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The 10 Most Important Things Known About Addiction 10 May 2013 | 08:29 pm
If you were asked: ‘What are the most important things we know about addiction?’ what would you say? This paper brings together a body of knowledge across multiple domains and [...]
Coping With Urges by Dr. Westermeyer 17 Feb 2013 | 10:58 am
Habits and urges go hand in hand. In fact, many people in the throes of an addictive behavior problem, whether it is overeating, drug use or alcohol abuse, claim that [...]
Mental Health Disorders 17 Feb 2013 | 10:03 am
SCHIZOPHRENIA Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder that causes changes in the person’s thinking, perception, mood and behaviour. It is a biochemical disorder of the brain and affects about 1% of [....
Addiction Treatment 8 Feb 2013 | 11:02 am
There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to addiction treatment. People’s needs vary. They depend on the severity and type of addiction problem, on the support available from family, friends and other...
Trends in Alcohol Consumption 8 Feb 2013 | 10:56 am
In December 2012, the medical journal The Lancet released The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010). Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, this collection of groundbreaking resea...
Look After Yourself 7 Feb 2013 | 03:27 am
During my years in family practice, I often noticed that the death or illness of a person, especially among the elderly, was rapidly followed by the illness or even death [...]
Effects on Family 7 Feb 2013 | 03:19 am
Drug and alcohol abuse not only affects the abuser and his/her life, but also the lives of family members. When recovery begins, your whole family should be involved when possible. [...]
Boundaries Protect 3 Feb 2013 | 04:01 am
In the recovery language we continue to hear about shifting the focus from the addict to ourselves. We learn that to help another, we have to first help ourselves. The [...]
Alcoholics & Their Family 31 Jan 2013 | 08:10 am
Despite the common acceptance of drinking in our culture, the destructiveness of alcohol cannot be ignored. In 1956 the American Medical Association recognized alcoholism as a disease. Prior to this...
Methods of Family Therapy by Pat Jones 10 Jan 2013 | 07:37 am
Abstinence may be as hard or even harder than drinking for the alcoholic because it reveals so many problems that were obscured by the family’s focus on alcohol. Denial remains as [...]
