Sentences with phrase «suggesting drug addiction»

Not exact matches

Though some neuroscientists have suggested that internet addiction can alter the brain in ways similar to alcohol and drug addictions, researchers have yet to provide similar data for smartphone addiction.

What motivates such people is a need which can become addictive, so much so that there are those who suggest that adrenaline / epinephrine addiction should be considered in the DSM (the manual classifying mental disorders) as an addiction, alongside addiction to illegal drugs.

Michel Odent, in his review of research on the «primal period «(the time between conception and the first birthday), concludes that interference or dysfunction at this time affects the development of our capacity to love, which is particularly vulnerable around the time of birth, being connected hormonally to the oxytocin system.3 Research by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from the mother.

Sen. Martin Golden on Friday apologized after he was criticized for saying in an interview that heroin is not a «ghetto drug» and suggesting the opioid addiction crisis was impacting upper income people.

Gallivan has suggested using it to treat patients with drug addiction.

He has previously suggested marijuana is a «gateway drug» — a claim disputed by those who have studied drug policy and addiction.

According to the authors, these results suggest that drug use should be removed as a barrier to interferon - free HCV therapy for patients being treated for opioid addiction.

We all ought to consume resveratrol for good brain health; our research suggests it may also prevent the changes in the brain that occur with the development of drug addiction.»

A new study now suggests that hijacking another natural system in the brain may help overcome drug addiction.

Addiction - related memories are exceptionally strong and stable, suggesting that addictive drugs remodel the brain's circuitry in a prominent and lasting way.

Indeed, there's research to suggest that sex addiction is not unlike drug addiction.

This fits with one leading theory of addiction, which suggests that drugs of abuse disrupt the brain's chemistry so that addicts must keep taking the drugs to try and restore things to normal.

«These findings suggest that the brain response to drug cues presented outside of awareness can be pharmacologically inhibited, providing a mechanism for baclofen's potential therapeutic benefit in addiction,» says Young.

Mice frequently exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light show symptoms of drug use and addiction, suggesting that every time you seek out the sun's rays, you may just be looking for a high.

The findings suggest that a lack of D2 - family receptors may predict both the risk of anticipatory impulsivity as well as a predisposition to behaviors like drug and other addictions such as compulsive gambling and shopping.

Challenging the idea that addiction is hardwired in the brain, a new UC Berkeley study of mice suggests that even a short time spent in a stimulating learning environment can rewire the brain's reward system and buffer it against drug dependence.

The study, reported in today's Science, suggests a new avenue for studying drug addiction.

That suggests problematic use that could lead to addiction to the medications or even to use of illicit drugs such as heroin.

The finding suggests new targets for addiction - blocking drugs.

The same brain structures implicated in the urge to take drugs are involved in other biological urges, Paulus added, suggesting that a homeostatic approach could have a broad impact on treatments that seek to control addictions or psychiatric disorders, and will lay the groundwork for new areas of research.

A 2013 review of yoga and mindfulness as complementary therapies for addiction suggests that the practice may «break the vicious cycle of stress, negative emotions, craving, drug - seeking behavior, and withdrawal» associated with addition.

Instead, she suggested, «we need a comprehensive approach to substance use and addiction in this country that finally acknowledges that chasing the latest drug trend is a losing battle.»

I'm not suggesting that Travellers Tales would have made Dorothy (from the Wizard of Oz) go on a killing spree or suddenly develop a drug addiction (though that would have explained a lot) in LEGO Dimensions.

U.S. government suggests more than 20 % of Americans have an addiction to some illicit drug.