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Stress Hormone Impacts on Alcohol Recovery
  • Stress
Jan23

Stress Hormone Impacts on Alcohol Recovery

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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that high levels of a stress hormone in recovering alcoholics could increase the risk of relapse. The study showed that cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal gland in response to stress, is found in high levels in chronic alcoholics, as well as those recovering from the condition. Researchers found that this could result in impaired memory, attention and decision-making functions, which could decrease the patient’s ability to engage with treatment. Chronic alcoholism is a disabling addictive disorder, characterised by compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcohol despite...

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Stress Damages DNA
  • Stress
Jan16

Stress Damages DNA

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For years, researchers have published papers that associate chronic stress with chromosomal damage. . “We 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,” said senior author Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D., James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator at Duke University Medical Center. The paper was published in the Aug. 21 online issue of Nature. In the study, mice were infused with an adrenaline-like compound that works through a receptor...

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Survey Reveals An Increase In Drinking, Cannabis Use And Psychological Distress
  • Stress
  • The Brain And Addiction
Jan08

Survey Reveals An Increase In Drinking, Cannabis U...

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The latest survey of Ontario adults from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows increasing rates of daily drinking and cannabis use and high levels of psychological distress. The results of the 2009 CAMH Monitor survey, the longest running survey tracking mental health and addiction indicators among adults in Ontario, were published 13 June, 2011. Alcohol The proportion of adults reporting daily drinking increased from 5.3% in 2002 to over 9% in 2009. The average number of drinks consumed weekly among drinkers has also increased from 3 drinks to 4.6 drinks, and the proportion of adults exceeding low-risk drinking guidelines...

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Yoga’s Ability to Improve Mood and Lessen Anxiety
  • Anxiety
  • Stress
Nov30

Yoga’s Ability to Improve Mood and Lessen An...

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Yoga has a greater positive effect on a person’s mood and anxiety level than walking and other forms of exercise, which may be due to higher levels of the brain chemical GABA according to an article in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The article is available free online. Yoga has been shown to increase the level of gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA, a chemical in the brain that helps to regulate nerve activity. GABA activity is reduced in people with mood and anxiety disorders, and drugs that increase GABA activity are commonly prescribed to improve mood...

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Stress drives alcoholics´ children to drink
  • Stress
Oct08

Stress drives alcoholics´ children to drink

posted by ATS

It has long been known that alcoholics’ children are 50% more likely to have a drink problem in the future, and new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy is shedding new light on this link. Carried out by researcher Anna Söderpalm Gordh, the study has been published in the most recent issue of the journal Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behaviour. The study involved 58 healthy people who were divided into two groups on the basis of whether they came from a family with a drink problem or not. Solving mathematical problems Both groups were randomly assigned to two experimental situations, one of which was more stressful and involved solving...

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Stress and Alcohol ‘Feed’ Each Other
  • Alcoholism
  • Stress
Jul18

Stress and Alcohol &...

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Acute stress is thought to precipitate alcohol drinking. Yet the ways that acute stress can increase alcohol consumption are unclear. A new study investigated whether different phases of response to an acute stressor can alter the subjective effects of alcohol. Findings indicate bi-directional...

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New strategy for stimulating neurogenesis may lead to drugs to improve cognition and mood
  • Brain Changes In Addiction
  • Stress
May02

New strategy for sti...

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Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have developed a new way to stimulate neuron production

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