Alcohol and Substance Abuse: Part 1 (of 3 parts)
I have been alarmed by the increasing incidence of alcohol and drug abuse, especially among teenagers. Users are getting younger; even children as young as eight years old have been found using...
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Difference between Abuse, Dependence and Addiction Alcohol and drug use ranges on a continuum from use to dependence characterized by increasing loss of control and increasing functional impairment....
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Treatments Interestingly, the research found that all people are not affected similarly by alcohol or drug abuse. For some the cognitive centers of the brain are more affected, for others the...
View ArticleUnderstanding Eating Disorders (Part 1)
A woman tells me that she is pregnant. She is happy and scared. Happy that she is going to have a baby and scared that she won’t be able to control her weight by her usual methods: purging and...
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(Continued from previous post: Understanding Eating Disorders (Part 1)) Combining the Three Factors: When we combine the biological, social, and psychological factors involved in eating disorders, the...
View ArticleCelebrity Suicide and Drug Overdose
Whitney Houston is the latest celebrity to have died from an overdose of drugs, whether prescribed or illicit. The list of celebrity deaths, whether by suicide or drug overdose is long; Ms Houston is...
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