Addiction & Treatment
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What is addiction?
Addiction is an umbrella term. Watch the video to get an understanding of what addiction really means…
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Why are drugs addictive?
The connections between pharmacology and psychology are what makes sense of addiction. Watch the slide show…
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What is treatment?
Treatments are usually divided into psychosocial and pharmaco-therapies and seen as distinct from self-help or natural recovery processes…
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What is recovery?
Recovery is a journey towards a lifestyle that is not controlled or constrained by alcohol, drugs or tobacco. See how to get there…
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What is comorbidity?
Comorbidity, sometimes called ‘dual diagnosis’, is very common in people with addiction problems. See the particular challenges…
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How do drugs work?
Both fascinating, challenging and fundamental to understanding addiction and effective treatments. Watch the slide show…
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Alcohol treatment
Alcohol treatment is probably the most researched and developed of all addiction interventions. There are effective treatments to choose from…
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Opioid treatment
Treatment for opioid addiction tends to be overshadowed by substitute prescribing. There are good alternatives to consider…
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Stimulant treatment
Use of stimulant drugs tends to be self limiting because most people cannot function on a constant high. Limited options…
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Cannabis treatment
Help seeking for cannabis addiction is not so common and nor are specific treatments. Applying general principles is effective…