By Jane Wakefield — 2019
Patients with severe opioid addiction are being given brain implants to help reduce their cravings, in the first trial of its kind in the US.
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To understand the minds of individual cancers, we are learning to mix and match these two kinds of learning — the standard and the idiosyncratic — in unusual and creative ways.
One key distinction in this new wave of scholars—including books by Coles, Dossey and Bernie Siegel—is that these experts are not selling any specific religious creed. They’re not “faith healers.
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Addiction relapse prevention approaches have traditionally focused on challenging the thoughts that contribute to and exacerbate addictive behaviors as well as helping those in recovery develop healthier coping strategies in challenging situations.
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Abby Wambach went from publicly acknowledging a problem with alcohol and prescription pills to attaining sobriety, getting remarried and becoming a stepmom.
Rock climbing as an addiction.
While investigating the idealized benefits between sport and addiction, researchers found that the prevalence of substance abuse in some sports communities, in fact, creates a greater risk of addictions for people already vulnerable to them.
Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.
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In an appropriate context, ayahuasca can be a valuable therapeutic tool and can act as a catalyst that can render psychotherapeutic processes more effective in less time, and sometimes allow for critical interventions when several other therapeutic strategies have been unsuccessful.
When Dossey first came across experimental data in various journals showing that prayer affected positively the outcome of medical treatment, he wanted nothing to do with it.... Even so, the evidence seemed too convincing to ignore.
In the Summer of 1987, Parabola sat down for an exchange with Marion Woodman on the subject of addiction.