No More Drink Limits
It’s ironic these revised recommendations were issued in 2026, since the last few years have seen an abundance of findings as to the serious health consequences of drinking-- including various cancers
Introducing Newcomers to 12-Step Fellowship
AA and NA weren't designed by professionals and they do not operate like professionally-developed behavioral therapy programs.
Several articles on the genetics of mental health disorders appeared in this month’s media. Here’s one of the better ones:
Genetic Analysis Across 14 Psychiatric Disorders Suggests the Degree to Which Different Disorders Are Driven by Shared Biological Processes
That’s right: A number of the most frequently diagnosed mental health disorders may share genetic roots-- in fact, they may not be unique disorders, but expressions of common vulnerabilities.
The 14 are, in alphabetical order, "ADHD, alcohol-use disorder, anorexia nervosa, anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, cannabis-use disorder, major depression, nicotine dependence, OCD, opioid-use disorder, PTSD, schizophrenia, and Tourette syndrome."
That’s quite a list.
The research itself is new, but the questions around how mental health disorders are classified have been swirling for decades, without a clear resolution. Perhaps these newer findings will help advance the field...
Genetic Analysis Across 14 Psychiatric Disorders Suggests the Degree to Which Different Disorders Are Driven by Shared Biological Processes
That’s right: A number of the most frequently diagnosed mental health disorders may share genetic roots-- in fact, they may not be unique disorders, but expressions of common vulnerabilities.
The 14 are, in alphabetical order, "ADHD, alcohol-use disorder, anorexia nervosa, anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, cannabis-use disorder, major depression, nicotine dependence, OCD, opioid-use disorder, PTSD, schizophrenia, and Tourette syndrome."
That’s quite a list.
The research itself is new, but the questions around how mental health disorders are classified have been swirling for decades, without a clear resolution. Perhaps these newer findings will help advance the field...
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No More Drink Limits
It’s ironic these revised recommendations were issued in 2026, since the last few years have seen an abundance of findings as to the serious health consequences of drinking-- including various cancers
AI for Mental Health? Not So Fast
An increasing number of people rely on AI as their *primary resource for mental health concerns. That includes truly vulnerable populations, such as adolescents.
A System Transformed
Beginning around the year 2000, incarceration of juveniles has declined by almost 75%, from a peak population of more than 10o,000, to somewhere less than one-third that number.
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Your Program’s CUT! Or maybe not…
Their appeal was based on the extreme need of the American people for programs that worked and deserved to be continued rather than sacrificed to the gods of the budget.
A Massive Growth Spurt for Gambling
...a 24-fold increase in six short years. Almost all of it in the form of bets placed online. No casino, no off-track betting parlor required.
The Menace of Disposable Vapes
"Disposable" means the devices can neither be recharged nor refilled. They exist to supply an addictive drug to repeat customers, preferably on a daily basis, quite possibly over a lifetime.
Life in a Hot Spot
Make it a continuing effort, using strategies based in evidence, and harnessing the power of human interaction-- instead of relying on a burst of anti-drug education, however intense.
How Many is Too Many?
After all, they call this a "relapsing" disorder.
Your Program’s CUT! Or maybe not…
Their appeal was based on the extreme need of the American people for programs that worked and deserved to be continued rather than sacrificed to the gods of the budget.
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Is This Recovery?
...there are other folks out there like these— pretending to sobriety yet still secretly using, and hoping to avoid the sort of trouble that haunted them in the past.
Overstimulated?
I was nonetheless surprised to learn that one of the areas where use increased the most was among people in their 70s.
Parenting Under The Influence
Children raised in such families are more likely to be exposed to violence, to initiate their own substance use at an earlier age, and to have mental health problems in childhood.
Is This Recovery?
...there are other folks out there like these— pretending to sobriety yet still secretly using, and hoping to avoid the sort of trouble that haunted them in the past.
Officers in the House
...with law enforcement agencies taking on vastly different roles, planning and practicing our response appears more important than in the past.
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A Novel Approach
...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.
A Novel Approach
...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.
Diagnosing Cannabis Use Disorder: Updated
It certainly makes sense that if you suffer from a major mental illness, you should stay away from pot.
Video: Practical Advice on Prescription Painkiller Problems
People have abused opiates for 5,000 years. As much as medicine depends on them, they've always created problems for a percentage of users.
