Showing results for "On Addiction" in Politics & Social Sciences

When high speed Internet became widely available a few years ago, growing numbers of people began to worry that their porn use was running out of control. Far from preparing them for fulfilling relationships, viewing an endless stream of porn videos led to unexpected symptoms.

The addiction treatment industry is facing complex issues, including insurance utilization, parity enforcement, ethics violations, outcomes research gaps, social stigma, and barriers to access along racial and socio-economic lines. At NAATP, we believe that addiction, or substance use disorder, is a bio-psycho-social-spiritual disease that develops and deepens in isolation. Progress in our field, as with recovery itself, can only be achieved through community. That is why we have created All Ears on Addiction, a monthly podcast series, to promote communication, collaboration, and resource ...

Addiction Practice Pod is a podcast series on addiction and substance use care for health care providers, offering practical tips and guidance to improve addiction care.

Did you marry the man of your dreams, only to now find alcohol seeping into every part of your family? As a woman of faith, committed to your vows, do you struggle to walk out your convictions amidst the chaos and confusion that has devastated your marriage? Do you wish you had someone to confide in without judgment, consequences later or let’s be honest, hearing the worst advice EVER from well meaning people? Despite your relentless efforts, do you feel betrayed, stuck in a cycle, praying for a breakthrough and wondering if things really will be ok? This is how everything was in my marriage...

"Fighting Drug Addiction With Drugs Works, but Only if Doctors Sign On" is from The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Austin Frakt and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

One of Harvard Public Health Magazine's Best Public Health Books of the Year Profiles in Mental Health Courage portrays the dramatic journeys of a diverse group of Americans who have struggled with their mental health. This book offers deeply compelling stories about the bravery and resilience...

Past antidrug campaigns actually encouraged drug use. A few years ago, America stopped dropping acid altogether. The meth epidemic peaked a long, long time ago. NAFTA opened the border and created a bonanza for cocaine and meth traffickers just as President Clinton knew it would. President Reagan may have inadvertently caused the crack epidemic. Kids today are doing fewer illegal drugs than kids from any time in the recent past, and for a surprising reason.

WSCA-LP Portsmouth Community Radio is a proud media partner of two Portsmouth mental wellness coalitions – Greater Portsmouth Recovery Coalition and the Greater Portsmouth Youth Wellness Coalition. In support of these initiatives, WSCA has launched a 24-episode podcast series to put a spotlight on the community’s efforts for addiction prevention and recovery. The series will feature a vast lineup of guests to speak about prevention, treatment, recovery, and re-entry into the community. The podcast series will be recorded, engineered, and produced at WSCA’s Podcast Lab, and will be ...

Author Dirk Eldredge demonstates how the drug war has led only to overcrowded courts and prisons, rising crime, official corruption, eroded civil rights and race relations, and new public-health crises. He makes the case for an alternative strategy: tightly controlled legalization accompanied by expanded drug education, prevention, research, and treatment programs.

The American overdose crisis has reached record-breaking heights; preventable overdoses are now responsible for more annual deaths than traffic accidents, suicide, or gun violence. Fentanyl—a potent, inexpensive, and easy-to-manufacture synthetic opioid—has thoroughly contaminated the drug supply, and while it frequently makes front page news across the country, it remains poorly understood by policymakers and the public. In Fentanyl Nation, recovery advocate Ryan Hampton separates the facts from the fiction surrounding Fentanyl, and shows how overdose deaths are ultimately policy failures.

De toutes les conduites psychopathologiques, l'addiction est peut-être celle qui interroge le plus les limites entre le normal et le pathologique. La frontière entre ce qui relève des « mauvaises habitudes » et des vraies dépendances est difficile à tracer. Les addictions sont presque toujours des conduites relevant au départ de l'ordinaire, simplement déviées de leurs finalités initiales : boire, manger, jouer, acheter, travailler, se soigner, etc.