Addicts overwhelm Kentucky's drug treatment options
In a state plagued by one of the worst prescription drug abuse problems in the nation, where nearly 1,000 people a year die of overdoses, a Courier-Journal investigation has found that Kentucky's treatment options are woefully limited, especially for …
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Free Nicotine Replacement During Rehab Helps Patients Quit
AVENTURA, Florida — Providing patients in residential substance abuse rehabilitation programs access to free-of-charge nicotine replacement therapy enhances smoking reduction and cessation, new research shows. Dr. Stephanie Peglow. "Smoking cessation …
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Question by Michael Brian: What addictions does the APA recognize as actual addiction disorders?
I know technically anything can be an “addiction” but I’m trying to find a list that the APA has put out that lists the actual addictions someone can be diagnosed with.

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Answer by Peachy Perfect
Depends on what you count as an addiction. The DSM-IV (current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) doesn’t have a definition for the word “addiction” and doesn’t use it.

As far as what *you* might classify as an “addiction”, you can be diagnosed with either Substance Abuse or Substance Dependence, depending on the severity of the addiction. This involves either the dependence on or abuse of substances, like alcohol, heroin, caffeine –yes, I said caffeine–, cocaine, nicotine, etc.

As far as other “addictions” to non-substances go, the ones found under the “Impulse Control Disorders” category include:
– Pathological Gambling (people addicted to gambling)
– Kleptomania (people addicted to stealing)
– Pyromania (people addicted to setting fires)
– Trichotillomania (people addicted to pulling their hair out — yes, I’m serious)

There are lots of other disorders, including but definitely not limited to pedophilia and hypochondriasis, which you might consider addictions (pedophilia being when you are “addicted” to sexual endeavors with children, hypochondriasis being when you are “addicted” to being sick), but I don’t really count those under the “addictions” category, personally.

However, in the DSM-5, which is set to come out in May 2013, they are going to add a ton more disorders involving addictions under the category “Substance Use and Addictive Disorders”. But mostly the only change that will be made is specifying the type of substance that one is abusing, dependent on, and/or suffering withdrawals from. For example, instead of being diagnosed with plain “Substance Abuse” with alcohol listed as a side note, an alcoholic would be diagnosed with “Alcohol Use Disorder”, “Alcohol Intoxication”, and/or “Alcohol Withdrawal”.

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Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Clinics in the US Industry Market Research …
Healthcare reform will expand coverage to include treatment for substance abuse and boost demand for outpatient services. For this reason, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Clinics industry to its …
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The Importance of Alcohol Rehab Centers
The main goal of any alcohol rehab center is to help a person fully overcome his addiction for alcohol and inculcate a positive change in his behavior that will help him to fight situation that are likely to provoke him to drink. It is the expert team …
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Storybook Inn Now a Rehab Facility
Avarell said the combination of treating some patients for free and others for greatly reduced rates, plus high overhead, has kept him from making a profit so far. In the past, some mountain residents have protested the opening of drug and alcohol …
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Growing number are struggling to deal with drug addictions and homelessness
In addition, Portland has homeless shelters, food programs, an organization for homeless youth called Outside In, and such religious organizations as Union Gospel Mission, which offers a Christian-based addiction recovery program. This array of …
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Addicts overwhelm Kentucky's drug treatment options
“Despite a historic recession, Kentucky has expanded its support of substance abuse treatment programs over the past few years as part of the administration's overall effort to combat drug abuse,” Richardson said. But officials and experts agree …
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Foul Appetites: Crime and Punishment in the Hitman Series
Hitman Sidebar 'Flatline', a mission from Blood Money literally set in a rehab clinic, is easily the most striking. The situation is … It's a clever setup because we already think about addiction in this way—both a crime and a sickness, a moral …
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Michael Smerconish: In defense of the DJs
The Australian radio DJs at the center of the prank phone-call controversy, Michael Christian and Mel Greig, during a TV interview last week. The Australian radio DJs at the center of the prank phone-call controversy, Michael Gallery: Michael …
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Too Much Holiday 'Cheer' – Evanston, IL Patch
If you know someone who struggles with substance abuse, you know that this time of year presents excruciating challenges for those trying to manage their addictive behaviors. According to The Pat Moore Foundation, an alcohol and drug treatment center, …
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Ask an Expert About Alzheimer's, Part 3 – NYTimes.com
Dr. P. Murali Doraiswamy, a psychiatry professor at Duke University Medical Center and an author of “The Alzheimer's Action Plan,” has been answering readers' questions about Alzheimer's disease and memory problems. …. from over 25 trials testing a …
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How to find a drug treatment program
Mother: Select a program that views drug abuse as the primary disease and not as a symptom of some emotional problem. Direct attention should be given to the individual's drug use as the source of the problem. The program should maintain an abstinence …
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Mayor Roberts launches prescription drug abuse awareness campaign
The hospital began a screening program in February 2011 to track and document prescription drug seekers, he said. If a patient is recorded seeking drugs, their chart is labeled and they are not given opioids. Many drug seeking patients will go to …
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A Creative Approach to Managing Substance Abuse
Sharon Levy, MD, MPH, Director of the hospital's Adolescent Substance Abuse Program and Steering Committee member for the Prescribers' Clinical Support System for both opioids and buprenorphine, recently spoke with Medscape about their unique, …
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