Welcome to EVALI
...somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500 EVALI cases to date, 50 of which resulted in fatalities.
How Many is Too Many?
After all, they call this a "relapsing" disorder.
Can anger really be addictive? As usual, it depends on how we define addiction.
Here’s a discussion from a Washington Post podcast hosted by Megan McCardle, that featured eminent psychologist Keith Humphries of Stanford. It’s 38 minutes, but worth a listen.
Why is anger so addictive? A psychologist weighs in.
Humphreys defines addiction broadly, in terms of repetitive engagement in an activity despite adverse consequences — particularly some level of harm to the participant.
In his view, it’s clear that a pattern of anger can qualify as an addictive behavior. Given that definition, I’d have to agree.
But I’ve also seen angry people referred to elsewhere as “rageaholics”, which suggests something directly comparable to alcoholism. That I see as misleading, since given the potential impact on the brain from years, even decades, of heavy alcohol consumption, treating alcoholism would be a very different task indeed.
Humphreys takes pains to emphasize that...
Here’s a discussion from a Washington Post podcast hosted by Megan McCardle, that featured eminent psychologist Keith Humphries of Stanford. It’s 38 minutes, but worth a listen.
Why is anger so addictive? A psychologist weighs in.
Humphreys defines addiction broadly, in terms of repetitive engagement in an activity despite adverse consequences — particularly some level of harm to the participant.
In his view, it’s clear that a pattern of anger can qualify as an addictive behavior. Given that definition, I’d have to agree.
But I’ve also seen angry people referred to elsewhere as “rageaholics”, which suggests something directly comparable to alcoholism. That I see as misleading, since given the potential impact on the brain from years, even decades, of heavy alcohol consumption, treating alcoholism would be a very different task indeed.
Humphreys takes pains to emphasize that...
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Fool Me, Please
...a chatbot doesn’t actually feel anything for the user. It’s simply doing what it was programmed to do. Principally, that’s serving as a perfect mirror.
Welcome to EVALI
...somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500 EVALI cases to date, 50 of which resulted in fatalities.
A New Czar at ONDCP
...newly appointed Drug Czar is Sara Carter, a 45 year-old investigative journalist best known for her reporting on the US-Mexico border, and her appearances as a contributor on the Fox News Network
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Bad Call on Vaping
Where did all this “pressure” come from? You guessed it: The White House, in response, it appears, to the desperate appeals from industry lobbyists
Addicted to Exercise?
Like addicts deprived of their drug of choice, the compulsive exerciser may report a deep sense of loss, accompanied by symptoms such as sleeplessness, irritability, depression, anxiety.
Bad Call on Vaping
Where did all this “pressure” come from? You guessed it: The White House, in response, it appears, to the desperate appeals from industry lobbyists
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.
The Storytellers
One young man explained that he avoided speaker meetings because the “drunkalogues” he heard triggered in him an awful craving for a drink.
PAP or Pill?
Those humble antidepressants have their own advantages, of course. For one thing, they’re likely to be cheaper, more readily available.
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Rage-baited
From a counseling standpoint, it’s a time when we ought to be advising patients to restrict their social media activity, at the very least to selected forums and sites that support recovery goals
Rage-baited
From a counseling standpoint, it’s a time when we ought to be advising patients to restrict their social media activity, at the very least to selected forums and sites that support recovery goals
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.
