Post-acute withdrawal presents a significant challenge to many people for at least a year after they stop using alcohol and or other psychoactive substances. Knowing what to expect, and how to reduce the symptoms of PAWS can help individuals and families work together to make life far more manageable in early recovery.
“If I were to design a substance that is bad for college students, it would be marijuana.” Dr. Hans Breiter, Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University.
A new study indicates that smoking status influences the rate and level of neurocognitive recovery among alcohol dependent patients.
Medical News Today reports on the results of a large study lead by sociologist Brea Perry of Indiana University that included 4307 adults from 1,026 families. The research team looked […]
The July 2014 edition of Science Magazine reports on a study by NIDA director Nora Volkow and colleagues about the impact of heavy marijuana use (about 5 joints a […]
“Raising Healthy Children…” provides clear and sensible guidance for adults who are trying to protect children from the harms caused by parental alcoholism–AddictionBlog.org
“The perception that mental illness and psychiatric symptomatology uniformly lead to aggression and violence is a major source of stigma for the severely mentally ill.” (Zhuo, Bradizza and Maisto, […]
“We found that despite significant overdose experiences,nonmedical PO users were uninformed about overdose awareness, avoidance, and response strategies, especially the use of naloxone”. (Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Ph.D.) Psychcentral News reports […]
A new study suggests that interventions should target sensitivity to anxiety in order to reduce and prevent substance abuse.
A study published in the August issue of the journal Addiction and summarized on PsychCentral by Richard Taite looked at the impact of second-hand trauma on later substance abuse. Researchers looked […]
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