Social workers intervene with clients with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders in their daily practice. Many social workers may not have a full understanding of the theories about why people have co-occurring disorders. The theory that social workers are most familiar with, the ...
These new results might help us better understand why it can be so easy for some people to develop a substance use disorder and why it can be so hard for them to stop using a drug once they’ve started. For example, it can be very rewarding when first using an addictive drug, which ...
In a 2020 report of the participants at age 45, Caspi and his colleagues found that people who are diagnosed with a mental health disorder often see that diagnosis changed some years later. A substance use disorder may remit and give way to depression, for example, only to later return as...
These new results might help us better understand why it can be so easy for some people to develop a substance use disorder and why it can be so hard for them to stop using a drug once they’ve started. For example, it can be very rewarding when first using...
What are the key diagnostic differences among substance use disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and personality disorder? a. What are dissociative disorders? b. What features do all dissociative disorders have in common? Which of the following disorder...
Youth substance use is declining internationally, but the reasons are not well understood. This means that we are poorly placed to capitalize on these trends for public health benefit. Efforts to solve this puzzle, and reduce substance-related harm, are hampered by the single-substance approach ...
Studies have shown that adolescents are more susceptible to both the short- and long-term effects of drugs. This increased vulnerability can lead to significant cognitive impairments and a higher likelihood of developing a substance use disorder. Animal studies, for instance, have shown that ...
While this characterization is highly generalized and not altogether accurate or fair, it does come with the distinct advantage of the knowledge that when a woman feels overwhelmed by life circumstances and wants to vent or have ‘a good cry,’ she knows that she can normally do so without so...
When it comes to substance use disorder, it's not only the user that needs a program of recovery. It's a family disease, and each member has some healing to do.
Suicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents, and recent suicide theories have sought to clarify the factors that facilitate the transition from suicide ideation to action. Specifically, the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS), Integrated Mot