Depression | Addiction Treatment Strategies

Those under age 25 are particularly vulnerable to dual
abuse. BY ELIZABETH ASHTON, NIDA Notes Staff Writer Men
and women with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are 18 times
more likely to report nonmedical use of prescription drugs
than people who don’t drink at all, according to…

Depression Symptoms Increase Over Time for Addiction-Prone
Women ScienceDaily (Feb. 18, 2011) — 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…

  A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved
——————————————————————————–
Putting feelings into words produces therapeutic
effects…

Alcohol dependence; Alcohol abuse; Problem drinking;
Drinking problem Alcoholism (alcohol dependence) and
alcohol abuse are two different forms of problem drinking.
Alcoholism occurs when a person shows signs of physical
addiction to alcohol (for example, tolerance and
withdrawal) and…

The future mood swings of people with bipolar disorder can
be predicted by their current thoughts and behaviour, a
study published April 19, 2011 has found. Psychologists
from the Universities of Manchester and Lancaster say
their findings are important because they mean talking
therapies,…

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….