Killing Pain: Benzo ‘Boost’ Can Be Deadly
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health Adding a benzodiazepine to an opioid painkiller can increase the effect of the opioid, or in the language of addiction, benzos can […]
First sips of alcohol start in second grade
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health The age at which many children in the U.S. take their first sip of alcohol is surprisingly young, finds a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Barbara Wood, Ph.D. http://www.alcoholismandthefamily.com / Author of Children of Alcoholism and Raising Healthy Children […]
The Atlantic: Hoffman and the Terrible Heroin Deaths in the Shadows
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health “Now that (Philip Seymour) Hoffman is gone the one purpose his passing can offer is to bring into sharp focus the fact […]
New York Times: When Marijuana Looks Like Candy, Not Drugs
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health KJ Dell’Antonia: “Drugs as cookies mean I have to talk to my older children about drugs without the natural barriers created by […]
Adult Children of Alcoholics: Caught in an Infinite Loop? (Part 2)
“Trauma is to mental health as smoking is to cancer.”-Dr. Steven Sharfstein, Past President, American Psychiatric Association Last week, I posted the first in a series of articles about children […]
Medical News Today: Cocaine may increase stroke risk within 24 hours of use
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health “Cocaine use is one of the risk factors we investigated and we were surprised at how strong an association there is between […]
About.Com: Intoxication Lasts Longer Than You Think
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health A study published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research has confirmed that not only does alcohol impair ECF (Executive Cognitive Functioning) but, surprisingly, are […]
Teens Who Drink Alone Seek to Soothe Negative Emotions and are More Likely To Develop Alcohol Problems as Young Adults
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health “Most teenagers who drink alcohol do so with their friends in social settings, but a new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon […]
Adult Children of Alcoholics: Caught in an Infinite Loop? (Part 1)
The term “infinite loop” comes from the field of computer science and refers to a programming error that leads to the perpetual and unsuccessful recapitulation of an algorithm, or problem-solving […]
SAMHSA To Treatment Community: Heroin Contaminated with Fentanyl Linked to Increase in Deaths
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health “Fentanyl is a form of opioid, and when used in combination with heroin, can cause severe injury and even death. There have been 17 deaths linked to the possible use of fentanyl-contaminated heroin in the Pittsburgh, Pa. area alone since January 24, […]
Raising Healthy Children in an Alcoholic Home 