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Addiction for links to sites not specifically about chemical addiction.

Updated 06/03/2007

• Alcohol -- AACAP Facts for Families Brochure #3
• Al-ANON and AL-TEEN "For families and friends of alcoholics"
• Drug Abuse -- AACAP Facts for Families Brochure #3
• Dual Diagnosis Website Kathleen Sciacca's site devoted to co-occurring substance abuse and mental illness
• Online AA resources "A collection of Alcoholics Anonymous information"
• Cocaine Anonymous "A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so that they may solve their common problem"
• Father's Drinking Predicts Kids' Disruptive Behavior The more the fathers reported drinking (up to 40, 50, 80 drinks per day!) the greater the chance their youngsters had behavioral problems such as attention deficit disorder or oppositional defiant disorder
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information "Electronic access to searchable databases and substance abuse prevention materials that pertain to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs"
• QuitSmokingSupport.com Excellent quitting smoking support and advice to help you to quit smoking.
• Stop-Smoking-Tips.com "...to assist you to become tobacco-free forever..."
• Substance Abuse Treatment -- AACAP Facts for Families Brochure #41
• Substance Abuse -- Alcohol, Nicotine, and Other Drugs -- from SelfHelp Magazine. Many good articles, including the following as of 2004:
  • Addiction: Why Quit? by Phil Rich, Ed.D., MSW
  • Anger Management in Sobriety by Thomas Hollander, Ph.D.
  • APA Recommends Ban on Tobacco Advertising to Youth APA Press Release
  • The Behaviors of Addiction by Phil Rich, Ed.D., MSW
  • Coping with Urges by Robert Westermeyer, Ph.D.
  • Drinking Behavior Seems To Change With Age by Michel Bonin, B.A., Donald McCreary, Ph.D., and Stanley Sadava, Ph.D.
  • Fraternity and Sorority Membership: Moderate Drinking Is Norm For Most After College by Kenneth J. Sher, Ph.D. and Bruce D. Bartholow, Ph.D.
  • Health Consequences of Smoking by Marlene Maheu, Ph.D.
  • Helping People You Care About with Their Substance Abuse Problems by Ron Fagan M.A., Ph.D.
  • Historical Gender Differences in Tobacco Use by Marlene Maheu, Ph.D.
  • How To Challenge Your Internal Struggle Against Recovery by Larry Tyler, M.Ed., LDAC
  • Long-Term Study of Attempts to Quit Smoking APA Press Release
  • Moderate Drinking? That's not Drinking by Reid K. Hester, Ph.D.
  • Nicotine Freedom - Integrating the National Cancer Institute Model - "4-A's" by M.M. Maheu, Ph.D.
  • Nicotine Freedom - Learning From Your History by M. M. Maheu, Ph.D.
  • Psychological Research Offers Reasons For Smoking Behavior by The APA
  • Quitting Smoking: Common Errors by Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D.
  • Recovering from Addiction: The Stages of Recovery by Phil Rich, Ed.D., MSW
  • Sensation Seekers at Risk for Smoking by Kenneth A. Perkins, Ph.D., Debra Gerlach, Michelle Broge and James E. Grobe, Ph.D.
  • Should You Be Concerned About Your Drinking? by Reid K. Hester, Ph.D.
  • Social & Biological Influences of Smoking by Marlene Maheu, Ph.D.
  • Some Smokers Use Nicotine to "Self-Medicate for Depression APA Press Release
  • Teens Who Do Not Experiment With Tobacco, Alcohol or Marijuana Found to be Better Adjusted by Doug Fizel, APA Public Affairs Office
  • Tobacco Use Does Not Alleviate Stress But Actually Increases It by Andy Parrott, Ph.D.
  • Treatment and Prevention of Problem Gambling by Bryan Gibson, Ph.D., David M. Sanbonmatsu, Ph.D., and Steven S. Posavac,Ph.D.
  • Understanding Addiction by Phil Rich, Ed.D., MSW
  • Using Visual Imagery on Your Nicotine Freedom Day (Quit Day) by M. M. Maheu, Ph.D.
  • What are the most effective ways to stop cigarette smoking? by A. L. Seidner, Ph.D.
  • Who Me ... Stop Smoking Again? by Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D.
• Substance Abuse -- articles in Psychiatric Times, a comprehensive online magazine:
  • Addiction and the Eating Disorders
  • Bringing New Medications to the Treatment of Addiction
  • Chronic Opioid Treatment, Addiction and Pseudo-Addiction in Patients With Chronic Pain
  • Counterpoint: Addiction Is a Disease
  • Addiction Treatment Progress and Obstacles
  • Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
  • Contingency Management in Addiction Treatment
  • CYP2A6 Variation May Protect Against Nicotine Addiction
  • Decriminalizing Addiction
  • Does Marijuana Withdrawal Syndrome Exist?
  • Dramatic Alcohol Treatment Results Seen with Naltrexone
  • Drug Craving Distinguished from Withdrawal
  • Drugs On Our Minds: Historical, Social Perspectives on 'Modifiers of Affect'
  • Family Therapy Approaches to Alcoholism
  • The Genetic Basis of Addiction
  • Gold Forecasts and Describes Cocaine Vaccine, Smoking Addiction Research
  • Harm Reduction for Substance Abuse in the Psychiatric Setting
  • How AA and Psychotherapy Can Work Together
  • Inhalant Abuse: The Silent Epidemic
  • Investigating Addiction Responses and Relapses
  • Is Caffeine a Drug of Dependence?
  • Is Pathological Gambling Really a Problem? You Bet!
  • Issues in the Recovery of Physicians From Addictive Illnesses
  • Is There a Common Basis for All Addictions?
  • Living Stories: Spiritual Awakenings in Recovery
  • MDMA and Ecstasy
  • National Household Survey on Drug Abuse to Include Mental Health Data
  • New Compounds in the Treatment of Alcoholism
  • On the Cannabinoid Receptor: A Study in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Outpatient Detoxification Strategies at ASAM
  • Point: Addiction Is a Choice
  • The Power to Recover
  • Practice Parameters Offer Guidance on Substance Use Disorders in Children, Adolescents
  • Researchers Convene, Chart Progress in Pharmacology of Mentally Ill
  • Resurgence of Illicit Drug Use in '90s Poses Challenge for Physicians
  • SAMHSA Study Uncovers Increasing Substance Abuse Among Young Girls
  • Schuckit Addresses State-of-the-Art Addiction Treatments
  • Social Developmental Overview of Heavy Episodic or Binge Drinking Among U.S. College Students
  • Steps to Accurate Diagnosis of Substance Abuse
  • Taking Different Approaches, Both Psychiatry and AA Can Help Alcoholics
  • Tobacco Madness
  • Treating Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders and Hepatitis C
  • Treating Insomnia in Patients With Substance Use/Abuse Disorders
  • Treating Tobacco Dependence in Patients With Psychiatric Comorbidities
• Szasz.com Thomas Szasz explicates the Libertarian position. "Either we have the right to poison and kill ourselves with food, alcohol, and drugs, or we don't." Reprint of a journal article. See also Limbaugh's Disease on this site.
• Web of Addictions "Dedicated to providing accurate information about alcohol and other drug addictions"

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