Young people with ADHD are not only at increased risk of starting to smoke cigarettes, they also tend to become more seriously addicted to nicotine and more vulnerable to environmental factors such as having friends or parents who smoke.
Entries from October 2008
ADHD and Smoking
October 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Smoking - Nicotine Addiction
Marijuana Brain
October 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Chronic, heavy marijuana use during adolescence, which is a critical period of ongoing brain development, is associated with poorer performance on thinking tasks, including slower psychomotor speed and poorer complex attention, verbal memory and planning ability.
Tags: Drugs and Brain Disorders · Marijuana Addiction
Methamphetamine Brain
October 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Methamphetamine is one of the most addictive and neurotoxic drugs of abuse and it produces large increases in dopamine, a brain chemical associated with feelings of pleasure and reward — both by increasing dopamine’s release from nerve cells and by blocking its reuptake.
Tags: Drugs and Brain Disorders
Drug Free Solutions to Mental Health Disorders
October 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Seminar: Drug Free Solutions to Mental Health Disorders – Nutrition, Mindfulness & Detoxification.
The seminar outline includes substance abuse and dependence, ADHD, anxiety disorders, and a roadmap to brain healing.
Tags: News - Addiction and Alternative Health
Naturopathic Physicians Offer Safe Effective Therapies
October 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Many people are unfamiliar with the term “Naturopathy.” The definition is presented here as recorded by Congress in 1931 in The Federal Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Section 079.101-014, “Naturopathic Physician.” This definition is based on a law passed by Congress in 1929 and signed into law by President Coolidge and is still in effect today. This law recognizes Naturopathy as an independent and non-medical healing art.
Tags: Drug Addiction Alternative Treatment
Use Holistic Medicine To Overcome Drug Addictions
October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
It is possible to overcome drug addictions but you will probably have to look outside the box of “conventional” addiction treatment programs to find the answer. Standard treatment programs often don’t take into account the “physiological basis” of drug abuse, an oversight some see as the main reason for their low success rates. Although it isn’t logical to enter a program where the success rate is low, people have been doing so for years. Part of the reason may be that most people don’t realize that alternatives exist – viable alternatives with excellent success rates using the holistic medicine approach.
