Addictions | Addiction Treatment Strategies

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…

Substance Dependence or Abuse in the Past Year, by Age and
Gender: 2009 Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration Office of Applied…

So how can addiction-prone people avoid endlessly cycling
through the list of available substances and activities?

Debunking Dumb Addiction Myths Will power isn’t
always enough, and hitting rock bottom isn’t always
the way. For people caught in the clutches of active
addiction, asinine adages about recovery can cause serious
damage, by making treatment sound like a lousy idea to the
very…

Analysis Of Opioid Prescription Practices Finds Areas Of
Concern An analysis of national prescribing patterns shows
that more than half of patients who received an opioid
prescription in 2009 had filled another opioid
prescription within the previous 30 days. This report also
suggested…

Risk Factors for Drug Addiction and Alcoholism Genetics,
environment, and personality all contribute to your risk
for alcoholism and drug addiction. There are many warning
signs of addiction, including complaints from friends and
family about your behavior. By Hedy Marks, MPH
Medically…

“The numbers I see of people dying of heroin on a given
day, I might have four people dead in my morgue. On one
day.”

Why Does the Disease of Alcoholism Progress?by Betty Ford
Center on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 10:25am Question:
What do they mean when after being sober for years, if you
start drinking again, your drinking will take off as
though you haven’t been dry at all? In fact some say that
it is…

Why the addiction-brain connection has to be part of the
picture By Adi Jaffe, Ph.D. Created Oct 24 2010 –
12:52pm Dr. Dodes recent article, apparently trying to
blow up the myth of addiction as a neurophysiological
disorder, sounded persuasive, although its underpinning
was…

BMI (Brief Motivational Intervention) is more beneficial
among patients with alcohol dependence who screen positive
for an alcohol-related injury