Posts Tagged ‘NIDA’
Prescription Drugs – What’s the Big Deal?
Prescription drugs – they’re medicine – so what if a person takes them differently than prescribed? This is a common question. Not only that, but many people believe abusing prescription drugs is “safer” than abusing illegal drugs, such as heroin, for example. There is a presumption that because the medication is prescribed, it is somehow…
Read MoreUsing Science of the Brain to Talk With Teens About Substance Abuse
To talk with teens about substance abuse has gotten a lot easier thanks to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has a site called NIDA for Teens: Facts on Drugs — The Science Behind Addiction. Not surprising, one of my favorites is Brain & Addiction. I suggest teens, parents and those who work with…
Read MoreDual Diagnosis | Co-Occuring Disorders | Comorbidity – What is It?
Dual Diagnosis | Co-Occuring Disorders | Comorbidity – confusing terms to be sure but so important to understand in order to effectively treat and recover when one has an addiction and mental illness. Comorbidity (aka dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorders) is an often misunderstood diagnosis. Basically, it is having two brain diseases at the same…
Read MoreDisease of Addiction – What New Research Is Telling Us About This Brain Disease
Disease of Addiction — one of the most difficult aspects of this whole “thing” — from substance abuse to addiction to secondhand drinking/drugging — is to understand and accept that addiction (whether it’s to drugs or alcohol) is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease. Disease of Addiction Explained Everything about our body — what we…
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