Regular drinking can have serious health consequences, including the risk of several kinds of cancer. You may wish that your loved one not drink at all, but if they do use alcohol, occasionally or frequently, here are some strategies you can share with them to reduce the risks associated with use.
Dabbing is a method of consuming marijuana in a concentrated form. Referred to as “dabs,” these marijuana concentrates usually look like dark brown or yellow-colored wax and can feel very sticky and gummy. Marijuana dabs are used by vaporizing the concentrates on a hot surface and inhaling the resulting fumes. Slang terms for dabs include butane hash oil, honey oil, budder, crumble and shatter.
Having co-occurring depression and substance use can make both conditions worse and harder to treat. A loved one may use substances to cope with their depression, but this can lead to using more and more of the substance to get relief.
Are your loved one’s concerning thoughts, emotions and behaviors the result of a mental health disorder or a substance use disorder? Determining differential diagnosis is important because treatment for a mental health disorder can be very different from treatment for a substance use disorder.
Las investigaciones han demostrado que estos medicamentos son la manera más eficaz para tratar los trastornos por consumo de opioides y mantener una recuperación a largo plazo
Support can include recognizing that there is a problem; motivating them to get help; navigating the treatment system; and helping them sustain progress in recovery. It can be a significant emotional time and financial commitment, but research shows that family involvement improves outcomes.
As we honor Hispanic Heritage Month, we take time to reflect on the enormous challenges our Hispanic — or Latino, Latinx or Latine — communities face regarding addiction and substance use disorders and what we are doing to support them.
Among all the recommended strategies out there for “effective parenting,” there are 10 key strategies that can really move the needle and one key strategy that can either increase or decrease the effectiveness of the other nine: parental modeling or how parents and caregivers act.
A form of treatment for alcohol use disorder that focuses on reducing use rather than complete abstinence, the Sinclair method may be an option to consider if your loved one is struggling with alcohol use.
Partnership to End Addiction added four new members to its Board of Directors in July: Kamala Greene Génecé, Ph.D., Cammie Wolf Rice, Nicole Hanley Pickett and Francesca Bodini, M.B.A.
Starting on the path to recovery can be challenging, but there is a new type of earpiece that may be able to help ease the pain of withdrawal symptoms and assist in the treatment process.
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