The question is what can be done to help people become and remain abstinent. For those who cannot remain abstinent, an initial goal is measurable improvement. The first step for clinicians is to help the ...

What Is Ecstasy? Ecstasy (also known as XTC, X, Adam and MDMA) is a dangerous, illegal drug that has effects similar to those of amphetamines and hallucinogens. How Is the Drug Used? MDMA is generally sold in ...

An enormous increase has occurred in the number of people seeking treatment for cocaine addiction during the 1980s and 1990s. Treatment providers report that cocaine is the most commonly cited drug of abuse among their ...

There are few things in life that are more difficult to cope with than a loved one who is dealing with a serious substance abuse issue. You love the person and want to reach out ...

Can I die from a marijuana overdose? No. A lethal overdose of marijuana is virtually impossible; however, deaths from accidents and multiple drug use are not uncommon. I smoked pot in the 1960s. I went to ...

After a decade of decline, marijuana use has steadily increased among American youth. The University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future study, which assesses drug and alcohol use among American youth, reported substantial increases among eighth, ...

Here are some of the signs and symptoms that are typically associated with substance abuse. A maladaptive pattern of substance use, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by three or more of ...

Abuse of a substance is generally characterized by an unhealthy pattern of substance use leading to significant impairment or distress, as manifested by one or more of the following occurring within a one-year period: recurrent ...

Depression in bipolar disorder is an important component of bipolar disorder. Yet most bipolar research prior to a few years ago focused more on the overall treatment of the disorder rather than treatments ...

Americans are increasingly likely to attribute their own — and others' — behavior to innate biological causes. At best that may relieve guilt about behavior we want to change but can't. The quest for genetic ...

"I" messages do two things: They help us communicate with others and they keep us from feeling like a victim. We have all heard of "I" messages and if you haven't, this is what ...

Miina Matsuoka lives by herself in New York City. She owns two cats and routinely screens her calls. But before you jump to conclusions, note that she is comfortable hobnobbing in any of five languages ...

Teen Depression Symptoms The following are some of the most common symptoms of teenage depression. These symptoms don't directly correspond to symptoms of major depression, but they're similar. A teenager who meets some of the following ...

Can happiness be learned? Surprisingly, the answer is yes, you can learn to be happy. Most people look at happiness or sadness as just emotions, things that happen to them for no particular reason. And in ...

While not recognized as a diagnosable illness in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders (a professional reference used to make diagnoses), codependence generally refers to the way past events from ...