Best Practices – MH/SA
For the Battle-Scarred, Comfort at Leash’s End – NYTimes.com
…psychiatric service dogs specially trained to help traumatized veterans leave the battlefield behind as they reintegrate into society. via For the Battle-Scarred, Comfort at Leash’s End – NYTimes.com. »
HealthDay
Ninety-seven percent of the time, the drug came from a friend or relative, and in most cases the drug was handed over willingly. via HealthDay. »
Liver Transplants That Do Their Job, Then Fade Away – NYTimes.com
That result, seemingly a disaster, was exactly what his doctors had hoped for. They had deliberately withdrawn Jonathan’s antirejection medicine because he no longer needed the transplant. His own liver had — as planned — regenerated. via Liver Transplants That Do Their Job, Then Fade Away – NYTimes.com. »
DSM-V Draft Includes Major Changes to Addictive Disease Classifications
“The term dependence is misleading, because people confuse it with addiction, when in fact the tolerance and withdrawal patients experience are very normal responses to prescribed medications that affect the central nervous system,” said Charles O'Brien, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the APA's DSM Substance-Related Disorders Work Group via DSM-V Draft Includes Major Changes to... »
AA Attendance Cuts Drinking and Depression, Study Finds
Some critics of AA have claimed that the organizations emphasis on powerlessness against alcohol use and the need to work on character defects cultivates a pessimistic world view, but this via AA Attendance Cuts Drinking and Depression, Study Finds. »
Revising Book on Disorders of the Mind – NYTimes.com
“Anything you put in that book, any little change you make, has huge implications not only for psychiatry but for pharmaceutical marketing, research, for the legal system, for who’s considered to be normal or not, for who’s considered disabled,” via Revising Book on Disorders of the Mind – NYTimes.com. »
Managing Heroin Detox Opiate Withdrawal Symptoms Suboxone
Whereas drugs like morphine, heroin and methadone are opioid receptor agonist – meaning they fully bind opioid receptors – Suboxone® (buprenorphine) is a partial opioid receptor agonist. This gives Suboxone® the ability to relieve even the acute symptoms of opiate withdrawal without producing the euphoria (high) of the full agonist drugs like oxycontin, heroin,... »
Rules on Addiction and Mental Health Parity Issued by Obama Administration
“Some insurance companies have already put plans in place that fall short of this laws intent, severely restricting patients access to life-saving care,” said Gumbley, who cited United Healthcare and Blue Cross/Blue Shield as examples. “This needs to change, and we encourage individuals and families covered by these plans to ask them to fully... »
BBC News – Dopamine levels in brain influence decision making
Conceptually interesting. Suggests a greater question: if the drugs prescribed to assist with emotional health are affecting decision-making – does that benefit or further hinder the client? What factors lead it in either direction? How does it impact people dually-diagnosed who are also fighting addiction and the decision conflicts therei via BBC News –... »
Soldiers’ Stress: What Doctors Get Wrong about PTSD: Scientific American
The syndrome of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is under fire because its defining criteria are too broad, leading to rampant overdiagnosis. via Soldiers’ Stress: What Doctors Get Wrong about PTSD: Scientific American. »