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What Are Some of the Similarities and Differences Between Choice/Reality Therapy and Cog Behavioral Therapy?

...  and getting the answers from the client. What do you think? Answer below!   Thousands gather in Dorchester for Mother's Day March for Peace “It's my responsibility as a father to honor both my sons and all the sons… Continue reading

Hooked on Bliss

Hooked on bliss … Margot O'Neill. Food processors have spent decades working on the perfect combinations of salt, sugar and fat to get us addicted to their products, according to journalist and author Michael Moss. … MARGOT O'NEILL, REPORTER: It's… Continue reading

Brooke Mueller Hospitalized for Prescription Drug Abuse, Rep Confirms

Brooke Mueller Hospitalized For Prescription Drug Abuse, Rep Confirms Robert Downey Jr. After years of struggling with cocaine and heroin addiction and serving jail time, the actor is clean and sober. Amy Winehouse. Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in… Continue reading

VACCINE SHOWS PROMISE in FIGHTING HEROIN ADDICTION

VACCINE SHOWS PROMISE IN FIGHTING HEROIN ADDICTION It's meant to help addicts who want to get off the drug, by eliminating the damaging effect of a relapse. Money is … Janda and colleagues including Koob have been developing other anti-drug… Continue reading

Vaccine Halts Heroin Addiction in Rats

Vaccine Halts Heroin Addiction In Rats A few seconds after injection, heroin metabolizes into a compound called 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) and then morphine, which then pass into the brain, binding to opiod receptors and producing psychoactive effects. The vaccine generates antibodies… Continue reading

Is Dr. Drew Too Risky for Prime Time?

Is Dr. Drew Too Risky for Prime Time? Charles O'Brien, MD, PhD, is the director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Studies in Addiction. He has developed drugs to treat dependence to alcohol, opioid and cocaine, done pioneering research… Continue reading