An ADHD-maxxer
Those signs and symptoms happen to be shared by most people who arrive in treatment for opioid or alcohol or stimulant disorders. They're behaviors that clinicians use to help them identify addictive disorders in their patients.
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The Natural History of PTSD
…nearly as many participants experienced worsening symptoms over time as those who improved. In those cases, time wasn’t much of a healer.
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Antidepressants under fire?
“Kennedy has long expressed skepticism about antidepressants, especially (SSRIs), questioning their safety and suggesting they are as addictive as heroin.”
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Ayahuasca Bros
What is it about having consumed hallucinogenic tea in a remote forest clearing, and as a result, spending the next few hours first vomiting, then hallucinating, and finally alternating between euphoria and intense fear, that could possibly transform the user into better, more effective corporate leader?
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Heard of HPPD?
A whole range of psychedelic substances can apparently trigger HPPD
Read MoreBipolar & Addicted
“somewhere between 45% and 70%…who have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder will have at some point in their lifetime met the criteria for a substance use disorder.”
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A Breakthrough in Depression Treatment?
In the past, the task of selecting the right treatment for a depressed patient has been more than a little hit or miss, involving a certain amount of trial and error.
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The Antisocial Connection
One criminologist I met characterized ASPD as a “job description for a life of crime… especially the sort where you keep getting caught.”
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Are Internet disorders really addictions?
From a counseling perspective, it was clear to our clinical team that his habitual Internet use had reached a point where it was inseparable from his drug use.
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Borderline, Revisited
The term was invented in the 1930’s to describe someone prone to becoming psychotic or severely disturbed under stress, but who otherwise was capable of functioning normally.
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Supplements for Depression & Anxiety
…so long as no claim is made for the product as a treatment or cure for a specific disease or condition, then “they can say anything they want to” about the supposed benefits of using it.
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Don’t Panic!
These episodes occur “out of the blue,” not in conjunction with a known fear or stressor.”
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Pot for PTSD – Does It Help?
The less good news, if I can call it that, is that none of the three was found to be more effective than our old friend, placebo.
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