College students mandated to take alcohol interventions: what works
... High-risk groups appear to benefit greatly from motivational intervention and "booster sessions." Targeting t...Research , are presented below. - Brief motivational intervention (BMI) and alcohol education (AE) sessions were effective. Referred students were parti...Naltrexone injections for alcohol dependence: once-a-month treatment helps maintain sobriety
...ients also received five sessions of manual-guided motivational enhancement therapy during the 12 weeks of the study. Results were based on self-reported alcohol use as well as levels of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGTP), a liver enzyme that is increased in response to heavy alcohol consumption. Patien...Advances in understanding brain circuits responsible for tics in Tourette's shed light on disorder
...d limbic regions are involved in the processing of motivational and affective cues, which in turn may contribute to the well-known sensitivity of Tourette's patients to emotionally laden stimuli. One of the challenges facing a complex nervous system with the capability for many different behaviors is the need to...Brain regions activated by food craving overlap with areas implicated in drug craving
...brain mechanisms, then it might be possible to use motivational trades-off to treat cravings for harmful substances by substituting craving for something healthier, such as good food." Penn researchers Andrea Johnson, Robin Chan, and Jeffrey Valdez also contributed to the work....Counseling encourages exercise; environment changes may help
...ual and group counseling, telephone calls, written motivational materials and supervised and unsupervised exercise. Hillsdon and colleagues say continuing professional support combined with self-directed exercise may provide the most consistent results, but they acknowledge the studies vary too widely to recomme...Using the internet's power and anonymity to reduce problem drinking
...al alcohol interventions based on in-person brief motivational interventions (BMIs) that are currently offered via the internet. "BMIs use elements that are common to effective brief interventions," said Scott Walters, symposium organizer and assistant professor of behavioral sciences at the University of Texa...Parents who quit smoking may influence their offspring to quit as young adults
...uit," Bricker said. "This study could help tip the motivational balance for parents or prospective parents who want to take the next step and do something about their smoking behavior, both for their own health and for that of their child."...