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Welcome to this week’s addiction blog roundup. I am starting a Friday roundup; a post of some of the interesting addiction related news and blog articles I have read during the week. Feel free to check back in every week and find something new (and hopefully interesting). Have a great weekend!
Empathy and Substance Abuse Counseling
Kenneth Pecoraro talks about empathy related to substance abuse counseling at addictionblog.org. I thought it was a good reminder for all of us: [Read more…]
In last week’s post I talked about how addiction has been determined to be a brain disease and I mentioned that I had read this article in the Indiana Gazette about adolescent substance use and abuse and the problems it can cause in their brains. This week, [Read more…]
[/one_half]The theme of this year’s Alcohol Awareness Month: “Help for Today. Hope For Tomorrow” seeks to increase awareness about the impact of alcohol on young people, families, and communities. [Read more…]
How would you know if your child is using alcohol or drugs? Being a kid can be very stressful and most youth demonstrate signs of stress at times during their childhood and adolescence. Usually, these signs of stress are transient and, although they certainly warrant discussion with your youth, they don’t generally represent a need for extensive outside intervention from you or others. [Read more…]
For the 26th year, April is being recognized as Alcohol Awareness Month. This year’s theme is “Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities: Prevent Underage Drinking”. The focus is on increasing public awareness and understanding of the public health issue of underage drinking. The use of alcohol by young people has some startling facts: [Read more…]