New studies shed light on addiction treatment

New studies shed light on addiction treatment, alcohol screening for ... By Heather Rudow Overcoming addiction is a difficult task at any age, but a new study by the Center for AddictionMedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and the Butler Center for Research at Hazelden revealed that most young adults want to overcome their addiction; they just need help along the way.... Counseling Today

Children of Alcoholic Parents Drink More When Stressed | Juvenile ... By Lindsay Oberst Children of parents with a drinking problem are more likely to drink in stressful situations, according to a recent Swedish study. This new research by Anna Söderpalm Gordh furthers the already-supported idea that children of alcoholics drink ... Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Drug Rehab and Addiction Therapy Centers « felasofi.net By veron There are many issues that any addict or alcoholic might want to know about drug rehabs oraddiction treatment centers prior to they commit to checking in to 1. To start with you are going to almost certainly experience a medically supervised ... felasofi.net

LICADD's 22nd Annual Peter Sweisgood Breakfast Honors Addiction By LICADD Webmaster LICADD's 22nd Annual Peter Sweisgood Breakfast Honors Addiction Treatment, Prevention and Media Champions. Posted on October 3, 2011 under Latest LICADD News. The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence's ... LICADD, Long Island Council on...

Don't Know How to Deal with Alcoholic Mother. - SoberRecovery ... By GiantK For the past 10 years or so my mother has been an alcoholic, I've known this for the last 5 of those years. In high school I never drank, or did drugs or anything of the sort. I didn't even have my first drink til I was a few months past 21, so maybe ... SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug...

Breaking The Feel-Good Addiction: 12 Steps To Get You On The ... By Contributor Often, there's nothing more satisfying than crossing a task off of your gargantuan to-do list. In fact, it's a feeling that can be addictive. Once we cross off one task, we go after the next one so we can experience that feeling all over again. But how ... Young Upstarts

Compulsive choices in addiction? | Psychology Today Is addiction an issue of bad choices or is it a case of biological, compulsive, ... Tags: addict,addiction, addictive behavior, administration studies, animal ... www.psychologytoday.com/.../compulsive-choices-in-addictio...

LSD Addiction | LSD-Addiction.net LSD Addiction is a rare form of addiction, but it can be extremely serious because the person loses touch with reality. Learn more about LSD Addiction now. lsd-addiction.net/ An Addiction Vaccine, Tantalizingly Close New York Times It's a novel use for vaccines that has placed Dr. Janda, who is 54, in the vanguard of addictiontreatment. Because addiction is now thought to cause physical changes in the brain, doctors increasingly advocate medical solutions to America's drug ... Broadway drama turned MJ into addict CANOE COM Samuel L. Jackson has bad memories of his first stint on Broadway - because it led to a crack cocaine addiction that almost killed him. The movie star, who will return to the New York stage this month as Martin Luther King, Jr. in The Mountaintop, ... Young Adults Have Will to Stop Addiction, But Need Help PsychCentral.com By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor A new study finds that young people with an addiction usually do not lack the desire to break it, but need help and guidance to make it happen. The longitudinal study discovers the behavioral training a young adult... East Bridgewater advocates urge parents: 'Don't be blindsided' by child's drug ... Enterprise News Susan Silva speaks about her son Mike Kujanpaa and his battle with drug addiction during an interview at her East Bridgewater home. By Maria Papadopoulos Susan Silva knew something was wrong with her son when things began missing from her home. ... Danville center helps end addiction GoDanRiver.com Yet, with the right local resources and individual mindsets, those suffering from addiction can change, maintain recovery and lead fulfilling, productive lives. That's what The Fletcher Center's intensive outpatient program for chemical dependency ... Addiction center expands lecture series The Brown Daily Herald Each Friday from noon to one, the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies offers a lecture for faculty, staff, students and local public health personnel. The lectures vary in topic, but usually explore one of the center's three main areas of study: ... Recovery from addiction celebrated in Jeffersonville Evening News and Tribune One was Marshall Stacy, 38, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, who explained how his insecurity and arrogance led him down the path of substance abuse. When his doctor cut his prescription for pain killers, he started obtaining them through other ... Salvation or slippery slope? Montreal Gazette Many were trained under outdated concepts of addiction and a deep distrust of narcotics that essentially boiled down to this: As soon as you gave someone an opioid, they would become addicted — that “you would take your normal, average, church-going ... Alcoholism a Threat to the Family, Says Priest Middle East North Africa Financial Network Nairobi, Oct 03, 2011 (Catholic Information Service for Africa/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- A Catholic priest has described alcoholism as a major threat affecting the family institution. "Many families are ruined today through a heavy ... Aycock: Wife in denial about alcoholic husband Savannah Morning News Keep in mind that alcoholism is a progressive disease, one which without help can continue on a destructive path. • Drinking daily, along with binge-drinking on the weekends and an inability to stop. Lewis County to have addiction recovery facility Ledger Independent Despite the obvious need, the county lacks the recovery support necessary to help those battling addiction get their lives back, said David White, a recovering addict. Seven months ago, a group of concerned citizens began to meet to discuss the problem ... University of Toronto joins forces with the Ontario Mental Health and ... Canada NewsWire (press release) TORONTO, Oct. 3, 2011 /CNW/ - To recognize Mental Illness Awareness Week and draw attention to the need for crucial mental health services in Ontario, the Ontario Mental Health and AddictionAlliance has partnered with the University of Toronto to ... Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker beat painkiller addiction after 2008 plane crash Perth Now "I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital... and before the plane crash, I was battling a painkilleraddiction. for years. "I can proudly say I didn't even take any pain medication after I got out of the hospital. They told me I'd be on some of ... Gun thefts increasing; linked to use of drugs Journal and Courier She's spent the six years since then battling his addiction and, at times, him. But Eaker felt like she lost the battle -- but hopefully not the war -- when she heard "The United States of America vs. Nicholas Jackson" read out loud during a recent ... VIDEO: Former meth user shares his story of addiction, determination to stay clean Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com By Mark Bugnaski | Kalamazoo Gazette History with Meth Dennis Letts of Allegan Michigan tells his story of addiction to methamphetamine. Letts began using meth at age 12, and continued theaddiction through his adult life. ... An Explanation Of Ultram Abuse Eva-News (press release) Recent period have additionally seen a revise in the trends of drug addiction. Ultram is really a brand name for a generic prescription called tramadol. It is a palliative essentially used prevent or treat pain. Unlike many other medicines usually ... National Rehabilitation Center signs partnership agreement with University of ... AME Info The National Rehabilitation Center [NRC] - the national addiction response body in the UAE mandated with rehabilitation and treatment of people addicted to substance abuse, announced that HE Dr Hamad Abdallah Al Ghaferi, NRC Director General, ... The Way Out