Just Sign on the Dotted Line
Proponents for the legalization of marijuana are tenacious in their fight, inserting themselves into the American landscape from petitioners in front of supermarkets to lobbyists on Capitol Hill. But no one is asking what their agenda is. Is it because they have no agenda? Is it really just a mad race to get the country high?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 16, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Howard C. Samuels, Psy.D. Tags: Addiction Ethics and Morality Law and Crime amrijuan legalization of marijuana Source Type: news
Riley's Wish
What would you do if you lost your son or daughter? Would you shut out the world and hide, or would you commit to turning your pain into promise for others? My dear friend Margaret chose the latter, and in so doing, has become my greatest teacher on the subject of resilience.
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Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 16, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeff Bell Tags: Addiction Anxiety Resilience Self-Help A2A adversity Advocacy ocd Source Type: news
The Ineffectiveness of Opioids for Chronic Pain
Let me first say that I am not a medical doctor. However, as the founder and CEO of a leading addiction treatment center, I sit on the front-lines of the prescription painkiller epidemic. From this vantage point, by working with addicts and their families and the physicians who treat addiction, I have come to learn a great deal about opioids.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 16, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Richard Taite Tags: Addiction Integrative Medicine Psychiatry opioids pain Source Type: news
What's Behind Our Secret Habits and Superstitions
Ever wonder why some folks (you?) are compelled to act in odd ways?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 15, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Teri Woods, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Personality Stress compulsions ocd urges Source Type: news
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
SAD is associated with a significant increase in risk of substance abuse and dependence (tension-reduction motives). read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Shahram Heshmat, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Source Type: news
Young Adults in Recovery, Maybe You Can't Go Home Again
The return home after addiction treatment is an especially vulnerable time at any age, perhaps more so for teens and young adults who are driven to pursue social relationships and may not have formed solid self-identities or goals for the future.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Melissa Deuter, M.D. Tags: Addiction Psychiatry drug rehab Emerging adulthood Source Type: news
How to Thrive in our 24/7 World
Our pace of life is no longer sustainable. Arianna Huffington pleads for a new definition of success to include well-being, wisdom, wonder and community. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Christine Louise Hohlbaum Tags: Addiction Creativity Happiness Media Source Type: news
5 Ways We Punish Addicts - And Why We Should Stop
Despite growing acceptance for a more compassionate approach, we still have a long way to go in terms of how we treat the actual person in the grip of an addictionread more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 13, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: David Sack, M.D. Tags: Addiction Law and Crime Politics Therapy addiction treatment compassion shame war on drugs Source Type: news
7 Tips for Coping With an Adult Child's Addiction
If you are the mother or father of an adult child who is not making the choices that are necessary for a sound future, this can be a heavier burden than any of the earlier ones you carried when your child was younger.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 11, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Suzanne Degges-White, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Parenting Relationships Self-Help adult children alcohol abuse alcoholic alcoholism cheating drugs lying stealing Source Type: news
The Haze Surrounding Cannabis Use
Just how much do we know about the mental health aspects of drug abuse? James M. Rowland discusses current evidence in this guest post.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 11, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Gabriel C. S. Gavin Tags: Addiction Cognition Health Neuroscience cannabis marijuana mental health schizophrenia smoking pot weed Source Type: news
Cross Addiction and What It Means
The dopamine dysregulation in the limbic system of the brain seen in addiction is not able to tell the difference between addictive drugs. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 10, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Joseph Troncale, M.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Neuroscience Self-Help Source Type: news
Mother Ibogaine
New research supports the ability of the psychedelic compound ibogaine, used in traditional healing for thousands of years, to help break the grip of drug addiction. An excerpt from the new book "Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal" puts the research in the context of a long modern history as well.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 9, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Tom Shroder Tags: Addiction Integrative Medicine Neuroscience Therapy Source Type: news
Addiction Changes the Way We Learn
When I look at my children at play, I am fascinated by the ways in which they learn. Learning is a brain event and there are times I imagine I can almost see my kids’ brains working and developing as they play and learn. Everything that we do, whether motor, sensory or cognitive, requires networks of neurons to generate new activity patterns in our brains.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 8, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Richard Taite Tags: Addiction Child Development Education children growing learning Source Type: news
The Potential of Ibogaine in Treating Substance Abuse
I have a very specific agenda when it comes to addiction treatment research. I believe that any therapy or medication which shows promise in treating addiction should be tested for efficacy and safety. At present, many such treatments are not tested because they do not have the potential to make anyone a great deal of money. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 7, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Constance Scharff, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Psych Careers Therapy ibogane treatment Source Type: news
Legal Marijuana: Moving From ‘What If?’ to ‘What Now?’
Whether you love or hate the idea, marijuana legalization is already here. What will legalization look like in 5, 10, 20 years? Where will it lead us? What should we be thinking about and preparing for to minimize the bad and maximize the good? read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 7, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: David Sack, M.D. Tags: Addiction bud colorado decriminalization legalize legalize marijuana pot washington state weed Source Type: news
