Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: There’s a fantastic discussion and video interview on America’s first prison for drug addicts, “the world's most famous - and infamous - center for the treatment and study of drug addiction”, over at Neuroanthropology. The Guardian has a piece by psychologist Susan Blackmore on [...]
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September 18, 2010
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January 13, 2010
Words used to describe substance-use patients can alter attitudes, contribute to stigma
Changing the words used to describe someone struggling with alcoholism or drug addiction may significantly alter the attitudes of health care professionals, even those who specialize in addiction treatment.
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November 22, 2009
Another Drug to Treat Drug Addiction
Today I was going to blog this paper, which says that you can predict which kids will grow up and be criminals by measuring their Pavlovian fear conditioning at age 8. In Mauritius. But The Last Psychiatrist already said everything I was going to.Luckily, there's another article in the American Journal of Psychiatry about crime in a tropical country for me to write about - Randomized, Double-Blin
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November 12, 2009
October 3, 2009
Evaluating drug addiction programs
October 01, 2009 LONDON - About half of heroin and crack cocaine addicts in England's treatment programs quit the drugs after six months, a new study says.
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September 29, 2009
Hey, Addiction Experts - Drew Outgrew Drug Addiction (now for her love addiction)
This blog isn't addressed to Dr. Drew (he's hopeless). It's addressed to Drew Barrymore, who has announced that she still drinks.For those of us who have tracked Drew Barrymore's career - in which she appeared on the cover of People magazine as "America's youngest addict" at age 13, then published "Little Girl Lost" at 14, then attempted suicide after entering addiction treatment, then fin
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August 4, 2009
Research Shows Temptation More Powerful Than Individuals Realize
Whether it's highlighted in major news headlines about Argentinean affairs and Ponzi schemes, or in personal battles with obesity and drug addiction, individuals regularly succumb to greed, lust and self-destructive behaviors. New research from the Kellogg School of Management examines why this is the case, and demonstrates that individuals believe they have more restraint than they actually poss
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April 27, 2009
Eliminating Drug-Associated Memories To Treat Drug Addiction
Addicts, even those who have been abstinent for long periods of time, are often still vulnerable to their own memories of prior drug use. For example, exposure to the same environment in which they commonly used drugs - a contextual memory - can increase their craving for the drug dramatically and can lead to relapse. A new study in the April 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry (http://www.
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