Treatment

As we start to recover from this pandemic, there will be an inevitable backlog of issues that will need to be addressed for this population and the need for better detoxes and relapse prevention will be even more pressing. After discussion with you, your health care provider may recommend medicine as part of your treatment […]

Depending on a person’s needs, they may receive sleep aids, antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, or over-the-counter medications to treat nausea. If you’ve taken opioid medicine for more than 7 to 10 days, it’s likely you need to stop soon — and stop slowly — to keep from having symptoms of withdrawal. It is important for a […]

Look for answers to some of the most commonly asked questions regarding opioid detox and rehab treatment. Detox is often necessary for opioid use disorder due to the uncomfortable side effects you can expect during opioid withdrawal. Whether the opiate abused is oxycodone (OxyContin), codeine, hydrocodone (Vicodin), or another drug, most programs begin with detox. […]

This suggests that these traditional options may not be completely meeting people’s needs. Online therapy may help fill this gap for people who are not seeking out or sticking with traditional treatment approaches. Online therapy can sometimes serve as an important first step toward more intensive interventions. In some cases, people who try online therapy […]

It may also cause some people to have suicidal thoughts and tendencies or to become more depressed. If you, your child, or your caregiver notice any of these side effects, tell your doctor right away. The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. The number of daily doses, the […]

However, there are specific genetic, social, and psychological risk factors that place someone at a higher risk for addiction. Going “cold turkey” or abruptly stopping drug or alcohol use isn’t always the best way to quit. Going cold turkey can be extremely dangerous with certain drugs or alcohol types. Recovery from addiction is an ongoing […]

Whether it serves for entertainment, relaxation, distraction, or any other objective, it helps people enhance their motivation and concentration to become more productive and better individuals. Learn about the benefits of music therapy and how it improves mental health and overall well-being, especially in individuals struggling with addiction. Addiction Resource is an educational platform for […]

They can help motivate a person to remain sober to reach the next milestone. Sobriety can be a fixed-term goal like staying sober for a set period (such as Dry January), or a lifelong goal of staying sober from all substances. This article will describe sobriety in more detail, the challenges a person faces while […]

All of the articles on PsychNewsDaily are written by our team of professional writers and editors. So far, we have discussed MET in the context of treating substance abuse because that is where it is most widely used. It had its origins in the MATCH Project, which was a longitudinal study of alcoholics and the […]

Symptoms usually peak within a few days of quitting the drug and last about a week. Severe psychological symptoms, like depression and cravings, may persist for several weeks to several months. Although some users may not think so, ecstasy is psychologically addictive drug. When quitting the hallucinogenic stimulant, users experience intense psychological withdrawal symptoms, such […]