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Holidays Beckon: What's an Overshopper To Do?
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
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By: April Lane Benson, Ph.D.
Consciousness is the watchword for problem shoppers, particularly as the holiday season approaches, and most particularly amidst all the over-optimistic talk of economic recovery. Consciousness means not allowing yourself to shop as a way of trying to satisfy emotional needs. It means becoming aware of what triggers your shopping urges and genuinely acknowledging their consequences: financial, familial, at work, and with
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April Lane Benson, Ph.D., is a nationally known psychologist who specializes in the treatment of compulsive buying disorder. She has been in private practice in New York City for over 30 years and works with individuals and groups, both in person and by telephone. She is the founder of Stopping Overshopping, LLC, the author of To Buy or Not to Buy: Why We Overshop and How to Stop and editor of I Shop, Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and the Search for Self. If you would like to learn more about Dr. Benson please visit her site by clicking here.
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5 Ways to Help You Deal with Alcoholism during the Holidays
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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It’s that time of the year again when everyone is supposed to “drink and be merry.” For some, a couple of drinks are fine, but for others dealing with alcoholism, it can be a burden and an agonizing temptation. It all comes back to the famous phrase: Old habits die hard.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, alcoholism or alcohol dependence is a diagnosable disease characterized by several factors, including a strong craving for alcohol, continued use despite harm or personal injury, the inability to limit drinking, physical illness when drinking stops, and the need to increase the amount drunk to feel the effects of alcohol.
Don’t let t...
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MIDDLE AGED BABY BOOMERS AND ADDICTION
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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By: Sherry Gaba, LCSW
A woman enters my office disheveled, thin, mid forties, with hollow eyes. It is as if the sparkle in her eyes ceased to exist a very long time ago. She tells me she has been drinking and is using methamphetamines. I am not surprised to hear this because lately my practice has been filled with middle aged baby boomers seeking help for their serious addictions. Whether it is alcohol, cocaine, crack, methamphetamines, pain killers, heroine, or smoking marijuana, many ha...
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A graduate of USC, Sherry Gaba, LCSW, is a Licensed Psychotherapist and Life Coach who specializes in alcohol and drug abuse, divorce issues, single parent support, couples, families, and adolescents.
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Are You Addicted to Facebook (or Twitter, JDate or internet)?
Monday, February 22, 2010
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By: Patricia Rotsztain Frost, LMHC, CH
The "social media" fad has convinced us that it is a good time investment to spend hours in front of the computer, post every step we walk, twit every time we go to the bathroom, and become part of this culture of peeping Tom's and exhibitionists. We've been told it's "good for networking". Our lives have been turned into a gigantic window where everything is public. Privacy is a forgotten concept. Our kids are texting and tweeting constantly as they watch a reality show where the attraction is to see the moment by moment ...
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Patricia Rotsztain Frost, LMHC, CH, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Hypnotherapist and PhD Candidate in Natural Health. For more information on hypnosis, psychotherapy, natural health and holistic nutrition please visit her profile.
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Pathological gambling may be successfully treated with medications for substance addiction
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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By: Sharon Reis
Researchers study how the urge to gamble is suppressed
Pathological gambling can be successfully treated with medications that decrease urges and increase inhibitions, according to researchers at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP). Researchers found positive outcomes in gamblers treated with medications often used for substance addictions.
People with pathological gambling disorder will continue their gambling behavior in the face of damaging consequences to themselves and their families. Dr. Jon Grant and his team at the University of Minnesota used tasks th...
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ACNP, founded in 1961, is a professional organization of more than 700 leading scientists, including four Nobel Laureates. The mission of ACNP is to further research and education in neuropsychopharmacology and related fields in the following ways: promoting the interaction of a broad range of scientific disciplines of brain and behavior in order to advance the understanding of prevention and treatment of disease of the nervous system including psychiatric, neurological, behavioral and addictive disorders; encouraging scientists to enter research careers in fields related to these disorders and their treatment; and ensuring the dissemination of relevant scientific advances.
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