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You are here: TxDirector > Addiction MedicineAdministrator's CornerClinical SupervisionClinicians CornerColumnistsCounselor WellnessCredentialingDomestic ViolenceEmploymentFamily IssuesMental HealthOf Interest To EveryonePreventionReaders RequestsReading RoomSelf-HelpSpiritualityTreatmentTreatment Populations > AddictionAlcoholAnger ManagementCareer DevelopmentClinical SupervisionClub DrugsCo-occuring DisordersCocaineContiuing EducationCriminal JusticeEating DisordersGamblingHeroinLife SkillsMental HealthMethamphetamineOtherPTSDResearchRx DrugsSelf Help ResourcesTreatment Process New Evidence On Addiction To Medicines: Diazepam Has Effect On Nerve Cells In The Brain Reward System 2008-08-27 Topics: Addiction Medicine | Clinicians Corner Addictions to medicines and drugs are thought to develop over a relatively long period of time. The process involves both structural and functional changes in brain nerve cells that are still poorly understood. However, a single drug or alcohol dose is sufficient to generate an initial stage of addiction. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Coulter's Tetrahedron of Addiction 2007-04-01 Topics: Clinicians Corner | Of Interest To Everyone By Steve Coulter, MD Cravings (and other feelings or emotions) do affect thinking. But it goes both ways: thoughts affect cravings (and other feelings or emotions). And both of these types of things affect behavior, and are also affected by behavior. This article was posted on addict-l, an informational list served for people who have an interest in treating addiciton. It is short, but full of thought, and translates well as a teaching tool. Ed. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction 2007-02-25 Topics: Addiction Medicine | Clinicians Corner | Of Interest To Everyone "Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction" was unveiled last week by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The 30-page full-color booklet explains in layman's terms how science has revolutionized the understanding of drug addiction as a brain disease that affects behavior and was released in conjunction with HBO´s ADDICTION documentary. NIDA hopes this new publication will help reduce stigma against addictive disorders. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Overcoming Roadblocks to Recovery: The Emerging Brain Science of Addiction, Trauma and Shame 2006-06-03 Topic: Clinicians Corner By Thomas Hedlund, L.M.F.T. Our science is beginning to catch up with our intuition. In the past few years, due to advances in brain science technology, we are beginning to gain fundamental understanding into the actual working of the human brain. This is leading us to new insights into the sometimes baffling nature of addiction, post-traumatic stress and relapse. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback A Biochemical Hypothesis for the Effectiveness of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Substance Abuse: Acupuncture and the Reward Cascade 2006-04-12 Topics: Addiction Medicine | Clinicians Corner By Sean Scott, William N. Scott This paper explores the physiological basis of the acupuncture effect in the treatment of addiction and focuses on the relationship of acupuncture to the reward "cascade." It proposes that the reward cascade combined with endorphin mechanisms may provide the biochemical framework to explain the mechanisms by which acupuncture provides relief from the symptoms of drug withdrawal, aids in the recovery from addiction, and may help prevent recidivism. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Same Genes May Underlie Alcohol and Nicotine Co-Abuse 2006-03-31 Topics: Addiction Medicine | Clinicians Corner | Of Interest To Everyone Researchers have known for some time that people who smoke are more likely to drink alcohol than non-smokers. Similarly, smoking is three times more common in people with alcoholism than in the general population. Since previous studies have also determined that genetics plays an important role in both alcohol and nicotine addictions, researchers have hypothesized that the same gene or genes may influence the co-abuse of these substances. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Recovery - A New Understanding of an Old Concept 2005-12-13 Topics: Clinicians Corner | Treatment A better understanding of addiction recovery as a process is vital for measuring successful outcomes and guiding future investments in treatments. The challenge is that there appear to be many paths to recovery and little is known of the most effective pathways from scientific perspectives. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Habit Smart 2005-10-28 Topics: Clinicians Corner | Self-Help | Treatment By Sarah Kenneth This Web site was launched in early 1995, and was amongst the first sites dedicated to not only providing alternative theories of addictive behavior and change, but providing addiction information in general. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Recovering Alcoholic Smokers Can Quit Second Addiction 2005-09-19 Topics: Addiction Medicine | Clinicians Corner | Of Interest To Everyone Tobacco-caused disease is the leading cause of death for patients with alcoholism, but a study led by The Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center brings hope to non-depressed, recovering alcoholics who also smoke -- individualized nicotine patch therapy. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Nonmedical Oxycodone 2005-09-02 Topic: Clinicians Corner The prevalence of lifetime nonmedical use of oxycodone increased significantly from an estimated 11.8 million users in 2002 to 13.7 million users in 2003 View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback   Showing 1-10 of 11 Next 10 Articles

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