Sentences with phrase «which treats the addiction»

As such, New York Pathways follows the addiction treatment model that was originally formulated for the treatment of alcoholism and chemical dependency, which treats the addiction as the primary disorder rather than a symptom of an underlying condition.

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That includes his team's most recent study of a withdrawal - free antidepressant opioid, called buprenorphine (which is normally prescribed to help treat heroin addictions).

A local congressman is among those co-sponsoring a bipartisan bill which would make it easier for doctors and other medical professionals to prescribe medication to treat opioid and heroin addiction.

«Throwing them in jail and not treating their underlying issue, which is their addiction, doesn't help solve the problem with them and in truth, it costs us much more in dollars and cents to pay for it then to actually treat them,» said County Executive Mark Poloncarz, D - Erie County.

According to the draft bill, managed care providers can't require prior approval of buprenorphine, which is used to treat opioid addiction.

Congressman Brian Higgins speaks about the proposed TREAT Act, which is designed to provide more access to medications to battle drug addiction.

Higgins and other bill supporters point to the statistic that while more than 800,000 doctors can prescribe controlled substances - including the ones to which patients become addicted - only about 30,000 doctors can prescribe the medication that can treat the addiction.

Since the equality vote Hoylman, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (D - Manhattan) and a host of other Democratic legislators have tried to pass GENDA, a bill guaranteeing protections for non-gender-conforming individuals, and a bill to ban gay conversion therapy — a debunked process by which therapists use talk therapy, apply shock treatment or treat the individual as though they suffer an addiction akin to alcohol or drug dependence.

«When addiction is treated as a criminal matter rather than a health concern, you have stepped out onto the slippery slope which now seeks ways to normalize abuse and torture.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is pursuing a mix of approaches that include developing non-opioid pain medicines, conducting research on vaccines that may blunt the impact of fentanyl and its related offshoots, getting public health organizations to increase the availability and use of medications already available to treat opioid addiction and getting medications such as buprenorphine and naloxone, which suppress withdrawal symptoms and ease cravings, into the hands emergency room doctors dealing with patients with opioid addictions.

Among other initiatives needed are more rigorous analysis of the potency of illicit drugs being sold on the streets, information campaigns to inform the public of the analyses results and likely dangers, more treatment therapies to ease withdrawal symptoms, programs to get primary care doctors to treat and screen for addictions and wider distribution of Naltrexone, which can reverse an opioid overdose, said Ciccarone.

As a graduate student at the University of Adelaide in Australia in the late 1990s, he helped with studies in which people taking methadone to treat opioid addiction tested their pain tolerance by dunking a forearm in ice water.

The experimental therapy, which involves administering a drug currently used in cancer therapy trials, treats cocaine addiction by inhibiting memories responsible for cravings.

«When people come into treatment for drugs and alcohol, we are not treating another addiction that has a significant chance of eventually killing them, which is tobacco use,» said Guydish.

He also explores the flawed tactics we currently use to treat addiction and proposes alternative strategies, such as correcting the brain's chemical imbalance and addressing the emotional urge to self - medicate, which together may prove more effective.

Research has led to several medications that can be used to help treat opioid addiction, including methadone, usually administered in clinics; buprenorphine, which can be given by qualifying doctors; and naltrexone, now available in a once - a-month injectable, long - acting form.

Dr. Britt's studies have helped reveal circuits that are responsible for habitual behavior, which could be suitable targets for pharmacotherapies designed to treat drug addiction.

«A better understanding of the brain region and cell type - specific binding targets of Hnrnph1 will tell us more about the function of this gene and possibly identify new therapeutic strategies for minimizing risk and treating psychostimulant addiction — a disorder for which there is currently no FDA - approved drug,» explained corresponding author Camron Bryant, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics & Psychiatry at BUSM.

Our culture treats addiction with uncertainty which really undermines our abilities to deal with the addiction.

The two drugs are naltrexone, used to treat alcohol and cocaine addiction, and bupropion (known mainly as Wellbutrin), an antidepressant, which also helps people quit smoking.

I'm nervous about getting headaches, because truth I have found a sweet treat helps get rid of many of my headaches which probably says a lot about my sugar addiction.

I know some hoarders have found solace in support groups like Messies Anonymous, which treats hoarding as an addiction.

It includes the main clinic which includes dental and our pharmacy, the Alukura women's health service which includes the Olds Nurse Family Partnership program, Ingkintja our male health section, Child and Family Services — which includes an 8 week intensive Abecedarian program for children who are developmentally behind, and our Social and Emotional Well Being Section which treats people with mental illnesses including addictions of all types.

Unfortunately, many treatment facilities only treat the addiction, not the underlying cause, which increases the chances of replacing, even with the help of relapse prevention.

Having successfully treated hundreds of clients over the years, Dr. Marty talks about his «MIC Model,» which addresses the three most important questions with the treatment of addiction.

Alexandra Katehakis, MFT, CSAT, CST Clinical Director, Center for Healthy Sex 315 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 307 Beverly Hills, California 90212 310-335-0997 www.centerforhealthysex.com Alexandra Katehakis is Clinical Director of Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles which is dedicated to treating sexual addiction as well as working with the spouses of those who suffer from sex addiction.

Duane Osterlind, LMFT, CSAT of Novus Mindful Life Institute, which specializes in treating sex addiction in Long Beach and Orange County, states, «What is most important when beginning group therapy is being open to the process.

Then the goal is to illuminate and treat the underpinning issues which supported emotional dysregulation and addiction.

She has experience treating depression, anxiety, addiction issues and providing couples» therapy which she used Emotionally Focused Therapy to help treat.

We have a number of professional counselors and psychologists who are licensed and have specialized training in treating all kind of addictions which include alcohol, drugs, internet addiction, addiction to pornography, and gambling.

Regardless of which came first, when co-occurring disorders are present simultaneously with addiction, all conditions must be treated together if true healing is to occur.

He treats marriage, parenting, and addiction issues as well as grief, trauma, anxiety, and depression, never losing sight of the family structure from which the person has come.

ABSTRACT: Racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of addiction have been acknowledged for several years, yet little is known about which empirically supported treatments for substance use disorders are more or less effective in treating racial and ethnic minority clients.

In addition to a wide range of substance addictions, we also treat cases of dual diagnosis, which commonly includes depression, trauma, PTSD, and other mood disorders.