Addiction Recovery Center "Could Have Saved Brittany Murphy?"
In the department of "too soon," a Malibu addiction-recovery center is apparently touting its effectiveness and privacy in the wake of Brittany Murphy...
In the department of "too soon," a Malibu addiction-recovery center is apparently touting its effectiveness and privacy in the wake of Brittany Murphy...
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 12.24.2009 | Living
Forgiveness is something that people grapple with around the holidays. Interpersonal losses are felt more keenly when family and friendship are in every song and on the tip of everyone's tongue.
nytimes.com | KATIE HAFNER | Posted 12.24.2009 | Living
Facebook will not reveal how many users have deactivated service, but Kimberly Young, a psychologist who is the director of the Center for Internet Ad...
Hillary Rettig | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living
The link between perfectionism and addiction has been well documented, but I believe that perfectionism plays a more central role in addiction than is generally thought -- that perfectionism itself can be addictive.
Posted 12.22.2009 | Living
While a Los Angeles County coroner's official said Brittany Murphy's death appeared to be from natural causes, some are speculating a Murphy anorexia ...
Stanton Peele | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living
Like humans, fruit flies that get intoxicated on alcohol can become addicted and keep drinking regardless of the consequences. indicate this phenomenon will allow us to better understand how alcoholism works.
Robert Rosenthal | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living
Ladies and brothers, let us be frank: men are pig dogs. We like sex. We think about sex. We crave sex. A man knows within a millisecond of seeing a woman whether he finds her sexually attractive.
Geneen Roth | Posted 12.20.2009 | Living
The most painful thing about using food to comfort ourselves during the holidays (or any other time) is that it is only a temporary solution. After the food is gone, whatever you ate about is still there.
Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living
When you stay neutral, you turn the decision over to the addict; you are empowering them with their own choice, and at the same time empowering yourself with a commitment to neutrality.
Daniel Goldin | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles
I had been working for the last few years as a therapist at BHS Hollywood Family Recovery, treating "dual-diagnosis" clients in an outpatient drug pro...
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living
The holidays are a time of heightened reality. A time to reaffirm bonds of friendship and family. The general merriment of the season can make what we...
Barbara Ficarra | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living
Most people who are addicted to smoking need help to quit. There are programs to help, but unfortunately many are not getting the help they need because health insurance plans don't cover treatments.
Jilly Gagnon | Posted 12.09.2009 | Comedy
Fall City treatment center has provided this checklist to help individuals determine whether they or a loved one are suffering from internet addiction:
Anthony Papa | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
The dismantling of the Rockefeller Drug Laws is picking up steam. The New York State Assembly held a key hearing to press forward with implementation of the reforms.
Soren Gordhamer | Posted 12.08.2009 | Living
Many of us do not want to exclude our kids from the latest technologies, but at the same time know how easily games can take over a child's life, such that they become less able to be creative.
Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 12.08.2009 | Living
Whether your loved one is in their addiction or new to recovery, sometimes a well meaning, simple discussion can turn futile. Too often you can't help but get sucked into a conversation that turns heated.
Therese Borchard | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living
You're almost there. You want to quit. In fact, 80 percent of your brain is sure you can. But 20 percent insists that you can't. How do you make it over to the other side without falling SPLAT on your face?
Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living
In this series of blogs I will discuss concepts that can help the family member or friend find new communication tools when relating to their loved one; the alcoholic/addict.
Stanton Peele | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living
America worships personal tales of redemption. If public figures are caught out drunk or on drugs, cheating on their wives, then they quickly head off to Betty Ford or Hazelden. And we forgive them.
Russell Poldrack | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
The persistence of habits can be a blessing or a curse. By knowing more about where habits come from and how they develop, we can learn to manage their impact in our daily lives.
Posted 11.19.2009 | Living
Today marks The Great American Smokeout of 2009. The annual campaign led by the American Cancer Society asks U.S. citizens to stop smoking. Smoking--...
nytimes.com | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living
One in five Americans smoked last year, down from almost one in four a decade earlier. But the declines in smoking have recently stalled, with virtual...
nytimes.com | Wyatt Mason | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
Shortly after my girlfriend and I decided to rent a New Hampshire summer house together in 2007, we made a vexing discovery: Internet access wasn't go...
Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
All of this reverses years of well-intended advice and public health information, proving once again that health information and advice is a matter of competing social and political forces.
David Finkle | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
Denying wide-spread downbeat feelings as the year's festivities loom can be problematic, as sufferers will only feel more removed from the general jubilation.
LA Daily | Posted 12.24.2009 | Los Angeles