Sunday, October 18th, 2009
While there are some people who still argue about whether drug addiction is a disease or a condition that results from the moral failing of an individual, most of the scientific community has long agreed that there are at least some influences on it that are far beyond a person's ...
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Saturday, September 19th, 2009
The stigma of addiction is alive and well. Whether you believe in the disease model or not, it seems that people's judgments regarding what it means to be an addict are well entrenched.
I'd like to work on that a bit.
Why is addiction a disease?
In numerous posts on this site I've ...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Genetics are making their way into every facet of research nowadays, and addiction treatment is no slouch in that area.
What is pharmacogenomics?
If you haven't heard of pharmacogenomics yet, you are sure to soon. The idea that medications affect individuals differently based on their unique genetic makeup has picked up a ...
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
It will probably come as no surprise to at least most of you that addiction is closely linked to problems of self-regulation (like ADD and ADHD). This is one of the main reasons that professionals view addiction as a disease, and not a choice.
This post is pretty advanced, but it ...
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
These are some useful articles about addiction I've found online. While they cover some topics we've discussed on here, I think it's always better to be more educated!
From Addiction Recovery Basics - Personality Vs. Genetics
From Beating Addictions - A little Q & A about sugar addiction
From Breaking the Cycles - ...
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
Co-authored by: Jamie Felzer
If you were trying to find something to blame alcoholism on, genetics would be a good place to start. As much as 50-60% of the risk of becoming an alcoholic is determined by a person’s genes (1). The degree to which one becomes an alcoholic depends ...
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