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Scientists Discover Potential Brain Pathway for Drug Addiction

April 7, 2009 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Featured, News and Research

Proper treatments for drug addictions face an ongoing battle in fighting against a patient’s lack of willpower, lack of motivation and even self-destructive tendencies. Now, research just announced by Chemical & Engineering News indicates that a peptide produced in the brain might provide the answer. A natural appetite stimulant, the peptide is a melanin-concentrating hormone …

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Methamphetamines Impacting the Middle Class

April 7, 2009 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Drug Addiction

For years, methamphetamine has been considered the drug of choice for the lower class. It is cheap to make, easy to acquire and delivers the same euphoric high as more expensive “upper class” drugs such as ecstasy and cocaine. Now that perception is changing as the drug itself has found a comfortable market among the …

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Worsening Economy Likely to Increase Problems for Borderline Alcohol or Prescription Drug Users and Abusers

April 4, 2009 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Addiction

Economic woes threaten to derail our nation’s financial stability, but that’s not the only potential negative impact. As Americans face more and more economic uncertainty, and the stress that goes along with it, the greater the temptation to succumb to overuse and abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs. For individuals who are already borderline for …

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Balance Measured in Sober Alcoholics

January 4, 2009 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, News and Research, Staying Sober

Long-term alcohol use can wreak havoc on every part of your body, including your brain. Alcohol dependence (commonly called alcoholism) is a progressive disease that includes cravings for alcohol, loss of control over drinking, and a negative emotional state when you’re not drinking. Alcoholism doesn’t discriminate; it affects people of all ages, genders, and socioeconomic …

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Australian Researcher Develops Technique for Quick Diagnosis of Mental Conditions

January 4, 2009 / By Promises Behavioral Health / News and Research

Is it really as easy to detect depression and other mental conditions as it is to detect a heart problem? It may be as a diagnostic technique invented by a Monash University researcher could make diagnosis and treatment a much more simple and rapid task.