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Gay Youth Report Higher Rates Of Drug And Alcohol Use
- By News Services
- Published 05/2/2008
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The odds of substance use for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth are
on average 190 percent higher than for heterosexual youth, according to
a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers published in the
current issue of Addiction.
Computer Programs Help Drug Abusers Stay Abstinent
- By News Services
- Published 05/2/2008
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Drug abusers who used a computer-assisted training program in addition
to receiving traditional counseling stayed abstinent significantly
longer than those who received counseling alone, a Yale University
study has found.
Whipping therapy cures addiction, depression and suicide crises
- By News Services
- Published 04/30/2008
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If an individual receives a physical punishment such as whipping, it will stir up endorphin receptors, activate the "production of happiness" and eventually remove depressive feelings. A group of drug addicts volunteered to test the new method of treatment: the results can be described as good and excellent.
Middle Aged Drinking, Smoking Linked with Earlier Alzheimer's
- By Join Together
- Published 04/17/2008
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Researchers found an apparent link between heavy drinking or heavy
smoking by people in their 40s and the development of Alzheimer's
disease decades later.
Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation
- By Misc Author
- Published 04/17/2008
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Rewiring the Brain against Addiction
- By Misc Author
- Published 04/16/2008
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Prenatal Substance Use May Affect Child Brain Size
- By Join Together
- Published 04/16/2008
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A new study suggests that a mother's substance use during pregnancy,
especially a combination of substances, may result in a smaller brain
for her child.
Starving Themselves, Cocktail in Hand
- By News Services
- Published 04/11/2008
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The latest entry in the lexicon of food-related ills is drunkorexia,
shorthand for a disturbing blend of behaviors: self-imposed starvation
or bingeing and purging, combined with alcohol abuse.
Addiction Treatment Needed for Traumatized Returning War Veterans
- By Join Together
- Published 04/10/2008
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Many veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other
combat-related trauma self-medicate with alcohol and other drugs.
Addicted doctors still treat patients
- By News Services
- Published 04/2/2008
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A study by the Federation of State Physician Health Programs found
about one percent of all physicians practicing in the United States are
in confidential treatment. That's about 8,000 doctors whose patients
may have no idea they are addicts.

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