Do Moderation Programs Encourage Alcoholic Drinking?
The fear that abstinent people in recovery will begin drinking if moderation programs are offered is simply absurd. For the one percent of substance users who both seek treatment and are successful, recovery is usually a pretty happy place. Let's let them keep their victories while offering the other 99 percent solutions they will embrace.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 15, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Psychiatry Self-Help 12-step AA abstinence alcohol alcoholics drinking drugs fear moderation myth Source Type: news
Marijuana Dependence is No Small Matter
Don't underestimate the harmful effects of marijuana dependenceread more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 12, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Law and Crime Source Type: news
Smoke It Again, Abram
New research indicating that the psychedelic compound psilocybin could be a revolutionary treatment for tobacco addiction echoes little-remembered LSD research from the 1950s.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 12, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Tom Shroder Tags: Addiction Cognition Health Psychiatry Source Type: news
7 Ways to Set Screen Time Boundaries With Your Child
Stop fighting with your child about screen time and instead use these supportive yet effective strategies work together.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 11, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeffrey Bernstein, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Child Development Parenting Internet internet addiction Source Type: news
Who Gets to Be an Expert on Their Own Experiences?
Why are first-person stories important for good addiction research?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 10, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Peg O'Connor, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Neuroscience Philosophy Psychiatry authority William James Source Type: news
How to avoid bad rehab treatment
The rehabilitation industry in our country is, unfortunately, filled with false claims and bogus treatments. Virtually none of the major rehab centers even study their patients' outcomes, despite claiming fabulous results. And, sadly, rehab treatment usually fails.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 9, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Lance Dodes, M.D. Tags: Addiction Eating Disorders Self-Help Therapy Source Type: news
Carefully Designed Drug Monitoring Programs Help Keep Addict
The field of medicine is being pulled in two directions. On one hand, doctors are becoming more aware of the consequences of pain, leading to the prescription of more and more aggressive pain medicines; and on the other hand, we are also becoming more aware of the addictive potential of many of these drugs.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 9, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Richard Taite Tags: Addiction Psychiatry Therapy doctors drug medicine Prescription Source Type: news
Lose Or Chews Control
A few months ago, I was contacted by a researcher from an American television production company. I was told that the company was planning to make a documentary film on people that were allegedly addicted to chewing gum. But do such people really exist?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 9, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark D. Griffiths, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Behavioural addiction Bubble gum addiction Chewing and cognitive health Chewing gum addiction Eating addiction Mastication benefits Mastication disadvantages Source Type: news
Joan Rivers Proves Laughing at Yourself Is Good for You
Maybe Joan Rivers was your cup of tea. She wasn’t always mine. But her comments on joking about the Holocaust resonated with me. After years of battling alcoholism, I know recovery would not have been possible without a sense of humor. A joke was the quickest way to turn on the light, even if briefly, when your world was engulfed in darkness.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 9, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Jason Powers, M.D. Tags: Addiction Creativity Depression Happiness addiction treatment alcoholism humor joan rivers laughter therapy recovery Source Type: news
I Said I Wouldn’t Go There, But I Did
How many times do you find yourself in unwanted patterns of communication you wish you would stop repeating? read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 8, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Ph.D., CCS Tags: Addiction Relationships Self-Help Stress communications skills good interpersonal communication skills Source Type: news
A New Kind of Acid Test
Research into the medicinal use of psychedelic drugs, ranging from psilocybin to Ketamine, and from MDMA to LSD, has begun to accelerate. Despite the promising results of early studies, and the urgent need fro better treatment for the half million war vets returning home with debilitating PTSD, a half-century old stigma is slowing progress.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 7, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Tom Shroder Tags: Addiction Neuroscience Psychiatry Therapy Afghanistan veterans FDA Iraq veterans LSD mescaline multidisciplinary association for psychedelic studies psilocybin psychedelics PTSD Source Type: news
Eating as an Eating Disorder Therapist
Eating normally as an eating disorder therapist is vital. The obvious issue is how can you help someone when the therapist's eating is not normal. Sometimes, unfortunate, funny, odd sequences of events happen. Some thoughts on this as a professional at a dinner party who left hungry. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 6, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Judy Scheel, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. Tags: Addiction Eating Disorders Health Self-Help authenticity and eating disorders eating disorder therapist ' s eating eating in public practice what you preach Source Type: news
The Psychology Behind Hoarding
America's fascination with hoarding reveals a growing epidemic; it's estimated that one in every fifty people struggles with severe hoarding. Understanding the causes and symptoms of chronic hoarding may help you prevent the accumulation. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 5, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Gregory L. Jantz, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Media Psychiatry cluttered Dr. Jantz hoarders hoarding hoarding causes hoarding symptoms ocd packrat psychology behind hoarding severe hoarding the center Source Type: news
Research Results on Food Addiction
Recent evidence suggests that palatable, high-calorie foods, think comfort foods like mac & cheese or burgers with fries or steaks cut half the size of your head, may have an addictive potential that can contribute to overeating. Impulsivity, obesity and overconsumption of such foods have been associated with addiction-like eating behavior.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 2, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Richard Taite Tags: Addiction Diet Eating Disorders food Source Type: news
Update on Methamphetamine Addiction
The chemical methamphetamine hydrochloride is generally simply known as methamphetamine. Common street names for methamphetamine include crank, speed, meth, crystal meth, ice and crystal tea. It has been a popular drug of abuse for many years in its conventional, powdered form, which is usually snorted or injected.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 2, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Constance Scharff, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Health Social Life crank ice meth methamphetamine speed Source Type: news
