Addiction and the Brain

Many people with schizophrenia wind up in drug and alcohol treatment.  Sometime the person has substance induced psychosis, but other times they do actually have schizophrenia.  Many drug rehabs shy away from accepting schizophrenic patients out of fear, but generally someone with schizophrenia is easier to manage and treat than other patients with “less severe” […]

Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder, or group of disorder rather, marked by a breakdown of integration between emotion, thought and actions. It’s as if a person is cut off at the neck. It is a disconnect between the head and the heart if you will. Schizophrenia has both positive and negative symptoms. The positive symptoms

The cerebral cortex contains the key brain regions necessary for language comprehension and production.  It is important that all addiction treatment clinicians have a general understanding of the different disorders that may be the result of cerebral cortex damage.  Sometimes people may present with strange symptoms that may or may not be the result of drugs so it is

Neurons are the building blocks of the nervous system. It is estimated that there are 100 billion neurons in the human brain. Neurons are complex and have many components. It is sometimes helpful to get an understanding of the brain and specifically neurons to get a clear picture of what drugs and alcohol do to

Many people with mood disorders and brain damage turn to drugs and alcohol. Sometimes, as in the case of Korsakoff’s Syndrome, alcohol can actually cause brain damage. Korsokoff’s Syndrome for example is thought to be a Temporal Lobe disorder that results in confabulation and irreversible brain damage. The treatment for Korsokoff’s Syndrome is a regiment