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How Addiction Affects Families: The Far-Reaching Effects of Substance Use Disorder

March 3, 2020 / Addiction, Addictions, Recovery, Relationships, Uncategorized

It’s difficult to list exactly how addiction affects families. The repercussions spread outward like the rings from a pebble dropped in a pond. But experts have known for years that children who grow up in homes where drugs and alcohol are used often develop addictions, too. Sadly, even if these children do manage to skirt a […]

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Dual Diagnosis of Depression and Addiction

February 27, 2020 / Addiction, Articles>Drug Addiction, Articles>Dual Diagnosis, Articles>Mental Health, Depression, Dual Diagnosis, Mental Health

Dual diagnosis of depression and addiction can begin with either the mood disorder or addiction first. About 20 percent of people in the US with a mood disorder like depression also have an addiction disorder. This relationship between depression and addiction requires a dual diagnosis treatment center in PA to treat both conditions at the

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Effects of Parent Drug Abuse on Young Children

February 15, 2020 / Addiction, Articles>Drug Addiction, Drug Abuse, Helpful Articles, Relationships, Substance Abuse

The effects of parent drug abuse on young children, ages 6 to 12 and younger, are detrimental and lasting. Young children with parents using drugs may experience traumas including abuse or neglect. They may see things that traumatize them or that are hard to understand. They may feel unloved, hurt and frightened. Traumatic events, neglect,

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Facing Life After Rehab in 5 Steps

February 11, 2020 / Addiction, Addictions, Recovery

To find success in recovery, avoid relapse, and have a joyful life, follow these 5 steps to facing life after rehab. The best men’s and women’s addiction treatment centers in PA prepare you for life after rehab, but some people need more support than others in and outside of rehab. 5 Steps for Facing Life

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Overcoming Cravings for Smoking

February 6, 2020 / Addiction, Articles>Drug Addiction, Helpful Articles, Smoking

More than one in five American men smokes, but over 70 percent of smokers want to quit. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S. and is responsible for one in every five deaths in the country, a total of over 480,000 every year. Quitting and overcoming cravings for smoking

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Depression in Polydrug Users

February 5, 2020 / Addiction, Articles>Drug Addiction, Articles>Mental Health, Depression, Mental Health, Substance Abuse

A team of researchers from the University of Hawaii assessed the impact of cigarette smoking and caffeine intake on the mental health of people who participate in polysubstance abuse, concluding that caffeine use, in particular, can have a substantially negative mental health impact on these individuals. Polysubstance abuse and polydrug abuse are two terms that

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Personality Disorder, Alcoholism Put Opioid Addicts at Increased Risk of Death

January 30, 2020 / Addiction, Articles>Drug Addiction, Dual Diagnosis

People with opioid addiction or opioid abuse have increased chances of dying when they also have co-existing problems with alcohol use disorder or a personality disorder, according to recent findings from a team of British researchers. Broadly speaking, people affected by opioid use disorder (diagnosable opioid abuse and/or addiction) have higher chances of dying prematurely

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Overprescribing, Addiction to Blame for Painkiller Epidemic

January 29, 2020 / Addiction, Articles>Drug Addiction, Drug Abuse

A new study has investigated the continuing opioid abuse crisis—largely fuelled by prescription painkillers—and has suggested that overprescribing and addiction are driving overdose deaths rather than non-medical abuse. The opioid problem has been growing for some time across the U.S., with overdose rates more than doubling between 1999 and 2013 and with just over half

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How Much Do You Think You Drink?

January 27, 2020 / Addiction, Alcoholism

In a recent study, Claire Garnett and her colleagues at University College London and King’s College London found that people tend to underestimate the amount they drink, especially if they’re young, male, white and unemployed. Close to 50 percent of the people who participated in a survey were found to underestimate the amount they drank

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People With History of Substance Abuse More Likely to Misuse Prescription Painkillers

January 24, 2020 / Addiction, Articles>Drug Addiction, Drug Abuse

New evidence from a group of American researchers points to drastically increased risks for prescription opioid addiction in people who already have a history of substance abuse related to the consumption of non-opioid substances. Prescription opioid addiction is a pressing and fairly widespread problem in American society. In a study published in February 2015 in

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