Doubts about Diagnosis
It’s vulnerable to bias, both on the part of the patient and the practitioner.
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MDs Confronting SUDs
I imagine it takes a special kind of practitioner to push aside the barriers in the system to get to the SUD that lies underneath, even when he or she knows it’s there.
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When the Grieving Doesn’t End
In general, the pathology of prolonged grief features intense feelings of longing for or preoccupation with thoughts of the deceased– for example, on most days or even daily over a period of time.
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Methamphetamine Rising
Are users seeking out such ‘combo’ preparations because they want the extra kick from the interaction? To help overcome an elevated tolerance, perhaps.
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Heavy Drinking vs Alcoholism
It isn’t nature vs. nurture. It’s both.
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Rock n’ Roll Will Never Die
I’ve run into many clinicians who regard such clients as so disturbed and resistant to change as to be virtually immune to therapy.
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Different Disorders?
Many of the differences in the experience of alcohol and heroin addiction are due to their respective status in the eyes of the law.
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Elder and Addicted
For many people, however, including helping professionals, it’s tempting to just give up
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“Addicted”? Or “dependent”?
But it’s still confusing for many people outside the field, since unlike psychiatry, they don’t revise their thinking every couple decades.
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Genetics of Heavy Drinking and Alcoholism
Many so-called “heavy drinkers” do in fact meet criteria for an AUD, but quite a few do not.
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Addicted to Pot
Here’s something else familiar: That preoccupation with obtaining and protecting the supply.
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Social Drinking? Problem Drinking?
Her definition of social drinking was any alcohol consumed in the company of other human beings.
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In the News: Sex Addiction Again…
A Federal judge once concluded in a famous lawsuit: It was clear that psychiatrists get together to define various disorders, and then every so often, get back together to redefine them.
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