How to Feel Better About Another Stint in Rehab

family members have slips and relapses too

Seriously? Feel better about another stint in rehab – impossible! I agree – it is impossible – UNLESS you have a solid understanding of some key facts about addiction (whether to drugs or alcohol) discovered in the past 10-15 years. These discoveries are the result of advances in imaging technologies (SPECT, fMRI, PET, as examples)…

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Want to Get Through to Teens – Talk to Their Brain

Want to Get Through to Teens – Talk to Their Brain – really! In my decade of research and writing on brain development and the brain disease of addiction, understanding the whole story about puberty and the brain’s evolution [see Image 2 below] gave me the pieces that finally completed the puzzle on how/why teens…

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21st Century Brain Research – Empowering!

21st Century Brain Research – you won’t believe it! I had the incredible opportunity to attend a roundtable, titled: “GRAY MATTERS, Your brain, your life, and brain science in the 21st century,” at Stanford University on October 6, 2012. I’ve included the link to the taped show below – the discussion starts at 9:02. But…

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Addiction a Brain Disease? But How?

Addiction a brain disease? “No way,” or some variation thereof, is the typical reaction, I hear. Followed by something along the lines of, “Cancer is a disease. All they have to do is put down the bottle [or stop using the drug]!” Recent Research Identifies Why/How Addiction is a Brain Disease Thanks in large part…

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