Sentences with phrase «in addiction behavior»

The epigenetic impairments reflect changes that increase accessibility of chromatin, a process that enhances gene transcription, suggesting the impairments play an important role in addiction behavior.

Not exact matches

Addictions can come bundled with other mental health issues, and they can be sealed in place with deep scars and long - held behavior patterns.

Prior research has shown that the use of social media may detract from face - to - face relationships, reduce investment in meaningful activities, increase sedentary behavior by encouraging more screen time, lead to internet addiction, and erode self - esteem through unfavorable social comparison.

I'd been taught in church that calling any addiction a disease is just a means to excuse the behavior.

«The longer I've been clean from drugs and alcohol, the more I've noticed that [our] own addiction — and perhaps addiction in general — is affecting our behavior in ways that we wouldn't previously have assumed.»

For this reason, I call behaviors in which this psychology is present true addictions, in contrast to cases in which there is only a physical addiction» (pp. 73 - 74).

The second level of addiction in organizations occurs when people support addicts in their addictive behavior.

In the case of chemical dependency, it comes in the form of addiction - prone body chemistry and dysfunctional and aberrant behavior patternIn the case of chemical dependency, it comes in the form of addiction - prone body chemistry and dysfunctional and aberrant behavior patternin the form of addiction - prone body chemistry and dysfunctional and aberrant behavior patterns.

And usually what is discovered in these groups is that even IF a person is able to modify one behavior or overcome one addiction, they often fall into some other sort of destructive behavior or addiction, which often makes their overall condition worse than it was before.

As Justin investigated these testimonies further, he learned that most followed a pattern in which the gay man developed attractions to men during puberty, acted on those feelings at some point (usually destructively, with anonymous sex, drugs, and other addictions), found that life to be unfulfilling, reconnected with Jesus, and walked away from their past behaviors.

Cognitive / be - havioral therapy, specialty group therapies, behavior treatments, and psychopharmacology all have evidence «based authority in the treatments of anxiety, depression, alcohol / drug addiction, and psycho — social demoralization.

According to expert agricultural psychologists Big Jim and Holly Peña, the addict's loved ones, employers, clergymen, accountants, spouses, chefs, and social workers (not necessarily in that order) should be on the lookout for the following suspicious behavior by the CAP (Chile - Addicted Personality) who exhibits the classic symptoms of PAS (Pungency Addiction Syndrome).

Since there is the occasional story in the media that begs to differ, such as pastors who engage in infidelity or other «indecent behavior» such as porn addictions, this is a bothersome assumption.

The therapists at Concentric are experts in relationship problems, couples and marriage, child, adolescent and family issues, addictions and compulsive behaviors, substance abuse, life transitions and stress management, depression, anxiety, bipolar, varying degrees of trauma and unresolved family - of - origin issues.

Through her own personal life experience, in combination with several years of intense training with Dr. Stephanie Mines (http://tara-approach.org), Jeanice has come to a deep understanding of how early overwhelming experiences can influence one's health and personality throughout life and can cause a variety of disorders later in life including, but not limited to, repetitive relationship problems, chronic health issues, drug and alcohol addiction, uncontrollable violence and criminal behavior, chemical imbalances in the brain, fertility issues, severe depression, and an inability to lead a joyful, healthy life.

The therapists at Concentric are experts in relationship challenges, marriage, couple and family issues, addictions and compulsive behaviors, life transitions, depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorders, unresolved family - of - origin issues and varying degrees of trauma.

That's why people who are unable to establish and maintain attachments fall victim to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, addictions, dysfunctional relationships, and other unhealthy behaviors in an attempt to avoid despair and loneliness as they seek happiness that they can't find without first repairing their ability to form healthy attachments to others.

«Underage drinking is a dangerous behavior that can lead to serious health problems, including addiction later in life,» said New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Arlene González - Sánchez.

They focused on the striatum, a brain region implicated in drug addiction because of its central role in habit formation and goal - directed behavior.

Mays explained that although indoor tanning is becoming less common overall in the United States, research indicates that it can be a problematic behavior for some young women similar to other forms of addiction.

HDAC5, the gene suppressor, did not prevent addiction - like behaviors from forming, but it did prevent later drug seeking and relapse during abstinence — at least in rodents.

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What makes this particularly relevant is that in both conditions — in addiction and in compulsive - obsessive disorders — you have a compulsive pattern of behavior.

Recent studies have demonstrated that falling in love — or the love a mother has for an infant, which is so powerful — is driven by these reward processes, and it actually engages the same [brain] circuit that gives priority of that behavior over anything else, just like in addiction.

In 1979, UCLA neurobiologist Marie - Françoise Chesselet showed that nicotine increases levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter essential for boosting attention, reward - seeking behaviors and risk of addictions, from gambling to drugs.

