addiction

Successful Treatment of Methamphetamine Addiction

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Webinar

Methamphetamine is a drug of rapid addiction and destruction.

This free webinar will focus on the impact of methamphetamine and how this powerful drug changes the brain of the user - a process called addiction.

NAADAC Free Webinar Series

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NAADAC is happy to offer free addiction-specific education through its Free Webinar Series. The 2019 Free Webinar Series releases two live webinars per month, which are then captured and made available for future viewing in NAADAC's Free On...

Seizures of Illegal Diazepam Tablets Double in a Year

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Diazepam, first marketed as Valium, is a medicine of the benzodiazepine family. It is often used to treat anxiety, spasms, seizures and occasionally withdrawal. Diazepam typically slows down the functioning of the body and produce a calming...

SSA Annual Conference 2019 Posters

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The Society for the Study of Addiction has uploaded the posters that researchers and students presented at the SSA Annual Conference 2019. Poster categories: Research, service evaluation and audit Student-led Research

2nd International Conference on Trauma and Addiction: Integrated Approaches to Attachment, Relationships, and Family Issues

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Scottsdale
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United States

This International Conference on Trauma and Addiction brings together world-renowned researchers, authors, clinicians, and trainers to review and discuss the interaction between trauma, chemical and behavioural addictions, and psychiatric illnesses. 

This gathering of health professionals is hosted by Meadows Behavioral Healthcare and Newport Academy.

The Stages of Change

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1) PRECONTEMPLATION STAGE “It isn’t that we cannot see the solution. It’s that we cannot see the problem.” Precontemplators usually show up in therapy because of pressures from others… spouses, employers, parents, and courts… Resist change...

The Stages of Change Model of Overcoming Addiction

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The “stages of change” or “transtheoretical” model is a way of describing the process by which people overcome addiction. The stages of change can be applied to a range of other behaviors that people want to change, but have difficulty...