Painkillers and the NFL: Why the Players Sued
The legalities of the claim that the NFL got their players addicted to painkillers will likely be argued for a long time. But the questions remain: why are prescription opioids used so often for pain relief, and why are they so addictive?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 13, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Jordan Gaines Lewis Tags: Addiction Law and Crime Neuroscience Sport and Competition Football lawsuit national football league NFL opiate addiction opiates painkillers Source Type: news
Bump Start
One of the more interesting and somewhat controversial male psychological conditions that have been reported relatively frequently in the psychological research literature is Couvade syndrome (sometimes called sympathetic pregnancy) but is not generally recognized as a bone fide medical condition. But what does the psychological literature tell us about this disorder?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 13, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark D. Griffiths, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Sex Couvade Syndrome False pregnancy syndrome Phantom pregnancy Pregnancy delusions Pseudo-pregnancy. Source Type: news
Day 10: Tackling the Boredom Behind Our Frantic Busyness
Effectively dealing with the boredom that masks meaning problems and causes us to keep ourselves over-busyread more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 12, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Eric R. Maisel, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Depression Self-Help boredom emotional health mental health Source Type: news
The Teenage Brain Blog
How new research is turning the tables on myths about the teenage brain: Revealing hidden strengths and weaknessesread more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 12, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Frances E. Jensen, M.D. Tags: Addiction Child Development Neuroscience Parenting adolescent brain cyberbullying risk taking Source Type: news
Day 9: Reducing Your Anxiety Using One Simple Visualization
Learn how to use a simple visualization technique to help manage your anxietyread more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 10, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Eric R. Maisel, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Depression Self-Help anxiety management emotional health mental health Source Type: news
Welcome to Chronic Pain 360: Real Hope for Recovery
We need to rethink the way we treat chronic pain.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 9, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Carol Bowman, M.D. and Scott Dehorty, MSW, LCSW-C Tags: Addiction Therapy chronic pain chronic pain syndrome living with chronic pain opiate prescription painkillers Source Type: news
Methadone Treatment May Prolong Addiction
The most important missing link in methadone treatment is drug counselling.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 8, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Health Resilience CAMH Methadone Maintenance Treatment opioid Source Type: news
Does Technology "Crack" You Up? Maybe.
The thrill of an adrenaline rush is only exceeded by the dread of an adrenaline crash.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 7, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark Goulston, M.D., F.A.P.A. Tags: Addiction adrenaline junkie cocaine dopamine endorphin technology Source Type: news
The Move Away from Abstinence Based Addiction Treatment
The face of addiction treatment is changing, and not for the better.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 7, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Richard Taite Tags: Addiction Psych Careers Therapy recovery treatment Source Type: news
Why Cravings Occur
For addicts, the trouble begins once they decide to give up the addiction. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 7, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Shahram Heshmat, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Behavioral Economics Source Type: news
AA Following Rehab: Does It Matter?
AA following rehab enhances recoveryread more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 7, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Source Type: news
Day 6: Not Tripping Repeatedly In The Very Same Spot
Learn a simple strategy to help yourself not trip repeatedly over the same obstacles and challengesread more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 7, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Eric R. Maisel, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Depression Self-Help emotional health mental health recovery triggers Source Type: news
A Strong Girl Behind Yoga Recovery
The movement to pair yoga with addiction recovery work is growing larger than ever. Read the back story behind the woman leading the charge in Canada.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 7, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Anna B. David Tags: Addiction Health 12-step codependency recovery self-esteem Yoga Source Type: news
The Health Risks of Binge Drinking
Drinkers generally understand how binge drinking alters behavior. However, more than behavior changes with intoxication. Binge drinking is a significant cause of accidents. It increases the risk of falls, burns, gunshot wounds, car accidents, arguments and poisoning.
read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 6, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Constance Scharff, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Environment Social Life alcohol binge drinking underage drinking youth Source Type: news
Active Rewards
Research appears to indicate that at times of psychological and/or emotional hardship, some habitual exercisers engage in such activity as a form of escape. The reliance on exercise as a means of coping with adversity has the potential become to become addictive. I and some colleagues carried out the first ever national study on exercise addiction - but what did we find?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 6, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark D. Griffiths, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Sport and Competition Behavioural addiction compulsive exercise Exercise addiction Exercise addiction prevalence Exercise Dependence Exercise psychology. Source Type: news
