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I Never Stopped Loving You
As a psychiatrist I am always interested in how my adolescent and teen patients say goodbye to their parents after being admitted into our residential programs. Subsequent to their arrival, we will schedule a speakerphone conversation with their parent(s). Some kids readily say I love you as they say their goodbyes. Others do not. The same ...
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Manage Your Stress (from Psychology Today)
- Addiction Is Not a Crime But Can Lead to Them January 4, 2013
- The Influence Of, And On, Epigenetics July 28, 2012
- Four-Way Stop Sign July 8, 2012
- A Ticket to Success June 28, 2012
- Squirrels and Stress June 24, 2012
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Are Impulsive Kids Actually Trusting Kids?
I read an intriguing article today by Kurth and Haussmann, two researchers of ADHD out of Colorado. They are interested in isolating specific risk factors that may account for the dramatic increase in ADHD over the last several decades. The...
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The "Use it or lose it" Model
In the context of pruning and the "use it or lose it" model, addiction is like a pathway. It may start out as a mere amble through the woods, a poorly defined trail, but can end up like a super highway with few exits. Drugs are the vehicles that drive that road, and every new...
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The Complicated Case of Adolescent Drug Abuse: Implications of Brain Plasticity
Erich Engelhardt M.A. Joseph Shrand, MD However, this process of change leaves the adolescent brain particularly vulnerable to the toxic influence of drugs and alcohol. Already in a major state of flux, the addition of drugs and alcohol that artificially induce dramatic...
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