Words to Avoid When Talking About Addiction
There are some common words that we all associate with addiction. Whether you have a connection to addiction or not, you probably recognize words like junkie, clean, dirty, sober, abuse and addict....
View ArticleElements’ Experts Talk Sex/Food Addiction in Atlanta
More than 300 therapists and mental and behavioral health clinicians gathered in downtown Atlanta last week (Oct 9-12) for four days of training in process addictions and related issues as part of the...
View ArticleSynthetic Marijuana Use Common Among Young Adults, Study Finds
Synthetic marijuana products are drugs that contain a combination of mind-altering substances called synthetic cannabinoids and some type of inactive plant material. Most of the well-known main...
View ArticleAlcoholism, Polydrug Abuse Create Different Brain Abnormalities
Alcoholism is the well-known term used to describe a physical dependence on the (typically unrestrained) consumption of alcohol. Polysubstance or polydrug addiction is a lesser-known term used to...
View ArticleHelping Vs. Enabling an Addict
When you love someone, it’s natural to want to help. Parents help their children with everything from finances to relationship advice. Siblings offer love and support to each other whenever it’s...
View ArticleDestination Addiction
Is your mind overactive with “the grass is greener” thinking? Do you sigh in frustration that you aren’t living the life you imagined? Are you immersed in thoughts such as: “What if I hadn’t married my...
View ArticleKicking the Sugar Habit
Addiction is a complicated disease. We now know, for instance, that sugar is addictive. It seems like an innocent enough substance. It just sweetens our food, after all. But it turns out that sugar...
View Article11 Tips to Boost Free Time, Beat Multitasking ‘Addiction’
Are you a proud media multitasker? Better close out the 12 open windows on your laptop, turn off the pinging smartphone and pull out the earbuds. You may actually be losing days each year to this...
View ArticleThe Reality of Sugar Addiction
You may joke about getting your daily afternoon sugar fix and about needing it to get through the rest of the day, but it isn’t particularly funny. As research keeps finding and confirming, sugar is...
View Article5 Ways to Curb Shopping Addiction Now
Shopping addiction may not involve a chemical substance, but it can still wreak havoc in your life if you don’t get it under control. There are varying terms used to describe this condition, including...
View ArticleTake These Steps to Beat Your Gambling Addiction
Gambling is a habit that can ruin your life. For most people who gamble, the activity is just a hobby or an occasional form of entertainment. If you have a tendency to be impulsive, seek risks and...
View ArticleRate of Heroin Overdose Deaths on the Rise
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that even though abuse of prescription opioids seems to be leveling off in America, heroin use has risen dramatically,...
View ArticleHeroin Update: More People Using, More People Dying
The latest analysis of U.S. heroin trends can be summed up in one discouraging word: more. More heroin use, more populations using heroin, more use of other drugs alongside heroin, and more people —...
View ArticleArmy Launches Probe Into Substance Abuse Treatment Scandal
In response to a recent story detailing serious quality-control problems at Army substance abuse treatment centers, U.S. Army leadership is taking decisive action. Secretary John McHugh and Chief of...
View ArticleNew Back-to-School Checklist from Elements Behavioral Health Helps Parents...
Kids who enter a new school year struggling with drugs or alcohol can see their dreams for academic success dashed before the year even begins, but parents can help. Elements Behavioral Health has...
View Article17 Percent of College Students Abuse ADHD Drugs
New findings from a group of American researchers indicate that almost one-fifth of all U.S. college students misuse a prescription medication classified as a stimulant. In the U.S., college attendance...
View ArticleIs Internet Addiction a Real Condition?
Although behavioral addictions have become increasingly accepted as genuine conditions—just like drug or alcohol addictions—in recent years, Internet addiction is still struggling to find widespread...
View ArticleWhich Jobs Have the Highest Rates of Substance Abuse?
Based on data recently released from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), we can now say which jobs are most likely to cause people to need a drink or even to abuse...
View ArticleVideo Gaming: Tips for Parents
If you’re a parent, you’ve probably worried about video games at some point — if you should allow them, limit them, or seriously fret about them overpowering other parts of your child’s life. Andrew...
View ArticleGetting Loud About Facing Addiction
It’s billed as “the day the silence ends.” On Oct. 4, top-name performers, political leaders, and tens of thousands of people who care about resolving a public health crisis that kills 350 daily will...
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