The compulsivity model further links the obsession-compulsion to anxiety and distress. Someone may engage in stress-inducing behavior to relieve stress momentarily, only to experience more negative emotions afterward. Research on [...]

Alcohol can exacerbate and even cause long-term depression and anxiety. Cutting out alcohol has literally rewired my brain. I have more energy for new projects at work and at home. [...]

Motivational enhancement therapy uses strategies to make the most of people's readiness to change their behavior and enter treatment. If your loved one doesn't accept treatment, be prepared to follow [...]

Numerous studies have shown that mind-body relaxation reduces the use of drugs and alcohol and is effective in long-term relapse prevention [28,29]. Relapse-prevention therapy and mind-body relaxation are commonly combined [...]

The arrowroot starch derived from the Kudzu plant is also used in cooking as a thickener. The plant contains phytoestrogens, which are compounds that mimic the effects of estrogen in [...]

While it can sometimes be hard to predict who will develop alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), it has been found to impact around 8% of all people who are hospitalized with [...]

Short-term effects may result from intoxication, which people often describe as “being drunk.” This occurs when alcohol affects the central nervous system. A person can become intoxicated even with moderate [...]

This procedure is nothing more than practice, discussed earlier as a possible experimental confound in time-dependent recovery studies. Reexamined in this new context, however, practice does more than facilitate trivial [...]

A counselor can advise on ways to cope with the mental and emotional aspects of withdrawal. While these symptoms are more severe than Stage 1, they are not life-threatening. Alcohol [...]

Together, each of these studies indicates that agonism of 5-HT2A receptors may be a novel small molecule steroid-sparing therapeutic strategy to treat inflammatory diseases that include asthma, atherosclerosis, and inflammatory [...]