Sentences with phrase «addiction as a disease»

In a paper published in 1785, Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and foremost physician of his day, referred to alcohol addiction as a disease.

A majority see addiction as a disease, but 4 in 10 cite lack of willpower or discipline.»

However, it's taken a very long time not just to accept the concept of addiction as a disease of the brain, but actually to endorse it and recognize that the healthcare system needs to be involved both in the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders.

However, despite inevitable lapses into murky and uncomfortable territories, Blumberg (who co-wrote the screenplay with Matt Winston) blunts many of the narrative and thematic strings that reside, untouched, beneath the formula — namely the clear decision to depict addiction as a disease that is both, in some cases, hereditary and universally endured.

(Phillips: Sex Addiction as a Disease: Evidence for Assessment, Diagnosis, and Response to Critics).

As the awareness of mental health issues has been expanded, the acceptance of addiction as a disease has also increased.

Some people see addiction as a disease in which addicts are afflicted and have little power over the cause or onset of addiction - to be a pre-disposition (the «addictive personality»).

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However, as American Addiction Centers reminds us, addiction truly is a disease, affecting how the brain's reward centers Addiction Centers reminds us, addiction truly is a disease, affecting how the brain's reward centers addiction truly is a disease, affecting how the brain's reward centers function.

There are already plenty of reasons to keep your caffeine addiction alive and kicking: habitual coffee drinkers are less likely to die of heart failure as those who don't indulge, and research has suggested that caffeine may help prevent cancer, diabetes, stroke, and Parkinson's disease.

Strikingly, while one type of digital addiction may be creating a new kind of mental disease, video games are also being explored as a means to treat mental disorders like Alzheimer's and ADHD.

Today, with much of the discourse on drug addiction controlled by medical bureaucrats, it is common to speak of addiction as an «equal - opportunity disease» that can «strike anyone.»

A cliché among empathetic therapists, eager to describe addiction as a standard - issue disease, is that «no one ever decides to become an addict.»

If there is a sense in which addiction can be called a disease, it might be as the «disease of modernity,» a symptom of humanity's escalating disenchantment with authority, especially divine authority.

Instead, I began to see alcoholism as a physical disease, the outcome of a powerful physical addiction to alcohol that gradually inflicts mortal damage to brain and body chemistry» (p. 23).

And, even though the Bible clearly refers to drunkenness as sin, most Christians have hopped onto the AA bandwagon of faith and believe that habitual drunkenness is due to a disease called «alcoholism» or «addiction» rather than to sin» (p. 74).

But there are several points that deserve special emphasis here: (1) «The radical new view of alcoholism, not as a disease but as a «central activity in heavy drinkers» way of life,» as described by Herbert Fingarette... clearly has transforming implications for conceptualizing and dealing with the ethical issues in alcohol addiction....

In the April 1988 issue of Alcoholism and Addiction magazine, Billy Graham questions the concept of alcoholism as disease and suggests it is more a matter of disgrace.

Realizing My Addiction Had Chosen Me Began My Road to Recovery Framing addiction as a chronic disease gives a broader framework for underAddiction Had Chosen Me Began My Road to Recovery Framing addiction as a chronic disease gives a broader framework for underaddiction as a chronic disease gives a broader framework for understanding.

«Addiction / alcoholism is a devastating family disease that is responsible for corroding communities as easily as it takes the lives of those individuals suffering from the direct effects of drinking and drugging,» said Zimmern.

Even those enlightened enough to recognize that addictive gambling is as much a disease as alcoholism or narcotics addiction often forget that gambling carries a staggering extra penalty: the terrifying mountain of debt built up over the years, the thousands upon thousands of dollars owed to sharks and bookies.

As someone who is affected by the disease of addiction in my family, this article and others like it hurt my heart.

Blah blah as much as your disclaimer & article tries to make light of it — addiction is a chronic life threatening disease.

As tobacco use continued to cause avoidable misery, addiction, disease and early deaths, the smoking rate among adults and children fell to unprecedented lows.

Avi Israel said it's time society stops looking at addicts as people who need to be jailed, recognizing instead that addiction is a disease which needs treatment.

