Category: Addictions

Trauma-informed, mindfulness-based intervention significantly improves parenting

From the Thomas Jefferson University press release: Researchers at Jefferson’s Maternal Addiction Treatment Education & Research (MATER) program found significant improvement in the quality of parenting among mothers who participated in… Read more »

Anxiety study shows genes are not fixed: Experience and exposure can change them

From the Research Society on Alcoholism press release: Epigenetics refers to how certain life circumstances can cause genes to be silenced or expressed, become dormant or active, over time. New research… Read more »

Study shows childhood psychiatric disorders increase risk for later adult addiction

From the Elsevier press release: Children’s health and well-being while growing up can be indicators of the potential health issues they may encounter years later. A study published in the… Read more »

Perceptions about body image linked to increased alcohol, tobacco use for teens

From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release: How teenagers perceive their appearance, including their body image, can have significant impacts on health and wellness. Prior body image research has shown that… Read more »

Study suggests alcohol use frequency may lead to cognitive impairments

From the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health press release: Impairments in processing and using information that help with decision-making and planning simple tasks such as grocery shopping are linked… Read more »

Drinking during adolescence can alter brain cell nerve growth

From the Research Society on Alcoholism press release: The developmental period from adolescence to adulthood is accompanied by a greater vulnerability to addictions — including alcohol use disorders — than… Read more »

Anticipation helps pathological gamblers hold out for larger-but-later rewards

From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Triggering pathological gamblers to envision a future personal experience reduces their preference for an immediate reward over a larger, delayed award, according to… Read more »