An Introduction to Drug Addiction Centers
A drug addiction center is more commonly known as a rehabilitation clinic or a drug clinic. These centers specialize in the treatment of drug addiction and help people with addictions cope with the mental and physical aspects of their disease. They offer medical care as well as counseling to help addicts become clean and sober again.
There are many different types of drug addiction centers today. All are based on essentially… Continue reading
The Psychiatric Aspect of Drug Addiction
There is a reason people become addicted to drugs. The psychiatric aspect of addiction to drugs can be very powerful. Our minds are very complex and the thoughts we have can become rulers in our lives.
Because we are these complex beings with the capabilities of thinking and reasoning, we often discount the mind as just a small part of who we are. Nothing could be further from the truth. The… Continue reading
Intervention Workshop — Out Takes
Intervention tips for helping an alcoholic or drug addict. Out takes from the comprehensive video series: Intervention Workshop, by Jeff Jay and Debra Jay.
Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction (10 of 10)
An Evening with Dr. Kevin McCauley – Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction The last ten years produced an explosion of research in neuroscience and great advances in our understanding of how our brains enable the capacities we equate with being human such as reward, memory, stress, free will. In his lecture, Dr. McCauley brings his audience right to the edge of what is currently known in neuroscience about addiction—research that explains… Continue reading
A Personal Story of a Teenager’s Drug Addiction and Experience at a Teen Treatment Center
According to Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, drug dependence is a negative way of making use of a substance that causes a number of problems which leads to taking more of the said drug to get intoxicated. Drug dependence according to many teen treatment centers, also pertains to issues that happen (withdrawal symptoms) when the effects of the drug wane, taking more of a drug for a longer time than needed and… Continue reading