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Maia Szalavitz
Does Teen Drug Rehab Cure Addiction or Create It?
By Maia Szalavitz"Matt Thomas" (a pseudonym) had only recently begun experimenting with marijuana when he got caught selling a few joints in the bathr…
Posted on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 03:00
Battling Pain: Are Doctors Too Reluctant to Prescribe Opioids?
Pain is one of the most common reasons that people end up in the doctor's office. And yet, until 1983, the field of pain management did not have its o…
Posted on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 03:00
Addiction: Tough Love Or Tough Luck? Empathy Works Better
One of the main reasons I wanted to write about empathy in my forthcoming book with Bruce Perry, MD, Phd, Born for Love, was my experience of the lack…
Posted on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 03:00
Why Falling Off the Wagon Isn't Fatal
The cover of the January 2009 issue of O magazine says it all: "How Did I Let This Happen Again?" A photo of Oprah Winfrey at her current weight of 20…
Posted on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 03:00
Treating Alcohol Addiction: A Pill Instead of Abstinence?
By Maia Szalavitz, TIME.comThey call it "the switch." Alcoholics who take an anticraving medication called baclofen say the drug allows them to resist…
Posted on Fri, 07/31/2009 - 03:00
Falling off the Wagon Isn't Fatal
Overcoming addiction: Why Falling off the Wagon Isn't FatalBy Maia Szalavitz, Time magazineThe cover of the January 2009 issue of O magazine says it a…
Posted on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 03:00
Evil Internets Trying to Hook Your Kids on Digital Drugs
Evil Internets Trying to Hook Your Kids on Digital Drugs: Either that, or the MSM is DeadAre the evil internets trying to hook your children on aural …
Posted on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 03:00
Calming the Anxious Brain
Could opioids help with anxiety disorders?By Maia Szalavitz for MSN Health & FitnessCould people with anxiety disorders be suffering because they'…
Posted on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 03:00
Beyond 12 Steps
Although addiction and alcoholism treatment research has advanced tremendously since Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935, many people do not know…
Posted on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 03:00
The Truth About Painkillers
By Maia Szalavitz for MSN Health & FitnessCelebrity magazines all too often feature stories about overdose deaths and rehab admissions, and the Of…
Posted on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 03:00
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