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Posted on Dec 18, 2011 in Methamphetamine | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia According to a new UNODCÊreport, amphetamine-type stimulants Ð or ATS Ð in particular methamphetamine, are widely used in East and South-East Asia and are nowÊranked among the top-three drugs of use in every single one of the 11 countries reviewed. Moreover, […]

Posted on Jan 22, 2012 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia In the mid-2000s over 50% of terminated alcohol treatment episodes in Scotland ended with the client or patient dropping out. Considerable variation between regions suggests there is room for improvement and with it improvement in the cost effectiveness of services. Ê

Posted on Jan 22, 2012 in Co-Ocurring Disorders, The Brain And Addiction | 0 comments Buffer NICE has today published a new clinical guideline that aims to help ensure people diagnosed with a form of psychosis, who also misuse substances, can be identified and treated effectively Around 40% of people who have been diagnosed with

Posted on Jan 20, 2012 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer NIH-funded study uses new technology to peek deep into the brain Time-lapse technique can show cellular changes related to problems like addiction and brain tumors. Ê Changes within deep regions of the brain can now be visualized at the cellular level, based on research

Posted on Jan 19, 2012 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer Ê Image via Wikipedia A small area deep in the brain called the perirhinal cortex is critical for forming unconscious conceptual memories, researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain have found. The perirhinal cortex was thought to be involved, like the

Posted on Jan 18, 2012 in Drug Addiction, Health | Comments Off Buffer Science is littered with shining new discoveries which became somewhat tarnished as accumulating data forced a reappraisal. In substance misuse, Ônormative educationÕ retains some of its shine, but what seemed the great hope for school- and college-based prevention now seems a tactic

Posted on Jan 17, 2012 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer John led off by giving some rather startling statistics on heroin usage in the St. Louis and Metro East area. They are dealing with 200 instances in the greater metropolitan area but the problem is far from limited to St. Louis. John said last

Posted on Jan 17, 2012 in DBT, Meditation | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Some of us need regular amounts of coffee or other chemical enhancers to make us cognitively sharper. A newly published study suggests perhaps a brief bit of meditation would prepare us just as well. Ê While past research using neuroimaging

Posted on Jan 16, 2012 in Stress | Comments Off Buffer For years, researchers have published papers that associate chronic stress with chromosomal damage. . ÒWe believe this paper is the first to propose a specific mechanism through which a hallmark of chronic stress, elevated adrenaline, could eventually cause DNA damage that is detectable,Ó said

Posted on Jan 14, 2012 in Methamphetamine | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Stimulant drugs, which can increase energy andÊconcentration, are widely abused by young adults. One such drug areÊamphetamines, which in addition to being widely accessible, has been shown inÊprevious studies to have a significant relationship between its abuse and theÊamount of alcohol