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Exploring The Connection Between Addiction and Homelessness
For many of us, there’s a common image of a homeless person taking a swig of liquor from a paper bag or in a back alley shooting up heroin. There has long been an association between homelessness and...
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How Holistic Detox Invites Overall Recovery
Detoxing on your own can be life-threatening, with no medical staff or recovery professionals nearby to help you with the painful withdrawal period. Depending on the severity of your drug problem,...
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What Neuroscience Says About Addiction
Drug addiction research has made impressive strides in the last few decades, thanks to enhanced issue awareness and new tools and technologies. Neuroscientists have pinpointed the initial molecular...
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An Overview Of The Rat Park Addiction Study
In 1978, Canadian psychologist Bruce K. Alexander conducted an experiment that would revolutionize the way we understand drug addictions. With funding from Simon Fraser University, Alexander and his...
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The Role Of D2 Receptors In Psychopharmacology And Addiction
Researchers closely associate substance dependency with the trait of impulsivity. Impulsivity is the desire to choose an immediate, but lesser, reward over a longer but more valuable one. Impulsivity...
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How Bipolar Disorder Can Lead To Addiction – And The Complexity Of Treating Both
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental condition that can disable those who suffer from it. Once referred to as manic depression, bipolar disorder causes sudden and intense mood swings, behavioral...
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Food Addiction And Substance Addiction Share Dopamine Signaling
A stigma surrounds food and other process addictions – that they aren’t real. Many people don’t understand food addiction and so don’t associate it with the same effects as a substance addiction....
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Summit Behavioral Health’s Executive Director of Medical Services Dr....
Her presentation will provide clinicians and nurses with an understanding of the role of pharmacogenetics testing in co-occurring disorders Union, New Jersey – July 11, 2017 – Summit Behavioral Health...
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What You Need To Know About Mental Health and Drug Addiction Programs In New...
The link between these proposals and what is happening in New Jersey is clear Multiple studies have shown that one of the most effective ways to help addicts regain control of their lives is through...
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It took years for healthcare providers to consider alcohol a disease, and a similar battle is being waged over classifying alcohol and drug abuse as a mental illness. Part of the reason is that it can...
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