Analyzing the lived experience of women rape victims - Hosseini N.
Rape is a sign of violence and serious harm to the victim. This research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the lived experience of female victims and using a qualitative method of phenomenology.. The participants, two groups of addicted and non-addic... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
9 Ways to Reset Your Relationship With Social Media
Emma Lembke joined Instagram when she was 12. The last of her friend group to sign up, she had sensed the appeal of the app in the gazes of friends; people who used to look at her now looked at their phones. “I thought to myself, ‘There has to be something incredibly magnetic and magical and connective that pulls people into these apps,’” recalls Lembke, who’s now 21 and founder of the Log Off Movement, a non-profit that aims to help kids use social media in a healthier way.
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She soon began spending five or six hours a day mindlessly scrolling&m...
Source: TIME: Health - January 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Reduced Stimulant Use Linked to Improvement in Indicators of Recovery
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 -- For individuals with stimulant use disorder, reduced stimulant use is associated with improvement in clinical indicators of recovery, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in Addiction.
Masoumeh Aminesmaeili,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 16, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A Surgeon General Report Once Cleared the Air About Smoking. Is It Time for One on Vaping?
NEW YORK — Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America.
Today, some public health experts say a similar report could help clear the air about vaping.
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Many U.S. adults believe nicotine vaping is as harmful as — or more dangerous than — cigarette smoking. That’s wrong. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and most scientists agree that, based on available evidence, electronic cigarettes are far less danger...
Source: TIME: Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe / AP Tags: Uncategorized wire Source Type: news
FDA Greenlights Genetic Test to Gauge Opioid Addiction Risk FDA Greenlights Genetic Test to Gauge Opioid Addiction Risk
The test will help healthcare providers to assess an individual ' s risk of developing opioid use disorder, offering a new approach to pain management.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news
Guerrero: Why are men so lonely?
Young men, who tend to be more progressive than their elders, are the most isolated. Boys are retreating into the manosphere for reasons beyond addictive technologies. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jean Guerrero Source Type: news
Dopamine Fasting: Some MDs are Prescribing It. Should You? Dopamine Fasting: Some MDs are Prescribing It. Should You?
It ' s a Silicon Valley fad that seems to have stuck — and a 4-week intervention could be a real option for addiction care.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - January 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news
US Residential Addiction Treatment for Teens Limited, Costly US Residential Addiction Treatment for Teens Limited, Costly
Despite an epidemic of overdose deaths among US teens, access to adolescent residential addiction treatments is expensive and often hard to come by, a new analysis showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news
I spent over £100,000 on therapy... but it was taking magic mushrooms that helped me conquer my OCD
UK lawyer Pandora Morris, 35, has spent decades battling obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), which developed into a severe exercise addiction and eating disorder in her early teens. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ultimate guide on how to survive Dry January: Psychologist shares 4 tips to help distract you from thinking about alcohol or cigarettes
Addiction specialist Dr Ryan Wade from Connecticut, US, says you can trick your brain into quitting cigarettes or going sober by filling your time with friends and sports. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AHN team performs region's first deep brain stimulation therapy to treat opioid addiction
Innovative Technology used for years to treat movement disorders such as Parkinson disease now being evaluated as an option for one of nation's most pressing health concerns PITTSBURGH, Jan. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A multidisciplinary team of physicians at Allegheny Health Network... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 13, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT Source Type: news
Seattle-based Stanley rides the wave of water bottle, tumbler addiction
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The relationship between mobile phone addiction and non-suicidal self-injury: findings from six universities in Shaanxi province, China - Zhang L, Wang W, Wang X, Yuan X, Luo Y, Wu M, Ma L.
BACKGROUND: Although the development and application of mobile phones have changed various aspects of people's lives, excessive use of mobile phones has also raised physical and mental health concerns. However, the relationship between mobile phone addicti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
How governments become addicted to suppliers like Fujitsu
Analysis Since the broadcast of a television drama telling the story of the Post Office Horizon scandal — one of the most serious miscarriages of justice in British legal history — calls have mounted for those responsible to be held to account. Leaping into focus is Fujitsu, the supplier of a…#postofficehorizon #fujitsu #horizon #postoffice #courtofappeal #rishisunak #tussell #broadcasteritv #skynews #register (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Reduced drug use is a meaningful treatment outcome for people with stimulant use disorders
NIH-supported findings suggest the need to expand definitions of addiction treatment success beyond abstinence. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - January 10, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
