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The deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner underscore the strain of raising a child with addiction. Here are expert tips for a path to recovery.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
How to Parent an Adult Child With Addiction
Addiction and raising a child Please also review AIHCP' Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Key Takeaways Research demonstrates that Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) achieve comparable success rates of 50-70% to inpatient treatment for most individuals with substance use disorders, with outcomes varying based on program quality and individual commitment IOPs offer significant cost advantages with complete programs averaging $3,000-$10,000 compared to higher inpatient costs while allowing patients to maintain […]
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
IOP vs Inpatient Care: How Substance Use Recovery Outcomes Compare
Out patient and in patient care Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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Most people think addiction means a person has severe withdrawal when not taking alcohol or drugs. But withdrawal symptoms occur with ADs and many non-addicting medications.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Addiction Isn’t Defined by Withdrawal Symptoms
Addiction Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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The withdrawal symptoms of benzodiazepines are physically and emotionally painful and can be life-threatening if the user stops “cold turkey.”
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal and Detox
Withdraw Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Counseling Certification
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A study by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute found that fentanyl and synthetic opioids continue to be a leading cause of overdose deaths in the U.S., despite drug-related mortality decreasing in 2023 and provisional data suggesting a further decrease in 2024.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
https://aihcp.net/substance-abuse-practitioner-certification/
Drug overdose Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Charlie Health reports summer increases substance misuse, with higher risks of trying drugs and alcohol, heat-related hospital visits, and varied patterns among groups.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Is substance abuse worse in the summer? Here’s the data
Substance abuse and the summer Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Across Alameda County and the U.S., more teens are quietly turning to opioids, often as a way to cope with overwhelming stress, trauma, and pressures that constantly surround them. In fact, The New England Journal of Medicine states that opioid overdose deaths among teens has more than doubled in recent years and continues to increase […]
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
From stress to substances: Understanding teen opioid use
Stress and substance abuse Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Studies have shown a link between stressful life events and substance use and misuse in the military. Substance use disorders include both illicit drugs (termed “use”) and prescription medication (termed “misuse”). Service members frequently experience stress due to situations like training, combat, or multiple deployments.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
News - The Role of Family and Loved Ones in Substance Use and Misuse
Helping family with substance abuse Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Inova Health Systems released new data showing that about one in two adults in Northern Virginia is personally impacted by substance use or knows someone who is affected by addiction
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Data reveals pervasive impact of substance use | Articles | fairfaxtimes.com
The impact of substance abuse Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner program
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How are doctors trained on addiction in medical school? An medical school educator breaks down how the field has changed to put the focus back on patients.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
How Do Medical Students Learn About Addiction?
Learning about substance abuse Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Despite a recent decline in drug overdose deaths in the U.S., fatalities involving multiple substances—known as polysubstance overdoses—have been on the rise.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Most Overdose Deaths Now Involve Multiple Substances | The Pew Charitable Trusts
Overdoses involving more than one drug Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Counseling Training
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There is a lot of talk about substance abuse. The deaths. The crisis. But what comes before all that? What actually drives someone to become addicted to substances in the first place? We throw around the word “addiction” like it’s this dark place people suddenly fall into. But the truth is, addiction doesn’t show up […]
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Addiction isn’t just about drugs; It’s about why we reach for them
Understanding addiction Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Many clinicians think of addiction as a trauma response. But research supports only a probabilistic connection between the two. Assuming something more than this is misguided.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Addiction Is Complicated, So Is Its Relationship to Trauma
Trauma and addiction usually go side by side Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Drug addiction among youngsters is tearing families apart and stealing futures before they even start. In the U.S., over 5 million youth under 18 have misused prescription drugs in the past year, per a 2024 CDC report. Opioids, synthetic cannabinoids like spice, and even vaping nicotine top the list, hitting teens hardest as they navigate [...]
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
How to Combat Rising Drug Addiction Among Youngsters: Proven Strategies for Prevention and Recovery | The Rockland County Times
Helping younger people with substance abuse and addiction Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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Many surgeons recommend giving up smoking, alcohol, or drugs before surgery, but researchers have found this may also increase the need for pain medication.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Detox-Withdrawal and Pain in Substance Use Disorders
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Over-the-counter medication can be highly addictive, that is the message from the Department of Health.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Addiction can affect anyone –
Understanding substance abuse Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Alcohol mortality rates have nearly doubled in the last 25 years. Who is most at risk?
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Alcohol-Related Deaths Rise: Women Fare the Worst
Substance abuse and drinking Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
We Must Do Better on Implementing Evidence-Based Treatments for Substance Use Disorders
Treating substance abuse Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner program
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There is active scientific debate about the nature of addiction as a mental disorder, but with comparatively little discussion of nosology itself. To contribute to the ongoing dialogue, this review provides a concise history of the formal medical diagnoses used to define addiction clinically and vanguard contemporary perspectives. The history of addiction as a medical diagnosis starts at the beginning of the 20th century in the first International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and was present in 1953 in the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Across iterations of both systems, the evolving nosology can be broadly divided into three epochs, an early primeval period (1900–1948), reflecting coarse definitions subsumed within personality disorder; a phenomenological period (1948–1980), reflecting descriptive definitions; and an empirically-informed period (1980 to the present), comprising operational definitions of polythetic syndromes, increasingly informed by empirical findings. Contemporary priorities suggest an emerging fourth epoch, prioritizing a diagnostic nomological network of objective etiologically-informed tests via, for example, the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) and Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment (ANA) frameworks. Both RDoC and ANA focus on using objective mechanistic indicators to decrease subjectivity in diagnosis and increase alignment between etiology and diagnosis. Next-generation diagnostic approaches are anticipated to enhance incisiveness in psychiatric diagnosis and in turn improve clinical outcomes. Tracing the vicissitudes of addiction nosology over the past century reveals an evolution that is both more humane and scientific, from moral weakness and personality defect toward diagnostic definitions and practices that are grounded in empirical evidence.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
The nosology of addiction as a medical condition: a concise history and review of contemporary perspectives | Neuropsychopharmacology
Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Researchers used new statistical methods to analyze public data on the global health burden due to drug addiction. They showed that drug-related mortality has i
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Death toll from drugs has more than doubled worldwide over past three decades
More addiction and drug related deaths Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Substance Use Disorders: A Defining Challenge for Our Time
The continuing challenge of substance abuse Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force (AATF) launched the Break the Stigma campaign to change the conversation around addiction and recovery.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Break the stigma: understanding addiction and recovery
Stigma and addiction Please review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Program
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WHEELING — Families and friends remember them from childhood. They loved football — the Steelers, Browns or Cowboys. They had people who loved them. Maybe they had a dream to be in law enforcement or to operate their own tattoo shop. Then their lives were cut short by drug addiction. YWCA Wheeling, Youth Services System […]
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Faces of Addiction: Family, Friends Honor Loved Ones in Recovery and Those Lost to Overdoses | News, Sports, Jobs - The Intelligencer
Addiction hurts families Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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Is it really possible to rewire your brain from addiction? The answer is yes — here’s how your brain heals, and how to support recovery.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Can You Rewire Your Brain from Addiction?
Retraining your brain Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program
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An NIH study found that adults with substance use disorder who quit smoking are more likely to achieve recovery.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Quitting smoking boosts addiction recovery
Learning to break the cycle of addiction Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Program
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