The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved the first non-opioid medication designed to treat the symptoms of substance withdrawal. The medication, Lofexidine, will be sold under the brand name Lucemyra and…
DRUG USE IN THE WORKPLACE
- OnMay 20, 2018
Drug use in the workplace is a surprisingly pressing issue in America. According to the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration…
SIGNS OF TEENAGE DRUG USE
- OnMay 20, 2018
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) estimates that 75% of high school students have used addictive substances. Early drug use puts individuals at a heightened risk of developing a substance…
TEEN ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE
- OnMay 20, 2018
As a result of overestimating their children’s ability to withstand peer pressure and underestimating the amount of access their children actually have to drugs and alcohol, most parents fail to appreciate the actual…
SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA OVERDOSES IN NEW YORK CITY
- OnMay 20, 2018
More than 25 people were hospitalized in New York City yesterday night, Saturday, May 19, 2018, as a result of overdose symptoms experienced after taking the synthetic cannabinoids known as K2 or spice,…
WITHDRAWAL DURATION OVERVIEW
- OnMay 19, 2018
The sudden cessation or rapid reduction of the use of a drug will cause an individual to experience a predictable group of symptoms known as withdrawal. The type, severity, and duration of the…
IS SUBSTANCE ADDICTION TREATMENT AFFORDABLE?
- OnMay 18, 2018
According to the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), only about 10% of people who are in need of substance addiction…
MULTIDIMENSIONAL FAMILY THERAPY
- OnMay 18, 2018
Multidimensional family therapy is a type of family/community-based treatment program that was developed and is particularly useful for treating substance addiction in juveniles. The multidimensional family therapy approach is interested in addressing all…
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
- OnMay 17, 2018
Motivational interviewing is a type of person-centered therapy that was developed in the 1980s by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick as a way to overcome the hurdle of low motivation to change….
EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING
- OnMay 17, 2018
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) was developed in the late 1980s by an American psychologist, Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., as a way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As trauma is highly correlated…