Addiction Treatment
There are many types of addiction treatment, ranging from outpatient treatment to replacement therapy and long-term residential drug rehab. It’s important to learn about all the options available if you are seeking treatment for an addiction.
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NIDA Announces Vaccines for Substance Abuse
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) held its eighth annual Blending Conference in Albuquerque, NM on April 22–23, where it displayed the latest pharmaceutical discoveries for prevention treatment. The conference provided an open forum where addiction medicine specialists and clinicians could discuss the rise of new vaccines becoming available to help treat substance abuse and addiction disorders that range from nicotine, cocaine, and heroin abuse. Researchers hope that the new vaccines will help lower risk statistics among such target groups as adolescents, Native American and Native Alaskans, and veterans.
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Drug Charity Gets Surge in Funding After Being Featured on BBC Drama
A small drug charity that was forced to lay off almost a third of its staff because of funding cuts has seen a surge in donations after being featured in a BBC drama this week.
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How to Overcome an Addiction to Sugar
For some people, sugary sweets can be just as addictive and damaging as drugs and alcohol. Eve Combernale of Bridgehamptom, New York, asked CNN’s mental health expert Dr. Charles Raison, psychiatrist at Emory University Medical School, the following:
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Gaming Addiction: An Epidemic for a Growing Technological Generation
Addiction to video or computer games was once an illegitimate concern among parents and psychologists around the 1980s. But with new technologies popping up each day, adolescents and adults alike are finding new ways to entertain and distract themselves. However, for at least nine percent of those who play video games today, gaming is more than a diversion—it’s an addiction. The American Psychological Association may be considering video gaming addiction a mental disorder in its 2012 edition of the DSM-V due to growing concerns over adolescent and young adult populations worldwide experiencing this increasingly prevalent addictive behavioral disorder.
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How Open Can You Be About Your Addiction?
The decision of if, when, and how you should tell someone else about your addiction is a personal matter – and it’s not one to be taken lightly. Naturally, you wouldn’t dream of just blabbing to the stranger in the coffee shop that you once were a heroin or meth addict, or that you had a compulsive sexual addiction. They’d likely be put off by information of such a personal nature. But you also don’t want to get too far along in a new relationship – however intimate – before you reveal some of your past. The question, then, is how open can you be about your addiction?
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Former Child Star Todd Bridges Talks Addiction, Hitting Bottom
Child star Todd Bridges, who played Willis Jackson on "Diff’rent Strokes," discussed addiction, Corey Haim, and his new book, "Killing Willis," on "Fox & Friends."
Posted under Drunk Driving
Got a DUI? This Is Your Wake-Up Call
When the cops pull you over for suspicion of driving under the influence or DUI and you hear the words, “You’re under arrest,” it’s too late to have second thoughts about drinking and driving drunk. You’re in line for a cascade of events that will inevitably cost you time, money, loss of driving privileges, social embarrassment and possibly even a stint in jail. There’s no question this is a serious situation. For many individuals, however, a DUI arrest serves as a wake-up call. Continue Reading
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Alcohol & Drug Treatment for Lawyers Part V: Success in Treating California Lawyers for Substance Abuse
An attorney can participate in California’s lawyer assistance program (LAP) for any length of time if complying with the recommendations of the Evaluation Committee. Successful completion means having maintained three years of continuous sobriety or stability, made lifestyle changes sufficient to maintain ongoing recovery or stability, satisfied the terms of a participation agreement, and participated in the Program for 5 years or as deemed appropriate by the Evaluation Committee.
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Importance of Aftercare in Addiction Treatment
Successful completion of a treatment program for addiction is a huge step on the road to recovery. But for most addicts, regardless of their type of addiction (drugs, alcohol, combination of drugs and alcohol, co-occurring disorder, gambling, eating, spending or sexual disorder), they’re not completely ready to function independently. They have fulfilled an important and essential part of their goal to overcome their addiction, namely the treatment program, but they still require ongoing support for some period of time. This critical phase is called aftercare, and participation in an aftercare program often makes the difference between abstinence and relapse. Continue Reading
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Researcher Given Grant to Further Study Effect of Exercise on Addiction
In a series of experiments over the last three years, Mark Smith, Associate Professor of Psychology at Davidson College, has found that exercise can reduce the desire for cocaine in addicted rats. Now he’s been given a grant of nearly $1 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to further investigate the benefits of exercise at various stages of addiction.
The Addiction Primer
Everything you need to know to help a loved one struggling with addiction, from the writers and editors of Everything Addiction.
