What Is Addiction? W…
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People with an addiction do not have control over what they are doing, taking or using. Their addiction may reach a point at which it is harmful. Addictions do not only include physical things we consume, such as drugs or alcohol, but may include virtually anything, such abstract things as…
49-Percent Rise In E…
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A new national study shows that from 2005 to 2009 (the most recent year with available figures) there was a 49-percent increase in emergency department visits for drug related suicide attempts by women aged 50 and older from 11,235 visits in 2005 to 16,757 in 2009. This increase…
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Drug Addiction: Stigma Paints it as a Choice, Not a Mental Illness
I like to think that we are making great progress in the fight against the stigma of mental illness a fight that is necessary to ensure that people of any age with psychiatric or learning disorders feel comfortable…
Study reveals new ta…
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Study reveals new target for antidepressants
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) British scientists using human stem cells say they have found out how antidepressants make new brain cells a finding that should help drug researchers develop better and more efficient…