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Unlike alcohol problems and antisocial behavior, depression doesn’t decline with age in addiction-prone women in their 30s and 40s — it continues to increase, a new study led by University of Michigan Health System researchers found.
The longitudinal analysis examined the…

By PAUL CHRISTOPHER, M.D.
He was the first patient of the day, dropped off at the emergency room by the police or a family member — a man in his 50s, unshaved, stumbling, engulfed in the pungent aroma of alcohol.
When he blew into the breathalyzer’s strawlike tube, the readout was…

Past Year Perceived Need for and Effort Made to Receive Specialty Treatment among Persons Aged 12 or Older Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug or Alcohol Use: 2009
The number and the percentage of youths aged 12 to 17 who needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol…

Heavy alcohol use suggests a change in normal cognitive development in adolescents
ScienceDaily (2010-10-20) — Adolescence and puberty is a period of significant development in the brain. New findings indicate that excessive alcohol use selectively damages the frontal lobe, which is…

Substance abuse can lead to anxiety disorders, and vice versa. Either way, both problems need to be managed and treated together.
While substance abuse is serious enough on its own, users run the additional risk of developing an anxiety disorder as a side effect of abusing drugs or alcohol….

…findings of the 22nd annual Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS), released by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and MetLife Foundation earlier this month, echo the reality that substance abuse treatment professionals see every day. The study shows that underage drinking has become…

People with depression may turn to drugs or alcohol to medicate their pain.
By Dennis Thompson Jr.
Medically reviewed by Christine Wilmsen Craig, MD
Mood disorders like depression and substance abuse go together so frequently that doctors have coined a term for it: dual diagnosis….

Nichole Marie Case unwittingly became dependent on opioid pain drugs. She’s not alone.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimated in 2008 that 1.85 million people in the United States were dependent on or abusing prescription opioids, also known as Schedule II painkillers.
Americans…

Posted By Barry Ritholtz
In Science,Weekend |
From the NYT, these electron microscopy photos are strangely beautiful:
The last few decades have produced an explosion of new techniques for probing the blobby, unprepossessing brain in search of the thinking, feeling, suffering, scheming…

New laws expand mental health, addiction treatment
Bipolar Texas teen’s bill goes from $60 per therapy session to a $15 co-pay
By Michelle Andrews
As anyone who has ever sought help for addiction, depression or any other mental illness knows, insurance coverage is often…