Technology Innovations for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Conference – On September 16, 2013, the top three challenge finalists of the “Behavioral Health Empowerment Challenge” were announced at the at the Technology Innovations…

Addiction Treatment Before and After Liver Transplantation Improves Outcomes

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Two recent studies published in the journal Liver Transplantation show that careful monitoring of alcohol use and abuse is crucial for liver transplants to be most effective. The first study suggests that those who receive substance abuse treatment …
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Enzymatic pathway common to drugs of abuse could lead to new treatment options

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The discovery could pave the way for new therapeutic options for treating drug addictions, the researchers claim. "The molecular adaptations induced by ERK include epigenetic regulation that causes a stable response that modifies the structure of DNA, …
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Study: 10 percent of teens in the ER abuse prescription drugs

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Approximately one in 10 young teenagers receiving emergency medical treatment admitted to abusing prescription painkillers and sedatives like Oxycontin and Valium within the last year, according to new research from the University of Michigan released …
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A Culture of Denial: Myths About Addicts and Addiction

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We are not only in denial about substance use and addiction, we have been fooled by television therapists, country club treatment program advertisements, and wishful but naïve thinking that people can end their addictions by going through drug treatment.
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