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Yes, alcoholism is a disease

Locations Where Past Year Substance Use Treatment Was
Received among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2009 Source: U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration Office of
Applied…

Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston
University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified
unhealthy substance use as a risk factor for not receiving
all appropriate preventive health services. The findings,
which currently appear in BMJ Open, identify unhealthy
substance use…

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…

Heavy alcohol use suggests a change in normal cognitive
development in adolescents ScienceDaily (2010-10-20)
— Adolescence and puberty is a period of significant
development in the brain. New findings indicate that
excessive alcohol use selectively damages the frontal
lobe, which is…

Substance abuse can lead to anxiety disorders, and vice
versa. Either way, both problems need to be managed and
treated together. While substance abuse is serious enough
on its own, users run the additional risk of developing an
anxiety disorder as a side effect of abusing drugs or
alcohol….

Nichole Marie Case unwittingly became dependent on opioid
pain drugs. She’s not alone. The National Institute on
Drug Abuse estimated in 2008 that 1.85 million people in
the United States were dependent on or abusing
prescription opioids, also known as Schedule II
painkillers. Americans…

New laws expand mental health, addiction treatment Bipolar
Texas teen’s bill goes from $60 per therapy session
to a $15 co-pay By Michelle Andrews As anyone who has ever
sought help for addiction, depression or any other mental
illness knows, insurance coverage is often…

DBT fits well in addiction treatment by Nicholas A. Roes,
PhD We’ll order now what they ordered then, ‘Cause
everything old is new again “Everything Old Is New Again,”
Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager DBT” is a relatively
new construct being used as the wrapping for some…

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…