Addiction
Substance Using Peers Increases Genetic Likelihood to Abuse
Many parents throughout the world cringe when their children make friends with individuals who make choices outside of the belief of the parents. Such choices often include drugs and alcohol and can influence activities in other children.
Alcohol Use and Sleep Disorders in Teens
A new study from the Netherlands found that many adolescents suffer from sleep problems, and some may start abusing alcohol in an attempt to self-medicate.
Pattern of Alcohol Use Disorder from Adolescence to Adulthood
Many individuals who struggle with an alcohol use disorder developed their addiction during adolescent years. While many challenges arise during adolescence from an addiction to alcohol, the consequences can extend into the adult years.
Assessing Mental State in DUI Offenders May Reduce Repeat Offenses
With the known risks in place for driving under the influence, it can be hard to understand why individuals continue to make the choice to get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated. According to a new study, this reason may have more to do with mental health than bad choices.
Would Changes in Opioid Formulation Help Deter Abuse?
As effective as opioids can be in the treatment of pain and other conditions, they also continue to be a target for abuse. According to an article in Monthly Prescribing Reference, scientific experts are examining whether or not opioids can be formulated to deter abuse.
Addicted to Technology
The following article, written by Dr. Ali Binazir, was published on HuffingtonPost.com:
Risky Drinking Among Older Adults
A new study by researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has found that more than a third of drinkers 60 years old and older consume amounts of alcohol that are excessive or that are potentially harmful in combination with certain diseases they may have or medications they may be taking.
Sports Stars Not Really Acting as Role Models in Terms of Alcohol Consumption
While sports heroes are often touted as role models for young people, recent research has found that their bad habits actually have no little or no effect on the drinking habits of this segment of the population.
Study Finds College Students Addicted to Media
Describing their feelings during a 24-hour assignment in which they abstained from all media use, 200 Maryland college students used some of the same terms associated with drug addiction: in withdrawal; frantically craving; jittery; crazy.
Exploring the Concept of Sex Addiction
Tiger Woods continues to be reproached for his moral infidelities on the global stage, although he is still holding fast to his 12-step rehabilitation efforts after having completed a 45-day treatment program. Now that Woods has made the most private aspects of his life public, admitted to his wrongdoings, apologized to those he harmed, and promised to better himself, he appears to have accepted the first steps of overcoming addiction.
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The Addiction Primer: Everything You Need to Know to Get Help for a Loved One
A very inexpensive yet indispensable guide for anyone struggling with a loved one's addiction. Chapters on intervention, what to expect from rehab, and information on how addiction impacts the family.
