Dual Diagnosis Treatment

In both developing and industrialized nations women have always had lower rates of addiction than men.  And in nations wherein women’s primary roles are as caregivers and homemakers, rates of addiction among women are substantially lower than in men. The stigma of drug and alcohol use among these women is particularly severe in these regions, […]

People with anxiety symptoms who self-medicate with alcohol or other drugs may be at a higher risk of developing anxiety disorders and a co-occurring substance abuse disorder (known as dual diagnosis), according to researchers from the University of Manitoba, as reported in an article on medicalnewstoday.com. The research team used data from the National Institute

Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospitals have uncovered a link between binge-eating teens as well as overeaters and an increased risk of drug use, as reported in an article on medicalnewstoday.com.  Binge eating is classified by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM) IV as “eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g.

The older antipsychotic medications are notorious for their side effects.  Here is a description of the older antipsychotics used in treatment: Phenothiazines is the name of the largest of the five main classes of typical antipsychotic drugs.  There are three groups in the Phenothiazine class of antipsychotics: Aliphatic Compounds, Piperidines, and Piperazines. Among the Aliphatic

At one time in the near past, schizophrenia was treated with antipsychotics that had horrible side effects and were severely sedating.  The primary reason for all the side effects of antipsychotics in the past was that they focused primarily on the dopamine receptors in the brain and when you start messing with the dopamine receptors