Women Who Reduce Drinking Before Treatment Have Better Outcomes Addiction Recovery, Addiction TreatmentBy Lucida TreatmentDecember 27, 2014Women who reduce their alcohol intake before entering treatment have a better chance at successful treatment, a new study finds.
Addiction Recovery in the Latino Community Addiction TreatmentBy Lucida TreatmentNovember 22, 2014By Jeanene Swanson Not all Hispanic-Americans are the same when it comes to drinking, says a study published in a recent issue of the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism. The study, led by Carlos F. Ríos-Bedoya, ScD, MPH, found that the risk of alcohol use disorders among Hispanics is different across different ethnicities — Mexican, Puerto…
The Dual Demons of Depression and Alcoholism Addiction TreatmentBy Lucida TreatmentOctober 19, 2014Alcohol abuse and depression often go together and exist in a complicated relationship. In some cases, alcoholism causes depression or worsens the symptoms of an existing condition. For others, the symptoms of depression lead to drinking as a way to cope and self-medicate. Experts think there may even be a genetic link between depression and…
Addiction Severity Impacts Effectiveness of Drug Treatment Addiction TreatmentBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 28, 2014A new animal model study from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom suggests that the effectiveness of drug treatment for addiction may depend on the phase of the addiction. Using lab rats, the researchers found that their subjects responded differently to drug treatment depending on whether their cocaine addiction was in its early…
Saying No to Addiction Treatment? Addiction TreatmentBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 4, 2014It is incredibly difficult to come to the realization and to make the admission that you need to get help for substance abuse or addiction. There are so many excuses and ways in which we try to deny our problems. We claim we can control it. We say we can stop any time we want,…
