Addiction Series: Drug and Alcohol – KOLO TV Reno

Published May 19, 2012

Addiction Series: Drug and Alcohol – KOLO TV Reno
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
RENO, NV – The National Institute of Drug Abuse estimates ten percent of Americans have a drug or alcohol problem. The institute estimates only about two percent of users actually seek treatment. “Barbara” who doesn’t want her identity revealed is part of …
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Dual Diagnosis: The Hard Road of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness – PR-USA.net
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Alcohol and drug addiction can also serve as the primary condition. When a person’s substance abuse habit becomes severe, it is not uncommon for the addict to start to develop symptoms of a mental illness as a result of brain damage from the substance abuse.
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Politics in the Diagnosis of Addiction – Huffington Post
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
the American Board of Addiction Medicine, led by the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Nora Volkow) claim the mantle of science for their medical initiative in defining and treating addiction. The see-sawing battles and divergences in opinion …
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