Posts Tagged ‘medical research’
Posted on July 3rd, 2010 by by rehab
AA is Faith-Based, Not Evidence-Based
Alcoholics Anonymous is the most widely used treatment for alcoholism. It is mandated by the courts, accepted by mainstream medicine, and required by insurance companies. AA is generally assumed to be the most effective treatment for alcoholism, or at least “an” effective treatment. That assumption is wrong.
We hear about a few [...]
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Tags: addiction treatment, alchoholism treatment, alcoholism, medical research
Posted on May 15th, 2010 by by rehab
A detailed study of women in treatment for drug addition in England shows a 19 percent fall in the number of adult females under 30 entering heroin programmes over the last five years – 1,000 fewer female addicts than in 2005. The fall is even sharper – 26 percent – for the 18-25 age-group, providing [...]
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Tags: drug addiction, drug treatment, medical research, result data
Posted on April 10th, 2010 by by rehab
Principles of Effective Treatment from the United States National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Service
Drug addiction is a complex illness characterized by intense and, at times, uncontrollable drug craving, along with compulsive drug seeking and use that persist even in the face of devastating consequences. While the path to drug addiction begins with the voluntary act [...]
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Posted on December 18th, 2009 by by rehab
The US Department of Health & Human Services Substance – Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration reports a significant decline in the misuse of prescription drugs. The misuse of prescription drugs decreased significantly between 2007 and 2008 among those aged 12 and older, including among adolescents, according to 2008 National Survey on Drug Use [...]
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Tags: drug addiction, medical research, prescription drug addiction, substance abuse
Posted on May 15th, 2009 by by rehab
New research on the brain and behavior clarifies the mysteries of addiction by Craig Lambert, Harvard Magazine, March 2000.
Early experiences with drugs, whether in the womb or as an adult, have ineradicable effects. Drug users often describe a wish to recapture the bliss of their first high. But this goal proves elusive because once the [...]
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Tags: addiction treatment, alcoholism, drug addiction, medical research, result data
Posted on April 8th, 2009 by by rehab
University of Wisconsin-Madison based program aims to better drug treatment
Green-Milon’s apparent success in overcoming her addictions is all too rare, experts say. Only about a tenth of the 24 million Americans who need drug treatment get it, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and at least half of them relapse.
Part of the challenge, [...]
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Posted on February 19th, 2009 by by rehab
New combination of treatments is effective for alcohol dependence
McLean Hospital researchers, along with colleagues from 11 other study sites nationwide, report that the medication naltrexone and up to 20 sessions of alcohol counseling delivered by a behavioral specialist are equally effective treatments for alcohol dependence when delivered with structured medical management in the Journal of [...]
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 by by rehab
The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America’s First Prison for Drug Addicts is a book exploring an experiment to deal with addicted criminals.
The farm was the first place to look at drug addicts as patients that were in need of treatment instead of criminals in need of punishment. The farm did experiments [...]
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Posted on October 25th, 2008 by by rehab
From the United States National Institute of Health, Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide – Why can’t drug addicts quit on their own?
Nearly all addicted individuals believe in the beginning that they can stop using drugs on their own, and most try to stop without treatment. However, most of these attempts result [...]
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Posted on October 3rd, 2008 by by rehab
National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH on how effective is drug addiction treatment:
According to several studies, drug treatment reduces drug use by 40 to 60 percent and significantly decreases criminal activity during and after treatment. For example, a study of therapeutic community treatment for drug offenders (See Treatment Section) demonstrated that arrests for violent and [...]
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