She holds a Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and Post Graduate Certificate in
Addiction Studies from the University of Minnesota.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Georgian Court University, and a Master of Science degree in Mental Health Counseling and
Addiction Studies from Monmouth University in New Jersey.
Not exact matches
Two researchers
from the Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health published a review in the November 20th issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, of several hundred smoking
studies.
People with drug
addictions who started opioid abuse later in life use injections for their drugs, or increased their use of downers before starting drug treatment, are more likely to relapse
from treatment than others, says a new
study from McMaster University.
A dozen human
studies of MDMA, LSD, a powerful African drug called ibogaine and psilocybin,
from so - called «magic mushrooms,» are now under way, testing the once - stigmatized drugs as treatments for not only PTSD, but also cluster headaches and
addiction, as well as anxiety and depression in cancer patients.
Professor Adeeba Kamarulzaman, an author on the
study from University of Malaya, Malaysia, said: «In recent years, compulsory drug detention centres in Malaysia and across Asia have come under scrutiny and question over their lack of effectiveness in treating
addiction and their human rights transgressions.
Based on their results and evidence
from other
studies on
addiction and the hippocampus, the authors suggest an intriguing explanation for
addiction: newborn neurons in the hippocampus inhibit the release of dopamine, one of the major chemical messengers that act as a reward signal.
To find out, the team looked at several hundred human mu opiate genes, lumping together their own
studies of several dozen volunteers
from pain or opiate
addiction clinics with
studies from other labs.
«The imaging technique could shed light on the immune dysfunction that underpins a broad range of neuroinflammatory diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and
addiction,» said Christine Sandiego, PhD, lead author of the
study and a researcher
from the department of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. «This is the first human
study that accurately measures this immune response in the brain.
«We are hoping the
study will encourage policymakers to consider the potential negative impact of removing
addiction treatment
from the essential health benefits in Medicaid expansion plans and reversing the parity requirement to cover
addiction treatment services on par with medical and surgical benefits,» she said.
People in
addiction treatment programs around the world use tobacco at two to three times the rate of people who are not being treated for
addiction, according to a review of research
studies from 20 countries other than the United States.
The
study, conducted by researchers at the National
Addiction Centre at King's College London, used data
from 22 observational
studies of THN programs in the USA, Canada, UK and Germany.
The results have just been published in the International journal
Addiction Research and Theory, and are one of several
studies from Aarhus University focusing on medical doctors» consumption of substances and substance use disorders.
Having a parent with an alcohol use disorder increases the risk for dating violence among teenagers, according to a
study from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on
Addictions.
The researchers» findings
from this
study suggest that transitions
from residential treatment are stressful, particularly as people balance competing priorities of meeting their basic needs with managing their
addiction.
Garet Lahvis was a 4th - year assistant professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, when his department chair told him that his
studies of social motivation and communication in mice — research with implications for autism and drug
addiction — had moved too far
from the department's focus on clinical plastic surgery and that the department would have to let him go.
Low birth weight and preterm birth appear to increase the risk of schizophrenia among individuals with a genetic condition called the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, a new
study from the Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows.
Results
from this
study support previous findings that beliefs can alter a drug's effects on craving, providing insight into possible avenues for novel methods of
addiction treatments.
The results of the four experiments in the
study also indicate that the weight - suppression properties of nicotine may act through processes that are separate
from those that contribute to nicotine
addiction.
«Our findings are clinically relevant as they identify a novel
addiction target in rodents, along with parallel supporting evidence
from brain imaging
studies in human addicts,» explains Andon Placzek, lead author of the nicotine
study.
These results demonstrate robust functional dysregulation that corresponds to the third stage of the
addiction cycle (craving) and parallel emerging findings
from functional imaging
studies in human addicts.
Jun Wang, an assistant professor at the university and the corresponding author of the
study, says D2 neurons are considered «good»
from the perspective of
addiction.
And if that wasn't enough of an excuse to keep on with your coffee
addiction, a new meta -
study suggests that it may also lower your risk of liver damage
from overdoing it on the booze.
Struggling with anxiety, depression, and eating disorders for most of my life, I thought
studying the mind would liberate me
from my own suffering and
addictions.
