Tag: addiction

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 »

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 »

Study suggests video games can change your brain

From the Frontiers press release: Scientists have collected and summarized studies looking at how video games can shape our brains and behavior. Research to date suggests that playing video games… 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 »

Study suggests growing up in affluent communities may up risk for addictions

From the Arizona State University press release: They have what most would want — affluent upwardly mobile parents, living in comfortable homes in the suburbs, going to an elite high… Read more »

Study finds internet withdrawal increases heart rate and blood pressure

From the Swansea University press release: Scientists and clinicians from Swansea and Milan have found that some people who use the internet a lot experience significant physiological changes such as increased… Read more »