The Ketamine Challenge
Ketamine treatment of mental disorders offers great hope and therapeutic potential for many patients with mental disorders. However, the groundswell of enthusiasm and desire by patients and doctors for new treatments may be expanding its use prematurely and ahead of our scientific understanding of its use.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 21, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D. Tags: Addiction Psychiatry drug abuse medical care mental illness Source Type: news
The Danger of Drinking to Blackout
Someone who has had a blackout while drinking cannot remember part of their drinking episode. Unfortunately, most people do not understand how dangerous blackouts are, yet up to 50% of drinkers may have an alcohol-related blackout (ARB).
read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Constance Scharff, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Health Social Life Source Type: news
Ringing in Good Behavior
Why do we choose to donate money to charity at some stores, but not at others? Why do some parental bribes work to illicit good behavior, while others fail miserably? A revealing look at the psychology behind those seemingly random decisions and events. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Rebecca Jackson Tags: Addiction Cognition Education Parenting good behavior habits Homegoods Rebecca Jackson St. Jude Research Hospital The Learning Habit Source Type: news
State of Emergency: Suicide in First Nations Communities
Suicide is disturbingly common among some Inuit and First Nations groups, with the rate in some communities eleven times higher than the Canadian average.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Depression Health Spirituality cultural trauma first nations suicide Source Type: news
NFL Injuries Leading to Medication Abuse
NFL injuries are treated with pain medications by team doctors. Are the players being responsibly medicated? Are they treated in ways that are for their benefit or in the team’s best interest? read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Richard Taite Tags: Addiction Health Sport and Competition NFL sports Source Type: news
Answers to Addiction Questions
You spoke up and here are the answers you deserve to have.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Lance Dodes, M.D. Tags: Addiction Neuroscience Self-Help Therapy Source Type: news
Can Brain Magnetic Stimulation Help People Quit Smoking?
Less than 10% of people who attempt to quit smoking are successful. High frequency, but not low frequency, transcranial magnetic stimulation is reported to more than triple the success rate of quitting. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Eugene Rubin, M.D., Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Health Neuroscience Psychiatry Source Type: news
Obamacare's Mental Health and Addiction Benefits
When the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, lurched into existence last year, it brought with it political rancor and confusion. But it also brought promise, especially for a group historically left on the sidelines - those struggling with mental health and addiction issues.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: David Sack, M.D. Tags: Addiction Health Politics Therapy addiction treatment Affordable Care Act alcohol rehab drug rehab healthcare mental health treatment mental issues obamacare parity stigma Source Type: news
Rethinking Rehab
A person's expectations for rehab matter a great deal.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 15, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Self-Help Source Type: news
My "Addiction" To Fiction
Why am I – and millions of others worldwide – so fascinated, and – for want of a better word – ‘hooked’ on Hannibal' the Cannibal' Lecter’s fictional exploits? There are dozens of academic papers written from many perspectives including psychology, psychiatry, and criminology. One of the scariest things about Lecter is that he’s the composite of real serial killers.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 15, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Mark D. Griffiths, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction anti-social personality disorder cannibalism criminology Hannibal (film) hannibal lecter Hannibal Rising Manhunter psychopathy Red Dragon Serial Killers Serial killers on film sociopathy The Silence of the Lambs Thoma Source Type: news
He Had Everything to Live for, But...
Alcohol is so powerful that it can lead people down a lonely path to death. Our son-in-law had everything to live for, but chose that lonely path instead. So I've been asking myself why some people choose to snatch defeat from the very jaws of victory. And I'm sorry to say that I don't have a very good answer. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Eric Newhouse Tags: Addiction Child Development Psychiatry Stress Source Type: news
Addiction in the Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
A memoir explores the biological and environmental components of addiction and the difficulties in crossing race and class boundaries. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 11, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: E. Kay Trimberger, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Education Law and Crime Race and Ethnicity Source Type: news
Codependent or Simply Dependent: What’s the Big Difference?
Being codependent is hardly the same as simply being dependent. And in some ways it’s crucial that these two types of dependency be seen as distinct—as too often hasn’t been the case. Not, however, that codependent individuals aren’t dependent on others. So what's the peculiar dynamic operating in such relationships that makes them so tricky to understand? read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 11, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Child Development Personality Relationships Source Type: news
Medicating When It Is Not Needed
Sadly, many of the brightest, most creative children are misdiagnosed with behavioral and emotional disorders such as ADHD, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder, Bipolar Disorder or OCD. As a result, many often receive medication needlessly along with inappropriate and ineffective counseling.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 11, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Richard Taite Tags: Addiction Child Development Health children medicating Source Type: news
On the Nature and Treatment of Addiction
We are turning the corner in defining and treating addiction—or are we?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - December 10, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Stanton Peele Tags: Addiction Source Type: news
