The study, conducted by Francesca Filbey, Ph.D., Director of Cognitive Neuroscience Research
of Addictive Behaviors at the Center for BrainHealth and her colleagues, shows that risk - taking teens exhibit hyperconnectivity between the amygdala, a center responsible for emotional reactivity, and specific areas of the prefrontal cortex associated with emotion regulation and critical thinking skills.
Not exact matches
The paper, published in the journal
Addictive Behaviors, looks
at how patterns
of quitting smoking have changed across America since e-cigarettes — devices that vaporize liquid nicotine rather than burning tobacco and creating tar — were introduced in 2010.
This is Michael's second week
at «Faithful and True — Atlanta» a 16 - week counseling program that, like dozens
of others like it around the country, combines traditional psychotherapy with the Bible in an attempt to treat
addictive behavior.
I learned a lot
at meetings, read a lot
of books, etc. and learned that most
of my family, all through my families, and extended family's history had had problems with all kinds
of addictive / compulsive
behaviors, as I also always have had.
At the University
of Pittsburgh, scientists located several chromosomal regions that may increase susceptibility to depression and
addictive behavior.
For «Judging Cheaters,» a 2012 study published in the scientific journal Psychology
of Addictive Behaviors, Dodge and her colleagues surveyed about 1,200 men in their first year
at a large university.
Your cheat day could start off what the researchers
at the
Addictive Behaviors Research Center
of the University
of Washington call «the abstinence - violation effect.»
If providers are burned out, sick, disillusioned, suffering from relationship dysfunctions,
at the mercy
of addictive behaviors, or out
of touch with their true purpose, it's hard to overcome the victim mentality that plagues people inside our health care system right now.
Forcing players into your RNG based cash shop in the hopes
of catching a few whales, who might drop a few hundred dollars in the hopes
of securing an entire set
of matching shaders, is pure averse
at best and certainly praying on the psychological vulnerabiltiies
of those who are prone to
addictive behavior.
-- G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., professor
of psychology
at the University
of Washington and director
of the
Addictive Behaviors Research Center
Kevin Leapley is the Director
of the Sex Addiction Recovery program
at Front Range Counseling Center, an outpatient counseling service specifically for the treatment
of men who suffer from the results
of sexually
addictive and compulsive
behavior.
At Leyden, our staff
of professional counselors and therapists specialize in dealing with addictions and
addictive behaviors.
There is no specific drug therapy for sex addiction, but SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) antidepressant medications and mood stabilizers have been found to be effective
at reducing some
of the urges to engage in
addictive behavior.
Without support, they're
at risk for
addictive behaviors, depression, relationship conflict and a sense
of not being good enough that permeates their existence.
Dr. Dodes has been honored by the Division on Addictions
at Harvard Medical School for «Distinguished Contribution» to the study and treatment
of addictive behavior.
Roger served as an initial consultant in the development
of Mindfulness - Based Relapse Prevention for
addictive behaviors, and is currently a member
of the Affiliate Faculty
at Antioch University Los Angeles developing mindfulness - based curricula.
Other areas include: •
Addictive behaviors • Relationship struggles • Confronting and expressing difficult emotions • LGBTQ explorations, identity and community building • Anxiety / depression • Job / school performance • Grief over loss
of relationship, job or loved one • Stress management As the therapeutic relationship deepens, often clients recognize their struggles are interconnected and wounds
at the core level are experienced and processed.