So in light of the new
study, it appears that aside
from leading to weight gain through its high - caloric content, junk food also leads to weight gain by
addiction and by increasing hunger.
I wasn't able to bring up any concrete
studies on the pro-bingeing effects of peanut butter in humans (though if you run a Google search for «peanut butter
addiction,» you'll get a bevy of testimonials
from all sorts of people claiming to be addicted to the stuff), I believe it.
Here is one of the sugar - is - like - a-drug
studies from 2013 — Sugar
addiction: pushing the drug - sugar analogy to the limit.
Given the existence of intervention based
studies such as those by Dean Ornish, and the absence of convincing evidence of the contrary, I don't see why the shortcoming
from one
study would grant taking the risk of eating animal products anyway, unless it's the least unhealthy
addiction someone can choose to distract themselves
from whatever they find challenging in their lives.
It's a fleeting moment of escapism
from the real - world horrorshow she is living, a brief intermission in an otherwise unrelentingly bleak
study of
addiction.
In a 2016
study, which surveyed 12,825 American lawyers, in the Journal of
Addiction Medicine, 28 per cent of respondents suffered
from depression, 19 per cent experienced anxiety and 20 per cent «screened positive for hazardous, harmful, and potentially alcohol - dependent drinking.»
Take heart — for, according to a
study, smartphone
addiction could be a hyper - social behaviour that stems
from the healthy human desire to socialise.
A
study on the psychometric properties of the Internet
Addiction Test suggested good reliability, with Cronbach α values ranging
from.82 to.54 for various factors.21 Total scores were calculated, with possible scores ranging
from a minimum of 20 to a maximum of 100.
I am a graduate of New York University with post-graduate training
from the International Institute of Trauma Professionals, and have
studied with many of the leaders in the field of trauma and
addiction.
The online Master's in
Addiction Studies: Integrated Recovery for Co-Occurring Disorders program prepares students with the knowledge and skills to treat and effectively promote recovery for individuals who suffer from alcohol or other drug addiction as well as co-occurring mental health or medical compl
Addiction Studies: Integrated Recovery for Co-Occurring Disorders program prepares students with the knowledge and skills to treat and effectively promote recovery for individuals who suffer
from alcohol or other drug
addiction as well as co-occurring mental health or medical compl
addiction as well as co-occurring mental health or medical complications.
Our interview covered a broad range of topics, including how sex
addiction is similar to and different
from substance use
addiction, common characteristics of sexually addicted clients, basic skills and competencies clinicians need when working with sexually addicted clients, and some resources for further
study or learning.
He has earned several distinctions, including the 2013 Carne's Award
from the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, a 2011 Sexual Intelligence Award, the 2011 President's Award
from the National Association of Lesbian and Gay
Addiction Professionals, and the 2011 Society for the Scientific
Study of Sexuality Western Region Public Service Award for promoting sexual health awareness and providing the intellectual framework for integrating sexology and chemical dependency.
Based on a large amount of data
from previous
studies on these participants, the researchers identified a correlation between various psychiatric disorders among children and later risk of developing
addictions.
You can learn more
from the ACE
study cited, which demonstrates the ability of early trauma to lead to
addiction and other problems down the road.
Delonga et al. (2011) recruited a sample
from a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community center, and the
study was published in Sexual
Addiction and Compulsivity.
Sober College is a rehabilitation facility that helps young adults recover
from addiction and trains addiction professionals from around the country through their School of Addiction
addiction and trains
addiction professionals from around the country through their School of Addiction
addiction professionals
from around the country through their School of
AddictionAddiction Studies.
Subsequent research on the link between childhood adversity and
addiction corroborates the findings
from the ACE
Study, including
studies that have found that people who've experienced childhood trauma have more chronic pain and use more prescription drugs; people who experienced five or more traumatic events are three times more likely to misuse prescription pain medications.
She attended both LSU in Baton Rouge, La. and Holy Cross College in New Orleans, La. where she
studied criminology and graduated
from the Holy Cross College
addiction counseling program.
Are there genetic influences on
addiction: evidence
from family, adoption and twin
studies.
Kim completed her graduate
studies at New York University and has advanced post-graduate psychotherapy training
from The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis & Psychology in Eating Disorders, Compulsions and
Addictions.