There has been a growing popular interest in the impact of alcoholism on family members, especially on the children and adult children of alcoholics. Self-help groups such as Al-Anon and groups modeled on Al-Anon have proliferated. Magazine cover stories, television talk shows and special ...
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Results also showed an interesting correlation between the intensity of the mystical or spiritual nature of a psychedelic experience and the improvement in AUD symptoms. The study authors find this intriguing, and note that the most successful addiction treatment modalities – such as ...
COVID-19, as I said, didn’t really help that. And, something that I'm not sure that everyone is aware of, but alcohol is a legal drug. And it's a legal drug that more people are addicted to than any other substances. Not only that, but it’s also associated with a lot...
a bold leader in the field of eugenics, foreshadowing the relationship between German and American eugenicists for whom the feebleminded, the physically handicapped, the criminals, alcoholics, and sexually “deviant” were all unworthy forms of life. Stefan Kühl, The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, ...
Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs for alcohol use disorder. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020;3(3):CD012880. PubMedGoogle Scholar 15. National Committee for Quality Assurance. Initiation and engagement of alcohol and other drug abuse or dependence treatment (IET). Accessed ...
Alcoholics Anonymous was found in the 1930s, although during this time, a doctor by the name of William Duncan Silkworth claimed alcoholism was due to an allergic reaction of the body and compulsion of the mind (Smith, 2011). The modern addiction medicine movement began with the formation of...
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Naltrexone and cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of outpatient alcoholics: results of a placebo-controlled trial. Am J Psychiatry. 1999;156(11):1758-1764.PubMedGoogle Scholar 60. Balldin J, Berglund M, Borg S, et al. A 6-month controlled naltrexone study: combined effect with ...
Residents should have an opportunity to visit treatment programs (e.g., methadone maintenance program, alcoholics anonymous meeting) and interview patients who have undergone specialty treatment and/or attended mutual help groups, and those who are in recovery regardless of treatment history (many such...