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Posted on Dec 25, 2011 in Injuries related to addiction | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Studies have shown a correlation in animal models between learning and cell survival in the hippocampus. Research also provides evidence that there are sets of neurons in the brain that code the critical features of habits, and as […]

Posted on Dec 24, 2011 in Addiction Recovery | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Many people wonder how they can be happy. The answer is simple: acceptance. Just ask recovering alcoholics and many will tell you that is the solution. It has worked for Alcoholics, Buddhists and the followers of other Eastern religions for

Posted on Dec 23, 2011 in Addiction Recovery | Comments Off Buffer The spoils of war for returning veterans may include addictions, injury and the constant images of horrific events they witnessed. Now a University of Houston joint study funded by the Veterans Health Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development service looks to address these issues

Posted on Dec 21, 2011 in Addiction, opiates | Comments Off Buffer In the United States today, there are more than two million jail and prison inmates, of whom about 15 percent have histories of heroin dependence. Few inmates receive drug abuse treatment while incarcerated or immediately upon release. Research has shown that this population,

Posted on Dec 20, 2011 in opiates | Comments Off Buffer Ê A bill co-sponsored by Senator Chuck Schumer (NY) and Jay Rockefeller (WV) would require doctors to receive training for prescribing opiate-based narcotics, the Times Union reports. The training would cover clinical standards on safe management of pain, help doctors better identify patients who

Posted on Dec 24, 2011 in Injuries related to addiction | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Female drink-drivers are more likely to be older, better-educated and divorced, widowed or separated, research has shown. Ê The study by academics at The University of Nottingham found that emotional factors and mental health problems were common triggers

Posted on Dec 22, 2011 in Bath salts | Comments Off Buffer Today, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy, released the following statement following recent reports indicating the emerging threat of synthetic stimulants, including MDPV (3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone) and mephedrone.Ê These stimulants are often sold and marketed in stores as Òbath saltsÓ under names such

Posted on Dec 19, 2011 in Alcoholism | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Researchers already know that alcohol dependence (AD) is strongly associated with impaired impulse control or, more precisely, the inability to choose large, delayed rewards rather than smaller but more immediate rewards. Findings from a study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Posted on Dec 19, 2011 in Adolescence, Anxiety | Comments Off Buffer Training teenagers to look at social situations positively could help those with anxiety and may help prevent problems persisting into adult life, new research from Oxford University is beginning to suggest. The researchers found that tasks designed to prompt either positive or negative

Posted on Dec 18, 2011 in Drug Addiction Recovery | Comments Off Buffer Image by D.C.Atty via Flickr Reuters via MSNBC 1 in 9 teens receiving medications that can potentially be abused, such as painkillers, sedatives, stimulants Reuters NEW YORK Ð The chance that a teenager or young adult will receive a prescription for a