Tag: addiction
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Social Media Addiction
Read more: Social Media AddictionCollege students are hooked on Facebook, et al. Didn’t really take a study, but… According to researchers, students describe their feelings when they have to abstain from using media in literally the same terms associated with drug and alcohol addictions: in withdrawal, frantically craving, very anxious, extremely antsy, miserable, jittery, and crazy.
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Depression, Anxiety, Addiction and Indoor Tanning
Read more: Depression, Anxiety, Addiction and Indoor TanningA study finds problems–depression, anxiety, addiction, and substance abuse–associated with frequent indoor tanning. Researchers believe individuals who have used indoor tanning facilities may meet criteria for addiction, and may also be more prone to anxiety symptoms and substance use…
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Couples Therapy v. Alcoholism
Read more: Couples Therapy v. AlcoholismA study shows couples therapy edging out individual therapy for women working to recover from alcoholism: A new research effort assessed the benefit of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for alcohol-dependent women. The innovative research design also investigated if CBT was more effective if delivered as couples therapy rather than individual therapy [and found] that both treatment…
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L.A. Rehab: Beit T’Shuvah
Read more: L.A. Rehab: Beit T’ShuvahThe L.A. Times profiles Beit T’Shuvah. The Venice Blvd. rehab combines the twelve steps with Jewish spirituality . At the helm, Mark Borovitz, con man turned rabbi–his autobiography is The Holy Thief.
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Food Addiction
Read more: Food AddictionPosted at PsychCentral, Drug, Food Addiction Share Common Source: A new study shows that the same molecular mechanisms that drive an individual into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing an individual into obesity. An individual rat, at least.