The Neurobiology of Drug Addiction | National Institute on Drug Abuse
The second in a 5-part series, explores the science behind addiction, describing the brain and reward center, and the action of heroine and cocaine. Revised: ...
www.drugabuse.gov/.../teaching.../neurobiology-drug-addicti...
The second in a 5-part series, explores the science behind addiction, describing the brain and reward center, and the action of heroine and cocaine. Revised: ...
www.drugabuse.gov/.../teaching.../neurobiology-drug-addicti...
Shame and the Sex Addict: A Real Problem That Destroys Lives
IBTimes.co.uk
They have the same lack of control as an alcoholic trying to avoid a drink," she said. When asked whether the increase in those suffering from sex addiction is a reflection of modern lifestyles, or if the condition is simply acquiring a larger profile, ...
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Former Celtic Tells of Dark Addiction, Inspires Hope in Packed House
Patch.com
In a gripping and at times horrifying re-telling of his decline from basketball superstar to hollow drug addiction, former Boston Celtic Chris Herren filled the Barnstable High School auditorium and then some last night, with nary a dry eye in the ...
Sports agent who inspired Jerry Maguire film files for bankruptcy
Telegraph.co.uk
Mr Steinberg admitted in the note that his alcoholism had caused him to “check out” for short periods in the last five or six years. In a letter to US newspaper The Orange County Register, Mr Steinberg wrote: “I am responsible for my own addiction – no ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Key to alcohol addiction revealed
Ninemsn
The lead author of the study, University of California neuroscientist Jennifer Mitchell, said that her aim was to find better ways to treat alcoholism. "There's an interesting relationship between endorphin release and problem drinking," she said. ...
Dispute over house in Catonsville for those recovering from addiction continues
Baltimore Sun
Alpert, a licensed clinical counselor who owns and operates Central Maryland Addiction Counseling in Ellicott City, contended that his tenants – who are all clients of his trying to maintain sobriety and are receiving counseling – are exempt from the ...
Research helping combat drug addiction
Medical Xpress
(Medical Xpress) -- Better help with battling drug addiction could be at hand as a result of research underway at Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Bronwyn Kivell, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, is screening a number of ...
Brain Chemistry Link In Alcohol Addiction?
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That means if you're an alcoholic and consciously want to stop drinking, it's hard to stop because part of your brain has learned that drinking is important and compels you to continue. "It's something you have to fight to not partake in again," he ...
Addiction spins wheel of missed fortune
Vernon Morning Star
By Richard Rolke - Vernon Morning Star The risks associated with gambling addiction are well known to Rob Sawatzky. As a doctor in New Brunswick, Vernon's mayor tried to assist patients hooked on slot machines and other forms of gaming. ...
Booze addiction almost killed me
The Star
“I was admitted to hospital with acute alcoholic hepatitis and my poor mother was told to 'expect the worst',” she said. “Luckily, the medication I was given worked and I came through the crisis. “Since completing treatment 16 months ago, ...
The Star
Adam uses addict past to bring hope to others
South Wales Evening Post
A MAN whose life spiralled out of control when he started taking drugs as a teen is now hoping to inspire others not to go down the same route. Adam Rowley, 30, born in London but now living in Llanelli, said he found a way out of the darkness and ...
Internet addiction causes brain changes, study claims
CTV.ca
People with Internet Addiction Disorder have the same kind of brain changes seen in those hooked on drugs or alcohol, new research has found. Haven't heard of Internet Addiction Disorder? The relatively recently recognized condition that's marked by a ...
Cousins in psychiatric unit
The West Australian
Former AFL star Ben Cousins has been committed to a mental health hospital as a result of prolonged psychosis related to his battle with methamphetamine addiction. Cousins, 33, was yesterday taken by ambulance under a police escort to the Joondalup ...
The West Australian
Addiction groups sign up to recovery consortium
Scotsman
a new approach to tackling alcohol and drug addiction is being adopted in the Lothians. The three local alcohol and drug partnerships in the NHS Lothian area have signed up to a Smart Recovery Consortium. Smart, which stands for Self Management and ...
Brain Chemistry Link In Alcohol Addiction? - Health News Story ...
That means if you're an alcoholic and consciously want to stop drinking, it's hard to stop because part of your brain has learned that drinking is important and compels you to continue. "It's something you have to fight to not partake in again," he ...
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Internet Addicts Experience Brain Changes Like Alcoholics And ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
"There is nothing here to suggest that this is a complex physiological disease state akin toalcoholism or other substance abuse disorders, and it doesn't get to have the word addictionattached to it," Dr. Stuart Gitlow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York, who consulted the APA on the ruling, said at the time. The Chinese study should ... 'Meme Proposal' Is Every Internet Addict's Romantic Fantasy (VIDEO). When Timothy Tiah, the ...
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Internet Addiction Alters Brain Like Drugs « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
By KTVTPhil
A new brain study shows that people can be addicted to the internet, and it might cause the same brain changes that are seen in drug addicts.
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Internet addiction: How big a problem is it? « drmarkgriffiths
By drmarkgriffiths
Yesterday, a study was reported in the British media that Chinese scientists had observed differences in the brains of people who obsessively use the internet similar to those found in people who have substance addiction. This led to the question of whether this was “proof that internetaddiction exists”. ... In short, a gambling addict who uses the Internet to gamble is a gambling addictnot an Internet addict. The Internet is just the place where they conduct their chosen (addictive) ...
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The Kids Can't Stop — Is Internet Addiction Real? | Psychology Today
By Matthew J. Edlund, M.D.
Continually connecting can make you deeply disconnected. By Matthew J. Edlund, M.D. ...
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