Question 1

is there a american college program for addiction medicine?

Accepted Answer

See brloe: Abam had certified 10 addiction residencies.  There are also fellowships amd a sub-spevislty of psych called addiction psychiatry.  However, you will not find addiction medicine at an undergraduate level.  There are courses in addiction but not often taught by doctors.

Question 2

i went to see my aunt today so wonderin what alcohol/drugs cause squirmin n lot more gigglin to she has history of alcohol n dtug addiction please hel?

Accepted Answer

Could be anything: Getting "high" usually includes a sense of euphoria and decreased inhibition. The symptoms you describe could be from abuse of almost anything or even represent an underlying medical or psychological condition. Have you talked to her about getting help? Also, not to be judgemental, but i hope you are not on all 3 of the medications on your profile at the same time. Opiates can be addictive.

Question 3

how do drug addictions start?

Accepted Answer

Addictive Thinking: Characteristics of the addictive process are: 
salience, obsession, abnormal or pathological importance of the substance or behavior 
persistence, rigidity, stereotypy, inflexibility and repetition of the particular addictive behavior 
relative immunity to adverse consequences and resistance to learned modification of behavior.

Question 4

can my addiction to drugs effect my child?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Alcoholism and other drug addiction have genetic and environmental causes. Both have serious consequences for children who live in homes where parents are involved. More than 28 million americans are children of alcoholics; nearly 11 million are under the age of 18. This figure is magnified by the countless number of others who are affected by parents who are impaired by other psychoactive drugs.

Question 5

what can you do to stop addiction to drugs?

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Get help...: Most addicts do not want to stop and think that they can stop on their own. An addiction is hard to overcome alone. Drugs activate parts of the brain that make you feel good, but the good feelings last for less and less time and you need more and more of the substance to get the high. Contact a therapist or rehab program get help asap.

Question 6

how do drug addictions affect a person's social health?

Accepted Answer

Ruins: One definition of addiction is when the drug becomes more important than a person's friendships, family, spirituality, or other major areas of one's life.  As you can see by this definition it will ruin or displace these relationships

Question 7

are behavioral addictions less worrisome than drug addictions?

Accepted Answer

No: To assess addiction, whether it's behavior or a substance we need to know how the addiction interfering with your life, whether you spend most of the day involved in addictive behavior. Any of these can lead to the loss of job, family, life-savings. Asking what is better, behavioral addiction or drug addictions is like asking what is better, prescription drug addiction or illegal drug addiction.

Question 8

please tell me how long it takes for to come off an addiction to prescribed drugs?

Accepted Answer

That depends: Any prescribed drug that could potentially cause an addiction, like a sedative, a stimulant or a narcotic, as examples, will have a different half-life and impact on the receptors in the body that are altered by chronic use.  So the time to completely recover after abstinence depends on the drug but also on your specific risk of addiction as well.

Question 9

i'm just wondering, if you take drugs occasionally, is there still a risk of addiction?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Different drugs seem to have different addiction potentials, some drugs it takes one high or one use, other drugs seem to have less addiction potential, but it also varies person to person.

Question 10

can you tell me if a baby got addicted to drugs. would they eventually forget their addiction?

Accepted Answer

Good question: Theoretically once someone has been addicted to a drug, they are always addicted. Therefore, infants who are addicted to drugs during pregnancy are addicted for life. They are at higher risk of reverting to drugs as adults & would need to be warned of this. They also are at higher risk due to their  mother's addiction. Dr al sclar is an expert in these kinds of addictions.

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