinal heroin is being used successfully in several countries as a second line treatment for chronic heroin users previously considered untreatable. The report describes the treatment as "an important clinical step forward" and provides an overview of research on the subject setting out evidence and clinical experience gained in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. The full report is available at the link below.
Source: NeLM - Mental Health - April 25, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Cocaine Shrinks the Brain
cocaine shrinks the brainread more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 24, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: R. Douglas Fields Tags: Addiction Neuroscience april 24 brain aging brain atrophy brain imaging brain volume cambridge university cocaine cocaine abuse cocaine dependency cognitive decline dependence dependent individuals engine displacement gray ma Source Type: news

The Pivot Point: Once More With Feeling
You've been craving and craving, for hours, maybe for days, and now you finally allow yourself to get the thing you've been craving. Dopamine feels like desperate desire when the goal is out of reach. But it feels like a headlong rush when you're suddenly "allowed" to go get it.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 24, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Marc Lewis, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Neuroscience anterior cingulate cortex booze brain dynamics consciousness cravings desperate desire dopamine ego fatigue happiness impulses internal dialogue long time mystery periods pivot point psychology Source Type: news

Cocaine May Age the Brain
Younger and middle-aged addicts have elderly brains, imaging study finds
Source: ScienceNOW - April 24, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Kenya: Army Bishop Pleads for Drug Addicts
[The Star] A Catholic Bishop has called on law enforcement agents in Coast province to treat drug addicts as sick persons who require rehabilitation instead of harassment them.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 24, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Binge eating may lead to addiction-like behaviors
A history of binge eating -- consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time -- may make an individual more likely to show other addiction-like behaviors, including substance abuse, according to researchers. In the short term, this finding may shed light on the factors that promote substance abuse, addiction, and relapse. In the long term, may help clinicians treat individuals suffering from this devastating disease.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 24, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Anticonvulsant drug helps marijuana smokers kick the habit
Scientists have found clinical evidence that the drug gabapentin, currently on the market to treat neuropathic pain and epilepsy, helps people to quit smoking marijuana (cannabis). Unlike traditional addiction treatments, gabapentin targets stress systems in the brain that are activated by drug withdrawal.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 24, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Terrence Higgins Trust encourages gay men to ‘Man Up’ about STI screening, with release of new platform game
HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has launched an addictive platform game with an important message for gay and bisexual men: the more men you have sex with, the more often you should screen for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).The game, ‘Man Up’, sees players attempt to bounce between brightly coloured beds without either falling off the screen, or being knocked off by a ‘love bug’. The higher they manage to bounce, the more points they receive; but points can only be banked through a visit to the floating clinic. At key stages in the game, the player receives messages containing important...
Source: Terrence Higgins Trust - April 24, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Drug Czar Confuses Hemp with Marijuana
A recent blog in the Huffington Post claimed that US Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, confused the hemp plant with the marijuana plant in a bizarre defense of the move to disallow US farmers from producing industrial hemp. ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Addictions - April 24, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Don't Let Withdrawals Stop You From Quitting
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 24, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Binge eating may lead to addiction-like behaviors
(Penn State) A history of binge eating -- consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time -- may make an individual more likely to show other addiction-like behaviors, including substance abuse, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. In the short term, this finding may shed light on the factors that promote substance abuse, addiction, and relapse. In the long term, may help clinicians treat individuals suffering from this devastating disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 24, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Curing addiction: vaccines to end drug abuse
Research into anti-addiction drugs and vaccines is booming, but big pharmaceutical companies are yet to show support. But with mounting evidence that addiction causes physical changes in the brain, ethical issues and regulatory barriers surrounding t…
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - April 23, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) 43rd Annual Medical-Scientific ConferenceAmerican Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) 43rd Annual Medical-Scientific Conference
Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from the meeting. Medscape Psychiatry
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - April 23, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Conference Coverage Source Type: news

Starting From Where You Are
I don’t know about you, but I usually wish that I were five steps ahead. There is this idea that “further along” is better. I imagine that I’ll feel more settled, have more resources, more smarts, less fear and less of a desire to be further along. But then I arrive those five steps and I feel the same way. I’ve “arrived” but I’m still longing to be somewhere down the road.read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - April 23, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ingrid Mathieu, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Depression Happiness Relationships Self-Help Spirituality acceptance alcohol challenges demon desire drugs emotional sobriety fear fellows five steps freedom learning curves living in the moment ma Source Type: news

