Addiction Recovery Newsletter (11/14/2009)
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Welcome to the Addiction Recovery Newsletter (11/14/2009). In this edition we have included news, articles and videos. You can find more resources on our website: RecoveryHelper.org.
Addiction Recovery News
Calendar: MIND events in November and December
NOVEMBER Dementia, you thief [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic – Biotechnology) (More)
The NADA-Protokoll-standardised groupacupunture for improvement of metal state in patients with different psychiatric diseases
Acupuncture provided for a single person is time- and cost consuming and there is less experience with acupuncture in psychiatric diseases because of the common opinion that acupuncture is not useful in acute crisis or severe phases of psychiatric diseases.In the 1970 a standardized earacupunture (NADA-Protocol) for treatment of drug addiction provided for a group setting of patients was developed and showed positive clinical effects: relief of agitation and disturbance of sleep, reduction of stress and relaxing effect for patients with different mental problems. The method is used in a group setting on dressed patients without need of any detailed diagnostic steps. Therefore it is very time- and cost effective and works also well on severe sick patients.The goal of the study was to invest… (More)
Trust in God’s help as a measure of intrinsic religiosity and its association with depression and life satisfaction in patients with depressive disorders and addictions
Purpose: There are several studies that indicate that spirituality/religiosity (SpR) may be associated with lower incidence of depression and anxiety. Most of these studies were from the US, and one may doubt that these results can easily be transferred to more secular countries. We thus indented to investigate whether patients with depressive disorders and/or addiction utilize intrinsic religiosity as a resource to cope.Methods: The sample of this cross-sectional survey contained 96 patients recruited consecutively in 3 psychotherapeutic German clinics, i.e. Oberberg Clinics Schwarzwald, Weserbergland and Berlin/Brandenburg. Their mean age was 47.2?10.5 years; 50% women; 67% had a Christian denomination; 32% none; 67% had depressive disorders and 33% addictions (mostly alcohol). To measu… (More)
CDC Finds Little New Progress in Cutting Smoking
About 20 percent of adults in the U.S. were regular smokers last year, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is concerned that the numbers of adult smokers failed to decline significantly after a decade of near-steady progress against the nation’s top cause of preventable deaths. (More)
Medicaid Programs Limit Coverage for Smoking Cessation
Most state Medicaid programs offer some type of coverage for smoking-cessation programs, but just two states cover treatment completely, according to research from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (More)
Expand Vets’ Access to Methadone, Other Addiction Treatment, Report Says
The U.S. military’s Tricare program is coming under fire for not providing reimbursement for methadone maintenance and buprenorphine treatment — two leading pharmacological interventions for opioid addiction. (More)
Drunken Fruit Flies Help Scientists Find Potential Drug Target For Alcoholism
Drunken fruit flies have helped researchers identify networks of genes — also present in humans — that play a key role in alcohol drinking behavior. This discovery provides an indication of why some people seem to tolerate alcohol better than others, and points toward a potential target for drugs aimed at preventing or eliminating alcoholism. (More)
Heroin Detox at Pat Moore Foundation featured on AandE’s Intervention
Orange County detox and treatment center, Pat Moore Foundation, was recently featured on AandE’s Intervention as the detox center for Gabe V., a heroin addict. (More)
Purple, Inc. Celebrates National Recovery Month
Purple, Inc., a men’s recovery residence located in Lawrenceville, GA. participates in National Recovery Month to raise awareness about alcohol and drug addiction. (More)
Addiction Recovery Articles
Drug Rehabilitation Number-Crunching
New statistics have revealed more about how big a role dedicated treatments play in the recovery process of addicts across America. With a series of factors indicating that Florida is more affected by drug addiction than other states, this article looks to do some number-crunching regarding drug abuse in Florida when compared to other states around the world. (More)
Why Go For Christian Drug Rehab Centers?
There is no doubt in the statement that registering with a drug rehab center is very important. The reason is because majority of human beings experiencing drug addiction are simply not able to defeat the crisis on their own. They need support that is only handy in these centers. (More)
Killer Quit Smoking Weed Plan
There are various tips, tricks and techniques to help you quit smoking weed. Certain things that you can do to make quitting much easier, but first we must need to know what were doing. In this article I’d like to give you some information that will hopefully be an asset to you when you quit smoking weed. (More)
signs of hydrocdone addiction
Signs of hydrocodone addiction are no different than most other painkiller addictions, or any addiction for that matter. Here is just a… (More)
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