Binge Drinking | Addiction Treatment Strategies

A study by University of Washington psychologists shows
some people continue to drink heavily because of perceived
positive effects, despite experiencing negative effects
such as hangovers, fights and regrettable sexual
situations. According to participants in the study, boosts
of courage,…

It’s considered a rite of passage among young people
— acting out their independence through heavy,
episodic drinking. But a new University of Cincinnati
study, the first of its kind nationally, is showing how
binge drinking among adolescents and young adults could be
causing…

Youths who receive more than ?10 (less than US$20) a week
in spending money and who buy alcohol for themselves are
more likely to become ‘problem drinkers’, a
survey of over 10,000 teenagers reveals. Mark A Bellis
from Liverpool John Moores University and colleagues
studied the…

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…

Alcohol exposure during adolescence alters the
body’s ability to respond to stress in adulthood,
according to new research in rats presented at
Neuroscience 2010, the annual meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, held in San Diego. Because problems
regulating stress are associated with…

Binge drinking is prevalent among university students,
especially in the United States. One brain structure
particularly sensitive to alcohol’s neurotoxicity
during development is the hippocampus, which plays a key
role in learning and memory. A study of the association
between…

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…

MANOREXIA. Orthorexia. Diabulimia. Binge Eating Disorder.
By SARAH KERSHAW All are dangerous variations on the
eating disorders anorexia and bulimia, and have become
buzzwords that are popping up on Web sites and blogs, on
television and in newspaper articles. As celebrity
magazines chronicle…

Their numbers are rising, but their age is dropping:
children and young adults who drink so much that they have
to go to the hospital

ScienceDaily (Nov. 16, 2010) — Alcohol exposure during
adolescence alters the body’s ability to respond to
stress in adulthood, according to new research in rats
presented at Neuroscience 2010, the annual meeting of the
Society for Neuroscience, held in San Diego. Because
problems…