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Inner Dialogues of Addiction, Rehabilitation and Recovery - Part II Inner Dialogues of Addiction, Rehabilitation and Recovery - Part II  » May 31st 2007
In our last entry we left open the question of who is doing the listening within our inner dialogues. Upon close introspection we find that here are multiple “inner listeners” that can be categorized as Absent Others; others “as if” they were present in the dialogue...
tags: Addiction Models
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Inner Dialogs of Addiction, Rehabilitation and Recovery Inner Dialogs of Addiction, Rehabilitation and Recovery  » May 25th 2007
  According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine the clinical definition of addiction includes:   "a primary, chronic, neurobiologic disease, with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by...
tags: Addiction Models
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Relapse Danger Signs Relapse Danger Signs  » May 22nd 2007
The term relapse means from the Latin  relabi to slide back, from re- + labi to slide 1 : the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding2 : a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement Like recovery relapse is a process that begins before actual...
tags: Addiction Models
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Readiness To Change Questionnaire-Alcoholism Readiness To Change Questionnaire-Alcoholism  » May 21st 2007
  From the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Readiness To Change Questionnaire The following questionnaire is designed to identify how you personally feel about your drinking right now. Please think about your current situation and drinking habits, even if you have given up drinking...
tags: Addiction Models
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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome  » May 18th 2007
As we have seen so far addiction is a complex process that includes changes that occur in the neurochemistry of the person who is addicted. During early recovery the neurological and biological effects of addiction often manifest themselves as a complex of symptoms. These symptoms are...
tags: Addiction Models
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Stages of Change for Addiction, Treatment and Rehabilitation Stages of Change for Addiction, Treatment and Rehabilitation  » May 17th 2007
Prochaska & DiClemente developed a stages of change model that identifies 5 progressive stages of change as they specifically apply to overcoming addictions.   Precontemplation - the stage where the individual is not contemplating changing any of their addictive behaviors. This stage is...
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Stages of Addiction Stages of Addiction  » May 14th 2007
Stages of Addiction   While genetics and neurochemistry assuredly play important roles in addiction the experience of addiction from the addict’s perspective is not at the genetic or neurochemical level.   The experience of addiction is progressive. At first he individual may...
tags: Addiction Models
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Pharmacological Interventions Pharmacological Interventions  » May 11th 2007
Pharmacological Interventions   So far we have seen that addiction is a complex subject that encompasses the fields of genetics and neurophysiology. Neurochemistry also plays a very significant role in addiction. Some of the newer psychopharmacological and physical aversion approaches to...
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