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Pre-Partying Can Have Unintended, Painful Consequences

November 12th, 2012
Pre-Partying Can Have Unintended, Painful ConsequencesInternational research shows that "pre-drinking" or "frontloading" often leads to heavy drinking by young people in public settings and can lead to greater ...

Daily Drinking Can Reduce New Brain Cells in Mice

October 30th, 2012
Daily Drinking Can Reduce Number of New Brain Cells A new Rutgers University rodent study indicates there is a fine line between moderate and binge drinking, ...

Alcohol Abuse Common among Bullies, Victims

October 30th, 2012
Alcohol Abuse Common among Bullies, Victims   A new study suggests both school bullies and their victims are likely to abuse alcohol after a bullying episode. University ...

Marriage, Education Buffer Effects of Childhood Abuse

October 17th, 2012
Marriage, Education Buffers Effects of Childhood Abuse  Adults who had been abused or neglected as children reported worse mental and physical health in their 30s than their peers who were not abused, according ...

Computerized Counseling May Be Failing College Students

October 16th, 2012
Computerized Counseling May Be Failing College StudentsComputer-delivered counseling has grown rapidly in college campuses as the format provides a method to address a large group of students with a relatively small counseling ...

Neuroimaging May Help Determine Risk of Relapse

October 14th, 2012
Neuroimaging May Help Determine Risk of RelapseMeasuring brain activity through neuroimaging can help predict who is likely to have an easier time getting off drugs and alcohol, ...

Why Are You So Bored? Research Sheds Light on the Answer

September 27th, 2012
Why Are You So Bored? Research Sheds Light on the AnswerExperts say that although boredom is frequently passed off as something trivial and inconsequential, it ...

Combination of PTSD, Substance Abuse Can be Deadly for Veterans

September 19th, 2012
Combination of PTSD and Substance Abuse Can be Deadly for Veterans  New research from the University of Michigan suggests that veterans battling post-traumatic stress ...

Maternal Binge Drinking Slows Some Fetal Brain Functions

September 18th, 2012
Maternal Binge Drinking Slows Some Fetal Brain FunctionsFetuses exposed to heavy binge drinking required significantly more time to habituate, or adjust, to repeated stimulation in the womb and also showed greater variability in test performance, ...

People Who Self-Harm Three Times Likelier to Die Prematurely

September 18th, 2012
People Who Self-Harm Three Times Likelier to Die PrematurelyPeople who have a history of harming themselves are more than three times as likely to die prematurely as the general population, and not just from the ...