Breaking Free from Addiction
Like a dance, an addiction finds a pattern by which to step seamlessly into a person’s life, luring and condemning, comforting and destroying. People who struggle with any addiction are acting according to the prescriptions of a destructive thought process known as the critical inner voice.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 23, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Lisa Firestone, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Therapy addictive behavior addictive behaviors alcohol abuse alcohol dependency choreographer contemporary dance critical inner voice dark stage destructive nature devastation eating disorder expressiveness falling vi Source Type: news

Why There Is Lunacy, Literally, In 28-day Rehabs
A recent television show, “Nurse Jackie," portrayed the main character as foolish for leaving an addiction rehabilitation program before the 28 days were up. That idea is lunacy – literally. read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 22, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Lance Dodes, M.D. Tags: Addiction Eating Disorders Self-Help Therapy 28 days academic papers addiction rehabilitation cycle of the moon digit number early civilizations fingers and toes grocery aisles lunar cycle moon around the earth new moon octop Source Type: news

Why there is lunacy – literally – in 28-day rehabs
A recent television show (“Nurse Jackie”) portrayed the main character as foolish for leaving an addiction rehabilitation program before the 28 days were up. That idea is lunacy – literally. The only magic in staying 28 days is that it is approximately one full cycle of the moon around the earth. read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 22, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Lance Dodes, M.D. Tags: Addiction Eating Disorders Self-Help Therapy 28 days academic papers addiction rehabilitation cycle of the moon digit number early civilizations fingers and toes grocery aisles lunar cycle moon around the earth new moon octop Source Type: news

Specific protein triggers changes in neurons in brain reward center linked to cocaine addiction
New research reveals that repeated exposure to cocaine decreases the activity of a protein necessary for normal functioning of the brain's reward system, thus enhancing the reward for cocaine use, which leads to addiction. Investigators were also able to block the ability of repeated cocaine exposure, to induce addiction.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 22, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

I will have what she's having: Feeling left out and buying social acceptance.
Imagine you are participating in a few studies. The experimenter tells you that you are going to record a short video, which is going to be shown to another participant. After your video is viewed by the other participant, they decide not to participate. Next, you are asked to review a number of consumer items the bookstore is considering stocking. So, what do you buy? read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 22, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Ryan T. Howell, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Behavioral Economics Eating Disorders Evolutionary Psychology Personality Relationships belonging chicken feet consumer items experimenter life and death marketing marketing studies marketing study mead notepad or Source Type: news

Violence and addictions: public health problems - Cueva G.
Violence and addictions produce a great impact over persons, families, and communities. They impair their normal development and affect the possibility of individuals to fully grow. There are many different factors involved in their presentation, so propos...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 21, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Why I Stopped Drinking Wine
Though wellness expert Dr. Susan Biali loves wine as much as you do (and maybe more), she's reluctantly decided to kick the habit. Sadly, this lovely liquid - and alcohol in general - can actually increase stress and lower immunity, among a list of other evidence-based reasons presented here.read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - April 21, 2012 Category: Nutrition Authors: Susan Biali, M.D. Tags: Diet Health Resilience Stress addictive personality al fresco alcohol addiction alcohol and health alcohol information antioxidants breast cancer chocolate cake delicious dinner dinner parties doing sit ups drinker drinking Source Type: news

Child Abuse & Brain Development
A study by Harvard researcher Martin Teicher, MD, PhD, may reveal why victims of child abuse are at greater risk for depression, drug addiction, and other mental health problems. Dr. Teicher's data show that abuse in childhood may disrupt the development of nerve tissues that may reduce the size of the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with emotions and memory. Teicher speaks with So....
Source: Sound Medicine - April 21, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news

Mad Men on Acid
Last night's episode of Mad Men showed a group of middle aged executives dropping acid together. This bizarre muddle of clichés and myths about LSD bore little resemblance to the psychedelic experience as reported by those who have taken it. ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Addictions - April 21, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

What Is the Difference Between DUI and DWI?
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 21, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news

Learning to Be Present With Yourself
Teaching ourselves to focus on the present moment can train our brain pathways towards more deliberate and positive experiencing.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 20, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Melanie A. Greenberg, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Cognition Integrative Medicine Therapy 10 years biases brain pathways brains desire genes kabat zinn life tasks mindfulness myriad nbsp obstacles orientations present moment pros and cons psychotherapy rel Source Type: news

Diet Soda Downside?
Recently, I’ve heard that diet soda is addictive, that it causes all sorts of health problems and that instead of helping you lose weight, it promotes weight gain. Is any of this true? If so, what is it about diet soda that’s to blame?
Source: Dr. Weil Q and A - April 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?
Source: About.com Alcoholism - April 20, 2012 Category: Addiction Source Type: news