Culture Clash
How to become an adult (Source: Psychology Today)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 11:00 PM --
|
Loving and Losing
Light blue eyes peered out at me from a fringe of dark lashes. "We were so perfect together, her sensuous smell, her dancing eyes, her exquisite face, her sumptuous body! She's so delicate, innocent, and I feel so protective with her." Mark was clearly smitten.I was curious about the nature of his ardor. "What else do you love about her?" I inquired."Caroline is so sweet, soft, feminine in her ways. We had this incredible spiritual and emotional connection. I don't get it. Why'd she end it?" Dreamy eyes turned into tortuous question marks.To which I posed yet another question. "What did she tell you?"Like all of you, Mark had all the answers, not me. "She said she needed to work on herself so she'd be more independent.":"I see." I commented.And he went on with "Here's the thing. There's th......
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 04:28 PM --
|
When Texting Becomes an Addiction
Excessive Texting Can Become Obession; Could Lead to Lack of Eating, Isolation and Sleep Deprivation (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 03:30 PM --
|
When Texting Becomes an Addiction
Excessive Texting Can Become Obession; Could Lead to Lack of Eating, Isolation and Sleep Deprivation (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 03:30 PM --
|
Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medication
With trials showing positive results from the treatment of cancer to alcohol addiction, could illegal drugs be heading for the medical mainstream? (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 12:07 PM --
|
Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medication
With trials showing positive results from the treatment of cancer to alcohol addiction, could illegal drugs be heading for the medical mainstream? (Source: New Scientist - The Human Brain)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 12:07 PM --
|
When Texting Becomes an Addiction
Excessive Texting Can Become Obession; Could Lead to Lack of Eating, Isolation and Sleep Deprivation (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 11:08 AM --
|
Are You a Texting Addict?
Excessive Texting Can Become Unhealthy Obession; Could Leads to Lack of Eating, Isolation and Sleep Deprivation (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 10:52 AM --
|
Perceived Coercion Among Jail Diversion Participants in a Multisite Study [Articles]
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, one-third of jail diversion participants reported some level of perceived coercion. Important determinants of perceived coercion included charge type, length of time in jail, and sexual abuse history. Engagement in treatment was not affected by perceived coercion. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 08:00 AM --
|
Death Of Injecting Drug User In Leicestershire
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland can confirm that they are investigating the death of a drug injecting heroin user in Leicestershire. Testing of samples from the patient has confirmed the presence of anthrax. This is the fourth case of anthrax seen in an injecting drug user in England, the first being announced in London on 5 February 2010. Similar cases have been seen in Scotland since December 2009 with forty seven cases having been confirmed and one in Germany... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 08:00 AM --
|
FDA Seeks Court Order Against Michigan Dairy
The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against Scenic View Dairy of Hamilton, Mich., its president, and three of its managers alleging that they sold dairy cows for human consumption that contained illegal drug residues in edible tissues. The complaint, filed Aug. 31, 2010, in the U.S... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 06:00 AM --
|
BMA Scotland Comment On Labour Alcohol Commission Report
Commenting on the Scottish Labour's Commission on Alcohol report yesterday (Tuesday 31 August 2010) the BMA said it was 'disappointed' that the panel had rejected minimum pricing as the most effective measure to address alcohol misuse in Scotland. Dr Brian Keighley, Chairman of the BMA in Scotland, said: "While there are some useful contributions to the alcohol debate contained within this report, it fails to recognise the most important element of any alcohol strategy by rejecting minimum pricing... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
POSTED 09/01/2010 at 02:00 AM --
|
[Personality and frontal symptomatology in addicts and nonclinical population: toward a neuropsychology of personality.]
Conclusions. Results suggest that frontal performance should be seen as a continuous dimensional variable, ranging from optimal to non-adaptive performance, without a neat cut-off point. Addiction would be related to an increase in frontal symptoms, both mesial (apathy) and orbital (disinhibition), as well as dorsolateral (dysexecutive syndrome), and this would result in changes in the previous personality pattern. These data seriously question the supposed genetic basis of temperamental traits, and suggest hypotheses of great relevance for clinicians.
PMID: 20802986 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Adicciones)...
POSTED 08/31/2010 at 11:00 PM --
|
Privatizing Sweden's retail alcohol sales will increase alcohol-related violence and other harms
(Wiley-Blackwell) A study published today in the scientific journal Addiction argues that privatizing Sweden's government monopoly on the sale of alcohol will significantly increase alcohol-related violence and other harms (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)...
POSTED 08/31/2010 at 11:00 PM --
|
Biochemical pathway may link addiction, compulsive eating
(University of California - San Francisco) Ezlopitant, a compound known to suppress craving for alcohol in humans, was shown to decrease consumption of sweetened water by rodents in a study by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, which is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)...
POSTED 08/31/2010 at 11:00 PM --
|
The Association Between Self-forgiveness and Alcohol Misuse Depends on the Severity of Drinker's Shame: Toward a Buffering Model
Conclusions: These findings tentatively suggest the ability to forgive oneself may reduce the likelihood of alcohol and other drug abuse among people who experience high levels of shame. Pending replication, secondary prevention intervention research may wish to test whether inculcation of self-forgiveness is a health protective form of emotion-focused coping that produces therapeutic benefits in substance abusers who are not yet in treatment and who have a shame-based identity.
(C) 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)...
POSTED 08/31/2010 at 07:00 PM --
|
Eating disorders, obesity and addiction
Abstract (Source: European Eating Disorders Review)...
POSTED 08/31/2010 at 06:00 PM --
|
RESEARCH REPORT: Potential consequences of replacing a retail alcohol monopoly with a private licence system: results from Sweden
(Source: Addiction)...
POSTED 08/31/2010 at 06:00 PM --
|
Episodic Withdrawal Promotes Psychomotor Sensitization to Morphine
Authors: Patrick E Rothwell, Jonathan C Gewirtz
& Mark J Thomas
Keywords: addiction and substance abuse; opioids; psychopharmacology; mood/anxiety/stress disorders; morphine; withdrawal; acoustic; startle; individual differences; sensitization (Source: Neuropsychopharmacology)...
POSTED 08/31/2010 at 06:00 PM --
|
Greenpeace activists shut down Arctic oil rig
The Independent: Yesterday, four Greenpeace activists shut down an oil drilling operation in the Arctic. Using inflatable speedboats to evade authorities, the four, who are all expert climbers, then climbed 15 m up the Cairn Energy oil rig off Greenland, where they are occupying tents suspended from ropes. Sim McKenna, from the US, who is one of the climbers, said: "We've got to keep the energy companies out of the Arctic and kick our addiction to oil, that's why we're going to stop this rig from drilling for as long as we can.â The drilling was forced to stop when the climbers breached a 500-m cordon around the rig; they hope to delay drilling long enough to make the company pull out before winter sets in. (Source: Physics Today News Picks)...
POSTED 08/31/2010 at 06:00 PM --
|
