Friday, September 09, 2005

Library of Addiction News: Substance Abuse Stories

Alcoholism and Addiction News

Alcoholism
Alcoholism Treatment in Russia
Desire to Quit key in Treating Alcoholism
A true desire to quit -- not therapy for the condition -- is what drives alcoholics to abstain from drinking, report researchers who reviewed data from the largest alcoholism treatment trial ever conducted..

Alcoholism treatment in Russia in transition
MOSCOW - The treatment of alcoholism in Russia - like the economy and the Russian version of democracy - is very much in transition.

Alcohol Health Research World - Highlights from the 1987 National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment Unit Survey
March 22, 1989 -- Highlights from the 1987 National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment Unit Survey NDATUS BACKGROUND INFORMATION The National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment.


Drugs and Substance Abuse
Heroin Addiction Treatment Directory
This searchable directory of drug and alcohol treatment programs shows the location of facilities around the country that treat alcoholism, alcohol abuse and drug abuse problems..

The Locator includes more than 11,000 addiction treatment programs, including residential treatment centers, outpatient treatment programs, and hospital inpatient programs for drug addiction and alcoholism. Listings include treatment programs for marijuana, cocaine, and heroin addiction, as well as drug and alcohol treatment programs for adolescents, and adults.


Gambling Addiction
Controlling An Addiction To Gambling
The stages are similar, the signs are alike, and, most of all, the devastating social effects.


Teen Addiction
Marijuana Abuse and Addiction
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. A dry, shredded green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, it usually is smoked as a cigarette (joint, nail), or in a pipe (bong). It also is smoked in blunts, which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with marijuana, often in combination with another drug. Use also might include mixing marijuana in food or brewing it as a tea.


Mental Health - Dual Diagnosis
How Family and Friends Can Help
The Role of the Patients Family in Treatment, How Family and Friends Can Help, and What to do if someone you know has a Substance Abuse Problem and the Symptoms of a Co-Occurring Disorder.


General Addiction Information
Alcoholism and Addictions Help-Site Gears up to Celebrate 5 years
Palm Springs, CA – September 6, 2005 –
Online Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery Community invites those in recovery to tell their story during National Recovery Month.. http://www.SoberRecovery.com.



Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Common in Substance Abusers
Eating disorders common among people in substance abuse treatment

Item in CMHAOntarios Mental Health Notes - Clinicians need to be aware of the high rate of eating disorders among both women and men who are in treatment for substance abuse problems, according to a recent article in the Canadian Journal of Public Health.. Among 1,613 people who were seeking treatment for substance use disorders at a large metropolitan addiction treatment centre.

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The Canadian province of British Columbia is considering new strategies to encourage the "most hard-to-reach" HIV-positive people to enter treatment, Toronto's Globe and Mail reports. The methods would target groups like drug users, the homeless and mentally ill and include payments and other incentives, such as drug recovery programs, addiction treatment, food and shelter.
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