2018
As the World Health Organization classifies gaming disorder as a mental health condition, one UK treatment centre reveals how it is trying to tackle the problem.
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People typically do more research when shopping for a new car than when seeking treatment for addiction.
Long-term recovery is not a final destination, but an ongoing process of facing and coping with life without retreating into addictive behaviors.
Mindfulness holds promise as a treatment for those struggling to curb their substance misuse, researchers say.
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Recent research shows that more than one-third of people who are recovering from addiction continue to experience chronic physical disease.
What if we replaced the word "addict" with: “A human being who suffered so much that he or she finds in drugs or some other behavior a temporary escape from that suffering"?
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Dr. Gabor Maté, a well-known addiction specialist and author, spent 12 years working in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a neighborhood with a large concentration of hardcore drug users.