Their goal is to save lives while erasing the stigma of addiction, and educate the community to treat addiction appropriately, as «substance abuse disorder», a recognized disease.

In this book, award - winning journalist Szalavitz dispels a range of common myths about drug abuse and presents an altogether fresh take: addiction, she maintains, is not a moral failing or even a medical disease, as it is so often portrayed.

Most experts regard drug addiction as a brain disease.

V: An addiction has been classically understood as a disease of the primitive limbic brain, not of the cortical areas that are involved in what we call executive function.

«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.

Ultimately Mohammad emphasizes that addiction is not simply a behavioral issue; it is a chronic brain disease and must be recognized as such so we can find the best possible ways to help people.

«This knowledge is crucial for developing new treatments for not just Parkinson's disease, but also for addiction, ADHD and bipolar disorder, as all of these diseases are associated with some type of disorder in the function of the dopamine neurons, and specifically in the dopamine transporter,» states Kopra.

It will be especially useful for neurotransmitters such as serotonin, which is involved in depression, and dopamine, which is connected with addiction, Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.

Researchers at University of Florida Health have discovered the mechanics of how dopamine transports into and out of brain cells, a finding that could someday lead to more effective treatment of drug addictions and neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease.

Joanna Fowler has made significant contributions to brain research and the understanding of diseases such as addiction, which she studies using positron emission tomography (PET), an imaging technique that measures the concentration and movement of a positron - emitting radioisotope in living tissue.

Epigenomics is presently being used to identify inherited pre-disposition to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, addiction and psychiatric disorders, as well as markers for aging and cancer progression.

So desirable is the zebrafish as a scientific model that the National Institutes of Health recently launched the NIH Zebrafish Initiative Website, offering funding for studies of cancer, cardiovascular, blood and pulmonary diseases, eye development and disease, gene function, circadian rhythms, aging, longevity, immune system development and function, addiction, hearing, balance, smell and taste.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — April 29, 2012 — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have determined how specific circuitry in the brain controls not only body movement but also motivation and learning, providing new insight into neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease — and psychiatric disorders such as addiction and depression.

He added that selective stimulation of the motor planning circuitry might be important for treating Parkinson's and also other disorders involving these circuits, such as Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, obsessive - compulsive disorder, and addiction.

Yakel's research is directed toward understanding the role of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and brain function, as well as how dysfunction in this receptor leads to various neurodegenerative diseases and addiction.

Within the fields of microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral, cognitive and developmental neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders, the center's research programs are seeking ways to: develop vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases; understand the basic neurobiology and genetics of social behavior and develop new treatment strategies for improving social functioning in social disorders such as autism; interpret brain activity through imaging; increase understanding of progressive illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; unlock the secrets of memory; treat drug addiction; determine how the interaction between genetics and society shape who we are; and advance knowledge about the evolutionary links between biology and behavior.

The cortico - striatal associative loops are also important for working memory and cognitive control, and likely contribute to the mechanism of disorders such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, and addiction.

Her work is recognized as providing fundamental new insights not only into normal brain function, but also some of the abnormalities that underlie disorders such as Huntingdon's chorea, Parkinson's disease, obsessive - compulsive disorder, and drug addiction.

To demonstrate the validity of this thesis, Dr. Hyman provides numerous examples of patients with a wide variety of apparently disparate brain disorders, ranging from autism to depression to eating disorders to addictions to ADHD to dementia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, all of whom experienced not just resolution of symptoms, but recovery of healthful function as a result of his application of the functional medicine matrix to their unique physiology, history and current circumstances.

But the damage does not stay confined to your brain, as food additives like artificial sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), and MSG can lead you down a path of food addiction, obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, while increasing your risk for numerous chronic diseases.

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However, alcohols well - documented deleterious effects — diminished performance, mental impairment, possible addiction, and liver disease to varying degrees in certain individuals — could be seen as a good reason to steer clear of it.

Do you expect smokers to focus on their smoking as a cause of disease, or anyone else with their addiction?

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