Marc F. Kern, Ph.D.
The "Voice of Choice" In Contemporary, Non-12-Step Addiction Treatment
Dr. Kern is a pioneer and recognized expert in the field of contemporary addiction treatment. Over ten years ago, Dr. Kern created this website to bring together the most current and progressive thinking in the field of drug, alcohol and other behavioral addictions. Current research and clinical trials continue to uncover new and effective, research-based treatment options. This valuable, online resource has grown to include over 1,000 useful and practical articles, written by world-class authors on the cutting edge of their profession. These articles were personally chosen by Dr. Kern because they communicate addiction information in a succinct manner that makes it easier for the reader to understand.

Dr. Kern is a certified addictions specialist with thirty years of experience and a private practice in Los Angeles, California. He was one of the first professionals in the United States to promote and use non-12-step addiction treatment approaches. His website, www.habitdoc.com, brings his alternative addiction treatment services to a world audience.


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Effective help with alcohol abuse and dependence is hard to come by, despite large numbers of treatment programs. The problem is that a majority of these programs have grown from a single - and ineffective - male model whose business success has long overridden client needs despite dismal outcomes.  The result, for women, is that most options omit a number of the research based components...

No Pill Can Cure Addiction

At first blush, the NIDA seems focused on the chemical rewards produced in the brain by specific drugs, notably cocaine. But, as I announced in Psychology Today 35 years ago, this model is illusory. Addiction is not the result of a drug molecule binding with specific receptors.

Alcoholism Gender Gap Is Closing

Drinking and alcohol dependence has increased substantially among women, particularly white and Hispanic women born since 1945, new study finds. Alcohol use and dependency appeared to remain stable for men, while young Americans report having more lifetime alcohol problems than older Americans.
The first thing I would recommend is, without shame, without blame, and without putting yourself down, stand back, get out a spreadsheet or a piece of graph paper and start to just graph how often and the frequency of when you engage in this particular behavior.
The influence of genetics increases as young women transition from taking their first drink to becoming alcoholics. A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that although environment is most influential in determining when girls begin to drink, genes play a larger role if they advance to problem drinking and alcohol dependence.
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