Month: November 2014

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Month: November 2014

How and Why Addicts Should Forgive Themselves

Articles>Addiction Treatment

Forgiveness is consciously releasing feelings of anger or resentment toward someone who has harmed you. It means to stop blaming someone else for things that have happened to you. It…

Drug Combo ‘Gumbo’ Wreaks Havoc in Southeast Texas

Articles>Drug Addiction

Southeast Texas is in the midst of a gumbo epidemic, and it isn’t the Creole classic you may be thinking of. The “gumbo” causing problems is a combination of drugs:…

Sex Addicts More Impulsive, Study Finds

Addictions

People affected by sex addiction have a form of non-substance-based behavioral addiction that centers on compulsive and harmful involvement in sex-related conduct, thinking or fantasy. Alternative terms used to describe…

How to Stay Sober and Sane at Thanksgiving

Articles>Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

What do you think of when you think of Thanksgiving? For some people, Thanksgiving calls to mind happy times with family and friends over a delicious turkey dinner accompanied by…

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Amygdala Response Predicts PTSD Symptoms After Boston Bombings

Articles>Trauma and PTSD

Thanks to an in-progress study of Boston-area teenagers, a group of researchers had the unexpected opportunity to study how emotional responses predict PTSD symptoms in the wake of the Boston…

Gamblers, Alcoholics Share Risk/Reward Brain Changes, Differ on Cost Assessment

Articles>Mental Health

Addiction researchers have firmly established that some of the damaging brain changes found in people with non-substance-based behavioral addictions are roughly equivalent to the damaging changes found in the brains…

Recognizing and Treating Bulimia

Articles>Eating Disorders

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by a recurring pattern of binge eating followed by either purging with laxatives, diuretics, or self-induced vomiting, or through extreme dieting. It is…

When Are Recovering Sex Addicts Ready for Relationships?

Articles>Early Recovery

Sex addiction, at base, is an intimacy disorder. And “intimacy,” according to Linda Hatch, Ph.D., sex addiction expert and therapist, “is the ability to be real with another person.” This…

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New Study Links Marijuana to Schizophrenia

Articles>Addiction Research

As two states have voted to legalize recreational marijuana, and several others will vote on legalization in upcoming elections, the federal government has been evaluating the information about the potential…

Nurturing Touch as a Recovery Tool

Articles>Early Recovery

Humans are hardwired to give and receive touch. As infants, it’s the way we explore the world around us. Even before we can see clearly, our skin — the largest…

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Month: November 2014

Month: November 2014

How and Why Addicts Should Forgive Themselves

Drug Combo ‘Gumbo’ Wreaks Havoc in Southeast Texas

Sex Addicts More Impulsive, Study Finds

How to Stay Sober and Sane at Thanksgiving

Amygdala Response Predicts PTSD Symptoms After Boston Bombings

Gamblers, Alcoholics Share Risk/Reward Brain Changes, Differ on Cost Assessment

Recognizing and Treating Bulimia

When Are Recovering Sex Addicts Ready for Relationships?

New Study Links Marijuana to Schizophrenia

Nurturing Touch as a Recovery Tool

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Month: November 2014

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