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Webinar - Overlapping Issues: Domestic & Sexual Violence, Mental Health, Trauma & Substance Use
There are often many risk factors associated with the development of a substance use disorder. It is essential to understand and appreciate the interaction between all contributing factors. In this free webinar, organised by NAADAC, Julie Owens, a Certified Domestic Violence Counsellor, will discuss the overlapping vulnerabilities.
The Relationships Between Stimulant Use and Gambling Among Adolescents
Adolescence is a period of time where young people are more likely to seek independence and novel experiences, experiment with their expression and identity and have less regard for risk. Given the natural surge in sensation-seeking...
Relapse: The Role of Self-Regulation and Feelings of Disconnection
Highlights The study examines the views of patients with alcohol use disorder on relapse. Relapse was associated with the use of alcohol as a means of self-regulation combined with the sense of being disconnected from other people. The...
The Links Between Substance Use and Gambling in Schizophrenia
Highlights High rates of both problem and pathological gambling and substance use disorders have been reported in schizophrenia The research shows that problem and pathological gambling and substance use is linked with increased impulsivity...
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Therapist Empathy More Closely Related to Outcomes than Therapy Type
The more therapists empathically communicate their understanding of and compassion for clients, the better the outcomes - a relationship stronger than between outcomes and the type of therapy. Recommendations in this review commissioned by...
Addiction Journal Podcast - December 2018
The Journal of Addiction has published its latest podcast describing the highlights from the December issue of Addiction. In addition to describing the key features that are presented in the journal, the podcast includes a selection of...
Global Conference on Addiction and Behavioral Health
The Global Conference on Addiction and Behavioral Health is scheduled on August 22-24, 2019 in London, UK.
The theme of the event is “Unifying the New Discoveries and Advanced Approaches towards Addiction” which is cornerstone for accomplishing Addiction, Rehabilitation and Psychiatry problems.
Effects of Long‐Term Alcohol Drinking on the Dopamine D2 Receptor: Gene Expression and Heteroreceptor Complexes in the Striatum in Rats
Abstract Background Reduced dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) ligand binding has repeatedly been demonstrated in the striatum of humans with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The attenuated D2R binding has been suggested to reflect a reduced D2R density...
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Patients Who Expect the Best Are More Likely to Get It
How much a patient expects treatment will help is not just an empty prediction but a force in making treatment help, is the strong possibility raised by a review commissioned by an American Psychological Association task force. The...
PCSS Webinar: 'Recovery Support for Young People with Opioid Use Disorders'
Register now at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/280338473972824577
Tuesday | November 27, 2018 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Presenter: Amy Yule, MD; Medical Director, Addiction Recovery Management Service at Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School