Addiction is a disease that knows no boundaries. After more than a decade of trying, however, Lehigh County officials said a detoxification and treatment program will soon be offered. "We had been probably the largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania that did not have its own alcohol and drug rehabilitation program," said Lehigh County Executive Don [...]
Addiction diagnoses could see spike
May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON — In what could prove to be one of their most far-reaching decisions, psychiatrists and other specialists who are rewriting the manual that serves as the nation's arbiter of mental illness have agreed to revise the definition of addiction, which could result in millions more people being diagnosed as addicts and pose huge consequences [...]
Drug & Alcohol Treatment Center Passages Ventura Celebrates Three Years of Treating Substance Abuse
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Outgoing Sky City boss’ alcohol addiction blamed
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Facebook Addiction – New Psychological Scale
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Researchers in Norway have published a new psychological scale to measure Facebook addiction, the first of its kind worldwide. They write about their work in the April 2012 issue of the journal Psychological Reports. They hope that researchers will find the new psychometric tool useful in investigating problem behavior linked to Facebook use. However, an [...]
Alcohol-Filled Pouches Raise Worries
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Older Addicts: Brian Cuban Shares Struggle
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