Drunk Driving in Rural America
Most interesting were the environmental and legal factors that influenced drunk driving. The young adults identified these as “minimal police presence, sparse population, and lack of alternative transportation”
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.
Here’s something I’ve wondered about, especially since the advent of social media: are the rates of mental illness in the general population actually on the increase, as the statistics insist? Or have we simply become too free in our use of psychiatric labels?
Or some combination of the two, I suppose.
So I was pleased to encounter this discussion in The Guardian, contributed by an Oxford psychology professor:
Are we really overdiagnosing mental illness?
ADHD is often cited as an example of a trend towards excessive diagnosis. I confess that I have noticed a sharp uptick in the number of people I’ve run into who now label themselves as ADHD— more often than not, based on something they’ve read, watched on TV, or heard discussed on a podcast.
Surprisingly, most have been adults over 40, including some in their 70s, who have arrived at the diagnosis without benefit of a formal evaluation by a clinician.
"I first heard about ADHD on a podcast," one told...
Or some combination of the two, I suppose.
So I was pleased to encounter this discussion in The Guardian, contributed by an Oxford psychology professor:
Are we really overdiagnosing mental illness?
ADHD is often cited as an example of a trend towards excessive diagnosis. I confess that I have noticed a sharp uptick in the number of people I’ve run into who now label themselves as ADHD— more often than not, based on something they’ve read, watched on TV, or heard discussed on a podcast.
Surprisingly, most have been adults over 40, including some in their 70s, who have arrived at the diagnosis without benefit of a formal evaluation by a clinician.
"I first heard about ADHD on a podcast," one told...
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Is Social Media Addictive?
It would be difficult for the defense to argue that this isn’t done intentionally, for the purpose of keeping patrons coming back for more. And more, and more.
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.
Commercial Determinants of Health
In the neverending hunt for financial rewards, poor consumer health can be viewed as collateral damage.
- Resources About
- Addiction
- Addictive Substances
- Prevention
- Recovery
- Treatment
Gambling, Teen Style
I suspect many parents would be surprised to learn that ”The students in the audience…are all too familiar with the explosion of apps that make it easy to bet on individual plays, international politics and awards show flubs.”
Gambling, Teen Style
I suspect many parents would be surprised to learn that ”The students in the audience…are all too familiar with the explosion of apps that make it easy to bet on individual plays, international politics and awards show flubs.”
Update on Pot-related DWI…
Apparently, cannabis testing yields an unacceptable number of false positive results.
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.
Withdrawal Management, in Practice
Now detox has become withdrawal management, and the cookie-cutter approach is no more.
- Resources For
- Addiction Clinicians
- Families
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- Programs
Overdiagnosed?
She wasn’t seeking medication for the disorder. She was simply using ADHD as a way to understand some of the mysteries of her past behavior.
Overdiagnosed?
She wasn’t seeking medication for the disorder. She was simply using ADHD as a way to understand some of the mysteries of her past behavior.
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.
