TheStyle Logo
  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • Does Aspirin work to pass a drug test
  • Our Program
  • 1-618-692-6880
  • CONTACT US FOR HELP
  • Crisis Intervention. St. Louis
  • What is an Addiction?
  • ATS In The News
    • Opiates pushing alcohol aside – The Edwardsville Intelligencer
    • ATS and Channel 2 News: Heroin Town Hall Meeting
    • Transcript of 07/21/11 Talk On Heroin
Home » Substance dependence
Meditation and Addiction
  • Meditation
  • Substance dependence
May19

Meditation and Addiction

posted by ATS

Often, for people suffering with drug addiction meditation has never been a matter for contemplation.  As soon as they experience any feelings of restlessness, anxiety or depression, they usually turn to their drug of choice to alter their state. Although the truth is that for many people world wide suffering from drug addiction meditation has achieved a safe and natural cure for them. For people going into rehabilitation for drug addiction meditation provides an alternative method for recovering. Going through drug rehabilitation is probably the hardest thing anyone could have to do in their life, and the physical discomfort, pain and...

»»
New Clues Into The Brain And Addiction
  • Substance dependence
May17

New Clues Into The Brain And Addiction

posted by ATS

What drives addicts to repeatedly choose drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, overeating, gambling or kleptomania, despite the risks involved? Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have pinpointed the exact locations in the brain where calculations are made that can result in addictive and compulsive behavior. UC Berkeley researchers have found how neural activity in the brain’s orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate cortex regulates our choices. These astonishing new findings could pave the way for more targeted treatments for everything from drug and alcohol abuse to obsessive-compulsive disorders. ‘The better we...

»»
New Findings On How Rats Make Choices May Provide Insights Into Addiction And Impulse-driven Behavior
  • Substance dependence
May11

New Findings On How Rats Make Choices May Provide ...

posted by ATS

  Researchers have shed new light on dopamine’s role in the brain’s reward system, which could provide insight into impulse control problems associated with addiction and a number of psychiatric disorders.   A joint study by the University of Michigan and University of Washington found that, contrary to the prevailing conception, differences in individuals’ styles of response to environmental cues can fundamentally influence chemical reward patterns in the brain.   Deeper understanding of these differences between individuals may lead to new preventive tools or treatments for compulsive...

»»
When the Economy Is Down, Alcohol Consumption Goes Up
  • Substance dependence
Apr11

When the Economy Is Down, Alcohol Consumption Goes...

posted by ATS

Previous studies have found that health outcomes improve during an economic downturn. Job loss means less money available for potentially unhealthy behaviors such as excessive drinking, according to existing literature on employment and alcohol consumption. A new study by health economist Michael T. French from the University of Miami and his collaborators has concluded just the opposite–heavy drinking and alcohol abuse/dependence significantly increase as macroeconomic conditions deteriorate.   French and his team found that binge drinking increased with a rise in the state-level unemployment rate. Driving while intoxicated and...

»»
Genetic Makeup and Duration of Abuse Reduce the Brain’s Neurons in Drug Addiction
  • Substance dependence
Mar18

Genetic Makeup and Duration of Abuse Reduce the Br...

posted by ATS

A study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory demonstrated that drug addicted individuals who have a certain genetic makeup have lower gray matter density — and therefore fewer neurons — in areas of the brain that are essential for decision-making, self-control, and learning and memory. Nelly Alia-Klein, a study coauthor who is a Brookhaven Lab medical scientist, said, “This research shows that genes can influence the severity of addiction. The results suggest that addicted individuals with low MAOA [monoamine oxidase A] genotype may need a different kind of treatment than...

»»
Addiction Drug Saves Medicaid Dollars
  • Substance dependence
Jan11

Addiction Drug Saves Medicaid Dollars

posted by ATS

Giving Medicaid patients with substance abuse problems access to buprenorphine (Subutex, Suboxone) is ultimately less expensive than maintaining them on methadone, the experience in one state showed. Despite more frequent relapses into addiction, buprenorphine patients cost about $1,330 less per year than methadone patients when the drugs were used for maintenance treatment, Robin Clark, PhD, of the University of Massachusetts, and colleagues reported in the August issue of Health Affairs.   “Our paper shows that the cost concerns [that Medicaid systems have about buprenorphine] aren’t so valid if you look at everything...

»»
Research Scientists Find Key Mechanism In Transition To Alcohol Dependence
  • Substance dependence
Dec25

Research Scientists Find Key Mechanism In Transiti...

posted by ATS

A team of Scripps Research Institute scientists has found a key biological mechanism underpinning the transition to alcohol dependence. This finding opens the door to the development of drugs to manage excessive alcohol consumption. “Our focus in this study, like much of our lab’s research, was to examine the role of the brain’s stress system in compulsive alcohol drinking driven by the aversive aspects of alcohol withdrawal,” said Scripps Research Associate Professor Marisa Roberto, Ph.D., senior author of the study. “A major goal for this study,” added Research Associate Nicholas Gilpin, Ph.D., the...

»»
Researchers Develop Technique to Visualize ‘Your Brain on Drugs’
  • Drug Addiction
  • Substance dependence
Nov25

Researchers Develop Technique to Visualize ‘...

posted by ATS

— Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed an imaging protocol that allows them to visualize the activity of the brain’s reward circuitry in both normal individuals and those addicted to drugs. The technique could lead to better insight into why people take recreational drugs as well as help determine which treatment strategies might be most effective. Drug addiction is a complex process that involves numerous biological and environmental factors, but a central element is how the drugs affect the activity of dopamine, the chemical that regulates pleasure and reward in the...

»»
A general in the drug war
  • Addiction
  • Substance dependence
Oct27

A general in the drug war

posted by ATS

From heroin and cocaine to sex and lies, Tetris and the ponies, the spectrum of human addictions is vast. But for Dr. Nora D. Volkow, the neuroscientist in charge of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, they all boil down to pretty much the same thing. She must say it a dozen times a day: Addiction is all about the dopamine. The pleasure, pain and devilish problem of control are simply the detritus left by waves of this little molecule surging and retreating deep in the brain. A driven worker with a colorful family history and a bad chocolate problem of her own, Dr. Volkow, 55, has devoted her career to studying this chemical tide. And...

»»
Previous Month’s Illegal Drug Use By County Demographic in 2009
  • Substance dependence
Aug25

Previous Month’...

posted by ATS

Previous Month's Illegal Drug Use By County Demographic in 2009

»»

Twitter

  • U.S. Retail Distribution of Buprenorphine Approaches 1.5 Million Grams - buff.ly/GZ59fF 1 hour ago
  • British experts update addiction treatment guidelines - buff.ly/Kefdqh 2 hours ago
  • British experts update addiction treatment guidelines: The British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has ... bit.ly/MwuQZf 2 hours ago
  • Top Reasons for Not Receiving Needed Alcohol or Drug Treatment - buff.ly/Kni8Oo 3 hours ago
  • RT @bettyfordcenter: "I know that I have a resentment when I find myself involved in a heated argument ... and I'm the only one in the car." 4 hours ago
  • RT @WatershedLisa: Post Acute #Withdrawal Syndrome (P.A.W.S.) and the #Recovery Process #Addiction #Alcoholism ow.ly/b8fVg 4 hours ago

Addiction Treatment Strategies on LinkedIn

Translate

Subscribe Via Email

Copyright © 2022

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.