addiction treatment

While it has been known to happen immediately, in most cases, addiction to a drug develops over time, and generally follows a specific chain of events. Here is an overview [...]

What is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome? Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a severe memory disorder usually associated with chronic excessive alcohol consumption, although the direct cause is a deficiency in the B vitamin thiamin. [...]

Suggestions for Your Interactions With a Drinker: Be patient, change is a process Ask questions, and try to avoid statements Highlight inconsistencies in the statements made; share them as your [...]

Mikkel Arendt, Ph.D., a fellow at the Center for Basic Psychiatric Research at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, and coworkers used the Danish Psychiatric Central Register to identify patients [...]

Stress is non-discriminating, and integral part of everyone’s life. Coping with stress comes naturally for all of us. We successfully deal with most of our stressful experiences. The problem is [...]

Short Definition: Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This [...]

A drug intervention is a process that helps a drug addict recognize the extent of their problem. Individuals who are addicted to drugs or alcohol usually do not know their [...]

Peer pressure - Young people may give in to pressures from other kids to try drugs. They may use a drug to feel like part of the crowd, or to [...]

Alcoholics can be of any age, background, income level, social, or ethnic group. Very often alcoholism affects highly educated people. Several studies even showed that people who lack motivation are [...]

Shame Shame, as the conductor of the affective orchestra in humans, is a powerful, elusive and tricky emotion that can protect or destroy the organism – depending on the circumstances. [...]

Children of Alcoholics and Substance Abusers Children of alcoholics and other substance abusers are a population without a clear definition. Because the concept of COA(Children of Alcoholics)/COSA (Children of Substance [...]

Alcohol Abuse and Exercise   Alcohol abuse is highly disruptive of circadian rhythms, which refers to the timing of daily rhythms. A new animal study has used hamsters to test [...]