Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain, Part II: Behavioral Symptoms

Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain, Part II: Behavioral Symptoms – Second in a series discussing the disease of addiction, brain development and the adolescent brain’s unique vulnerability to addiction, and the particular ch…

Alex Karras, '60s NFL Lineman with Dementia, Dies at 77

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Former gridiron star Alex Karras, formally diagnosed with dementia and having lived with its symptoms for more than a dozen years, died Wednesday at the age of 77. Karras, a tackle for the Detroit … Other recent casualties have included former …
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Obamacare's impact on Connecticut's mental illness epidemic

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Raising the age children can stay on their parents' insurance policies also will extend the time that they may acknowledge that they have a substance abuse problem and seek treatment. And few states need better mental health services than Connecticut, …
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New Study on Male Depression May Relate to Sex Addiction in Men

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This is new territory in terms of the diagnosis and treatment of depression and emotional distress generally as well as its relationship to addiction. Both the male patient and the public at large may have an easier time seeing men who are risk takers …
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Prescription drug use at root of many Utah addictions and deaths

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"Increases in substance abuse treatment admissions, emergency department visits and most disturbingly, overdose deaths attributable to prescription drug abuse place enormous burdens upon communities across the country." The report finds few states are …
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