Transitional-Aged Youth and Substance Use: Teenaged Addicts Come of Age
Transitional-aged youth and substance use: teenaged addicts come of age
Substance use disorders (SUD) including drug and alcohol abuse or dependence are now conceptualized as having their developmental roots in childhood with the vast majority beginning during adolescence or young adulthood.1-5 Recent epidemiologic …
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Is sugar a drug? Addiction explained
A 2011 study found that the brains of people with "food addiction" reacted to junk food the same way that the brains of people with drug addictions react to drugs. But just because junk foods and drugs may activate the same area of the brain does not …
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Can you be addicted to sugar? It's complicated
A major hallmark of addiction is a loss of control regarding use of a substance — such as taking more than you should, or escalating your use despite knowing the substance is harmful — as well as cravings for it, Frascella said. Addicted people may …
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