Ever since the Human Genome Project documented the DNA structure of humans and released the information into public domain in 2003, it has become the backbone for many types of studies into how genetics play a role in human behavior and illness susceptibility. This kind of research is still very new relative to many other…
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Naltrexone is a medicine designed to assist people who are struggling with drug or alcohol addiction in their detox and rehab recovery. Specifically, this medicine is designed to be especially useful for those who are suffering from an addiction to an opioid or to alcohol. Indeed, alcohol and opioid addicts are substantially more likely to…
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Contingency management behavioral therapy is an attractive behavioral therapy option in many different ways, however some therapists and facilities have said that it is far too complicated logistically to be a very useful form of addiction treatment. Contingency management therapy is a process designed around a kind of reward system that usually involves both negative…
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Motivational interviewing therapy is a type of therapy that is specifically designed to engender a sort of intrinsic need within the mind and heart of the person who is suffering from an addiction to drugs or alcohol to focus all of their efforts on changing their damaging behavioral habits and learning the kind of life…
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There has been more and more research compiled that suggests a genetic link to addiction risk. This link, if proven, makes it far more likely for someone with this genetic makeup to form strong addictions to various substances including cocaine and alcohol. In testing mice, the possibly identified gene responsible for this effect in drug…
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Dr. Marsha Linehan was an adjunct professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Washington, Seattle campus when she first developed dialectical behavioral therapy. Linehan received a lifetime achievement award for literally writing the book on dialectical behavioral therapy. In the book Linehan lays out the dialectical behavioral therapy that she developed. She designed…
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Cognitive behavioral therapy is a type of behavioral therapy that is designed around the goal of helping to instill within patients the types of skills that they require in order to be able to face their most difficult moments with as much grace as possible and to be able to behave in the precise way…
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Behavioral Therapy is a family of different therapies that each come in very different forms. The ultimate goal of these types of therapy is always to create change or a hunger for a change in a patient’s behavioral tendencies and habits. Some kinds of behavioral therapy are more well known than others but all are…
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There is a history of women believing any number of ideas about pregnancy and alcohol. In the 1950’s and 1960’s women drank throughout their pregnancies fairly frequently with no thought of what it might do to the baby. But since then the science has been done and proven that when women drink alcohol during pregnancy,…
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Even when someone in Florida notices that they have been reaching for the bottle a little more often than they used to it can be hard for them to admit that they have a problem, but after the person gets the courage to go to a Broward County drug rehab and alcohol detox they may…
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