Tag: addiction
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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.
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Beer Goggles or “Attentional Myopia”
Read more: Beer Goggles or “Attentional Myopia”From PsyBlog, What Alcohol Does to Your Mind: Attentional Myopia takes a look at the narrowing effect drinking has on thinking: According to a growing body of evidence collected over the last three or more decades, people’s Jekyll and Hyde behaviour while drinking can be understood by a simple idea which has some intriguing ramifications.…