Addiction

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Addiction • Wikipedia
The term "addiction" is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive physical dependence or psychological dependence, such as: drug addiction, video game addiction, crime, alcoholism, compulsive… View
Alcoholism - General Information • Wikipedia
Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions to describe the detrimental effects of alcohol intake. In common and historic usage, alcoholism refers to any condition that results… View
Anger: Cleansing Squall or Hurricane? • Tina Tessina, Ph.D.
Anger is the emotional energy within each of us that rises up when… View
Compulsive Overeating • Wikipedia
Compulsive overeating, also sometimes called food addiction is characterized by an obsessive/compulsive relationship to food. Professionals address this with either a behaviour-modification model or a food-addiction model.[1] An individual suffering… View
Drugs, Brains, and Behavior • National Institutes of Health
Throughout much of the last century, scientists studying drug abuse labored in the shadows of powerful myths and misconceptions about the nature of addiction. When science began to study addictive… View
Facing and Responding to Ed's Lies • Thom Rutledge
Eating disorders are, by their very nature, self-protecting. That is not to say that an eating disorder is protecting the “self” with the disorder. Instead, the eating disorder is actually… View
From Loneliness to Solitude • Payam Ghassemlou, Ph.D.
The experience of being by yourself can feel like either painful loneliness or nourishing spiritual solitude. In loneliness, you are alone, without a deep connection to God, who is a… View
Gambling • Wikipedia
Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods. Typically,… View
Healthy Eating Tips for Kids • Juliet Zuercher, RD and Dena Cabrera, Psy.D. , Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating and Anxiety Disorders
Kids today face different options for food and play than past generations. Abundant, inexpensive, tasty, unsupervised, and calorie but not nutrient-dense foods combine with sedentary entertainment choices and we end… View
Oniomania - Compulsive Shopping • Wikipedia
Oniomania (from Greek onios = "for sale," mania = insanity[1]) is a medical term for the compulsive desire to shop. Oniomania is the technical term for the compulsive desire to… View
Physical Dependence • Wikipedia
Physical dependence refers to a state resulting from chronic use of a drug that has produced tolerance [1] and where negative physical symptoms[2] of withdrawal result from abrupt discontinuation or… View
Pornography Addiction • Wikipedia
Pornography addiction, or more broadly overuse of pornography, is excessive pornography use that interferes with daily life. There is no diagnosis of pornography addiction in the current DSM. As with… View
Principles of Drug Addiction and Treatment • National Institutes of Health
Drug addiction is a complex disorder that can involve virtually every aspect of an individual's functioning in the family, at work, and in the community. Because of addiction's complexity and… View
Sexual Addiction • Wikipedia
Sexual addiction refers to phenomenon in which individuals report being unable to manage their sexual behavior. It has also been called "hypersexuality," "sexual dependency," and "sexual compulsivity." The existence of… View
Substance Abuse • Wikipedia
Substance abuse is the overindulgence in and dependence of a drug or other chemical leading to effects that are detrimental to the individual's physical and mental health, or the welfare… View
Tobacco Addiction • The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
What is the extent and impact of tobacco use? According to the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 70.3 million Americans age 12 or older reported… View

Anxiety

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Agoraphobia • Wikipedia
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder, often precipitated by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape. As a result,… View
Anxiety Attacks - 10 Tips To Help You Cope • Dr. Kathy Nickerson
It can come from out of nowhere. One minute, you're shopping and looking for the perfect sweater to match your new pants. The next minute, you're breathing heavily, your heart… View
Anxiety Disorder Recovery: Discovering a Life Worth Living • Jennifer Lafferty O’Connor, PhD, Remuda Ranch
Anxiety disorders are the most common form of mental illness in both children and adults, affecting one in six individuals in America each year. Although these disorders vary distinctly in… View
Anxiety Disorders • The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
What are Anxiety Disorders? Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. It helps one deal with a tense situation in the office, study harder for an exam, keep focused on… View