Early drinking linked to higher lifetime alcoholism risk
...questions based on diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence from the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). In the study, "starting to drink" meant the age when respondents first drank alcohol, not counting tast...Obesity associated with psychiatric disorders, decreased odds of substance abuse
...er and generalized anxiety disorder; and substance abuse disorders, including alcohol or drug dependence. ...iety disorders and a lower prevalence of substance abuse disorders over their lifetimes. These associations remained similar for men and women. The link be...Study shows strong link between obesity and depression
...ly than a non-obese person to have had a substance abuse disorder sometime in their lives. "Understanding the connection between obesity and depression is an important public health issue because both of these conditions are so common and have a significant impact on our health care systems," Dr. Simon...New funding for research in primary health care
...of co-occurring problems, such as drug and alcohol abuse and mental health illnesses," Professor Christensen said. "It's not a matter of GPs currently failing these patients, but that there isn't enough evidence to offer best practice guidelines to deal with them. That means mental healthpatients in Aust...Steroid abuse harms gingival tissues
...n reported that many of the adverse effects of AAS abuse are fully reversible within several months after the cessation of the drug, it is not known if gingival enlargement would also regress after the withdrawal of AAS." Researcher also found that gingival inflammation was higher in the AAS user group ...New training technique helps alcoholics in battle with the booze
...that AACTP is all that is required to halt alcohol abuse in an early stage drinker. But others may need further help to curb their drinking habit. While ACCTP can reduce a person's bias towards alcohol, the reality for many is that when they stop drinking it creates a void in their lives. Permanent change ...Prescription pain killers involved in more drug overdose deaths than cocaine or heroin in the US
...gesics in pain management, noting that much of the abuse of opioid analgesics is by recreational and street...niversity of California, Davis concludes that drug abuse and under treated pain are both public health crises, but the solution to one need not undermine the...NIDA announces recommendations to treat drug abusers, save money and reduce crime
...ic report showing that effective treatment of drug abuse and addiction can save communities money and reduc...nal justice system, leading to lower rates of drug abuse and criminal activity. "This report is part of our ongoing commitment to using scientific resear...San Francisco's homeless population is getting older
...ted to homelessness, such as alcohol and substance abuse related problems, and those seen more often in aging populations, such as hypertension and diabetes. Controlling these and other conditions in a cohort of aging homeless will be very challenging if they are still out on the streets," said Hahn. ...Imaging study may help point toward more effective smoking cessation treatments
...d reward systems, and may be more involved in drug abuse and addiction than previously thought. "Although craving was only reduced with near total occupancy of these receptors, there remains the question of whether other, less common types of nicotine receptors are equally important in tobacco dependence...Children and teens taking antidepressants might be more likely to attempt, complete suicide
...ication use and presence or absence of a substance abuse disorder. Severely depressed children and adolescents ages 6 to 18 years were 1.5 times as likely to attempt suicide and also significantly more likely to complete suicide if they were treated with an antidepressant medication than if they were not...Watching wrestling associated with date fighting and other violence
...a problem. "The level of vulgar language, verbal abuse and physical abuse modeled, with unrealistic outcomes, is astonishing," DuRant said. "For example, during one wrestling...Cincinnati surgeon's pediatric laparoscopic liver surgery a world first
...can increase the risk for liver cancer. People who abuse alcohol, smoke cigarettes or are obese are also at an increased risk for the disease. Thomas and his team perform about 250 laparoscopic liver cases a year. According to a literature review, there are no published reports of laparoscopic liver rese...Parental cigarette use is 'double whammy' for children
.... These findings suggest that a general substance abuse educational program with an emphasis on tobacco should be effective," said Hill. Bailey added that prevention programs for chronic and severe child conduct problems also need to be continued and may aid in interrupting the intergenerational transm...Consensus reached on new guidelines for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death
...dications and other drugs as well as illegal drug abuse can lead to abnormal heart rhythms that cause sudden death. The term "massive heart attack" is often wrongly used outside the physician community to describe sudden death. The term "heart attack" refers to death of heart muscle tissue due to th...Alcohol increases sleep intensity in young women
...ce, RI While numerous studies have linked alcohol abuse to sleep disruption, especially in males, there has been little research on alcohol and its effects on sleep in females. Now, a new study shows that a moderate amount of alcohol, taken before bed, can impact the quality of sleep for young women. ...One in 10 teenage girls have self-harmed, study shows
...d was strongly associated with physical and sexual abuse in both sexes. Also, pupils of either sex who had recently been worried about their sexual orientation had relatively higher rates of self-harm. The majority of those who said they self-harmed said that it was an impulsive act rather than someth...Study shows aggressive students often lack psychological evaluations and effective treatment
...to 18 years old. The authors identified substance abuse in 11 students and at least one medical problem in 13 students. 28 of the 33 students (85%) evaluated had experienced a significant family crisis (such as sickness or death of a parent). 23 had participated in brief or intermittent psychosocial int...Long-term abstinence may resolve many of the neurocognitive deficits associated with alcoholism
...aid Fein, will address the degree to which alcohol abuse is more damaging to the older brain, as well as th... age of drinking, nutrition, non-alcohol substance abuse comorbidity, and psychiatric comorbidity, such as anxiety or depressive disorders." ...Depressed patients experience excessive inflammation during stressful situations
...ed to understanding the contribution of early life abuse and neglect to the neurobiology of adulthood psychiatric disorders. Ongoing studies by Dr. Miller's team of researchers will attempt to determine how early life experiences contribute to excessive inflammatory stress responses. "According to the De...