Today's studies, presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health, provide new insights into how experience might produce long - term brain changes in behaviors like drug addiction and memory formation.

Studies demonstrated that the changes in the brain's dopamine production area, or VTA — though crucial to the development of addiction — also triggered a cascade of biological processes that resulted in permanent changes in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), the area downstream that is closely linked to motivation and goal - directed behavior.

Drugs that block Zif268 or related proteins could potentially suppress post-traumatic stress disorder, phobias, and drug addiction, in which persistent memories lead to damaging behavior, Thomas says.

«Finding increased vulnerability to drug addiction and compulsive behavior in generations not directly exposed is an important consideration for legislators considering legalizing marijuana.»

«Parental exposure to marijuana linked to drug addiction, compulsive behavior in unexposed progeny, rodent sudy finds.»

In fact, both twins might try cocaine experimentally, but only the more vulnerable one would begin to show changes in the brain and behavior that would enter that twin into a downward spiral, toward a severe addictioIn fact, both twins might try cocaine experimentally, but only the more vulnerable one would begin to show changes in the brain and behavior that would enter that twin into a downward spiral, toward a severe addictioin the brain and behavior that would enter that twin into a downward spiral, toward a severe addiction.

The technique used to assess addiction - like behavior in rats can also be used in humans, so if similar results are found in addicted people, the researchers hope the technique may help identify people most susceptible to addiction and be useful for predicting the efficacy of oxytocin treatment.

Study co-author Nigel Bamford, a pediatric neurologist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, says that if similar changes occur in humans, it will indicate that an effective way to fight addiction may be to design therapies that target the affected area — the striatum, a forebrain region that controls movement but also has been linked to habit - forming behavior.

In the past decade, researchers have used mouse models to unravel how cellular changes in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a brain structure involved in action selection associated with arousal and reward, may contribute to addiction - related behavioIn the past decade, researchers have used mouse models to unravel how cellular changes in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a brain structure involved in action selection associated with arousal and reward, may contribute to addiction - related behavioin the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a brain structure involved in action selection associated with arousal and reward, may contribute to addiction - related behavioin action selection associated with arousal and reward, may contribute to addiction - related behavior.

These data indicate that cellular metabolic communication plays a critical role in addiction - related behaviors, which may have implications for new strategies to prevent cocaine addiction.

A study out of none other than the University of Cambridge found the same engagement of several brain areas — all involved in reward and motivation — in people with compulsive sexual behavior as previously found in people struggling with drug addiction.

An inability to suppress a behavior, despite the negative consequences, is common in addiction.

But Trevor Robbins, a behavioral neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge in England, says that while severe binge eating might be considered an addiction - like behavior, «you can't consider food as an addiction in general.

Addiction is often characterized by a craving for more of the drug or behavior, increased physiological tolerance to exposure, and withdrawal symptoms in the absence of the stimulus.

We report that in the rat, prior alcohol consumption results in enhanced addiction - like behavior to cocaine, including continued cocaine use despite aversive consequences.

Stroud concludes, «These alterations in stress hormones, stress response, and DNA may explain links between moms» smoking during pregnancy and the risk for their children to have behavior problems and nicotine addiction in later life.

Raised for dozens of generations in the lab of senior author Huda Akil, Ph.D., at the U-M Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute under carefully controlled conditions, the two breeds act as a way to study the effects of genetic and inherited traits on addiction - related behaviors.

Smoking during pregnancy is also associated with long - term behavioral and health problems in child and adult offspring, including asthma, behavior and attention problems, and nicotine addiction.

Participants were then assessed in regular follow - ups to track their drinking behaviors and symptoms of addiction over time.

The authors of the current set of studies — which appear in the journals Addiction and Addictive Behaviors — tested this theory in a somewhat unique fashion: by determining whether smokers whose insular cortex had been damaged during a stroke are more likely to quit smoking.

That, in turn, can lead to self - destructive behavior — including illness, drug addiction, and suicide, according to a few studies.

New research from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions that explored the potential side effects of the stimulant drug Ritalin on those without ADHD showed changes in brain chemistry associated with risk - taking behavior, sleep disruption and other undesirable effects.

In the brain, RSG6 is involved in alcohol craving by controlling levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with addiction and reward - seeking behavioIn the brain, RSG6 is involved in alcohol craving by controlling levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with addiction and reward - seeking behavioin alcohol craving by controlling levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with addiction and reward - seeking behavior.

Representing a significant investment in federal tobacco regulatory science, the new centers will be comprised of scientists with expertise in fields including epidemiology, behavior, biology, medicine, economics, chemistry, toxicology, addictions, public health, communications and marketing.

Consistent with its important role in brain function, the team found that cocaine utilizes FMRP to facilitate brain changes involved in addiction - related behaviors.