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AddictionNews

Year: 2024

Using Storytelling to Build Resilience in Children

A systematic review of the use of storytelling to build resilience in children finds substantial agreement using a variety of measures.

Sobriety and Recovery — Know the Difference

Sobriety is a state, while recovery is a never-ending responsibility to dig into the emotional, psychological, and behavioral patterns that led the person into addiction in the first place.

Bullying and Substance Use Disorder

Studies show that the perpetrators of bullying are much more susceptible to substance abuse than the victims of bullying.

How Alcohol Use Disorder Affects the Brain

Researchers from China are able to identify alcohol use disorder from brain scans with 99% accuracy.

Brain Scans of Patients in Withdrawal Reveal Little

A review of fMRIs of people in withdrawal from substance use disorders concludes there’s no shared neural mechanism.

Combining Avatars and Emotional Journaling to Teach Mental Resilience

Mental health startup MangaChat helps children work through problems by creating comic book diaries.