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Parental cannabis addiction impacts children
Counselor Magazine
As a cofounder of NACoA, I had my own childhood experiences with an alcoholic father. Times have changed; today, opiates, methamphetamine, and cannabis are more common and polysubstance use is the norm. Despite these vicissitudes, the impact of parental addiction on children remains pretty much the same. From children’s perspectives, addiction is simply addiction — different drugs may have different characteristics, but the needs of children remain the same. What began in 1983 as the National Association for Children of Alcoholics has now broadened its mission to raise awareness of the effects all drug addiction has on children.
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Examining antisocial personality and opioid use disorders from a psychodynamic perspective
Counselor Magazine
Many crimes are committed by individuals with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), and ASPD and substance use disorders (SUDs) can be a deadly combination. As one often accompanies the other, differential diagnosis is an essential precursor to the treatment process. Differential diagnosis is particularly difficult for two reasons: first, the abuse of substances (legal or illegal) is common among individuals with ASPD, and second, alcohol and drug users often exhibit antisocial behavior that is secondary to their basic problem.
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Enhancing our serenity: The distinction between remorse and guilt
Counselor Magazine
recently read an article concerning a dialogue between Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg and Rosanne Cash (Johnny Cash’s daughter) that I am sure will profoundly change my life. In this dialogue, Salzberg makes an important distinction between remorse and guilt. In her words, “In Buddhist psychology, there’s a difference between remorse and guilt. Remorse is the genuine pain of seeing that you blew it or could have done better, and you want to move on with determination to see more clearly.
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Sober alumni groups making a difference in their community during rough waters of the pandemic
Addiction Recovery Communities of California
The Archstone Behavioral Health Sober Alumni Group in Lantana Beach, Florida recently participated in their annual beach cleanup day, which included participation from Mayor David Stewart and Commissioner Nadine Shawah. The cleanup day participants made sure they were properly prepared for the day with their buckets, trash grabbers, and face masks.
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SAMHSA releases preliminary report on the Drug Abuse Warning Network
SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, re-established the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) as a nationwide public health surveillance system to monitor emergency department (ED) visits associated with recent substance use, including those related to opioids. Authorized by the 21st Century Cures Act, this program is necessary to respond effectively to the opioid and addiction crises in the United States and to better inform public health, clinicians, policymakers, and other stakeholders to respond to emerging substance use trends.
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Amid coronavirus the pandemic, teachers' mental health is suffering in ways they've never experienced
USA Today
Carly Evans never missed her weekly appointment with her therapist. She called it her “maintenance” — it kept everything in her life running smoothly.
That changed in September, when Evans, a high school English and drama teacher and mother of three, found herself juggling an impossible burden: educating students in a pandemic while stewarding her own family through the crisis.
“I wish I could say ‘I’m handling it so well and am on it every day,'" she said. “I’m not.”
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COVID-19 wreaked havoc with their lives. Now, musicians battle another epidemic: addiction
Chicago Tribune
One of the last songs the 30-year-old country singer Cady Groves ever recorded was about being alone and not sure where to look for hope.
“Got a million scars, don’t know where to start / Can anybody hear me now?,” she sings on the wounded but resilient single “Bless My Heart.” “The crazy nights, the stupid fights and the givin’ up …. Every time I played the game and I got cheated / Every time I heard a lie and I believed it.”
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There's hope for the opioid crisis — but politics stands in the way
Mel Magazine
As the COVID vaccine rollout begins, there seems to be a glimmer of hope that the coronavirus pandemic will eventually end. Meanwhile, America’s other, decades-long epidemic rages on. More than 40 states have reported an uptick in opioid deaths since March; overdose-related cardiac arrests (mostly attributed to opioids) rose by 50 percent this year; and paramedics are citing more naloxone use, a sign that overdoses in general are on the rise, not just deadly ones.
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Depression is on the rise during the pandemic. But here's how to find help along the way
WLRN
The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating our mental health.
A report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows depression and anxiety are on the rise. And the number of people experiencing symptoms of depression are three times worse than before the pandemic. The emotional toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is a lot worse than experts projected.
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Burnout likely distinct from anxiety, depression among ICU clinicians
Healio
Burnout and clinical symptoms of anxiety and depression were empirically distinct among ICU clinicians, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.
“There is currently a significant level of discussion and debate about the associations and distinctiveness of burnout with other mental health problems, including depression and anxiety,” Ronald Fischer, PhD, of the Institute D’Or for Research and Teaching in Brazil, and colleagues wrote.
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California paves the way for certification of mental health peer support providers
Marketplace
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that paves the way to expand the use of mental health peer providers by setting up a state certification process. That’s expected to cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars to run every year, but could also reduce costly inpatient hospitalizations.
The idea behind mental health peer support is this: People who live with a mental illness help others with psychiatric conditions.
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Mental health is one of the biggest pandemic issues we'll face in 2021
CNN
With progress in efforts for COVID-19 vaccines and predictions for when the population will receive them, there seems to be a light at the end of the long, harrowing pandemic tunnel.
As the physical risks are better managed with vaccines, however, what will likely still remain is the indelible impact of the pandemic weighing on the collective psyche.
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Scientists seek faster route to treat depression
EurekAlert!
Treatment of depression faces two main challenges. The first is that almost 50% of patients do not respond well to existing antidepressants. The second is that conventional medications take a relatively long time — around three to five weeks — to have the desired effect. A group of researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil set out to tackle the second problem by using epigenetic modulators to try to “erase” the consequences of stress. Epigenetic mechanisms are part of a complex system that controls how and when genes are switched on or off.
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