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One for the road? Film forces France to admit its drinking problem
One for the Road, the real-life story of a journalist’s battle with alcohol, sparks debate over the country’s self-image as a nation of moderate wine-lovers The posters, on hoardings across France, show a slightly dishevelled media executive in his 50s, on a jetty, a bag in his hand, a Swiss lake behind, staring with vacant,….
Reasons to Choose Inpatient Drug Treatment Over Outpatient Drug Treatment
There are a number of reasons why one type of drug treatment may or may not prove to be more effective than the other. Ultimately, the reasons that you choose inpatient drug treatment versus outpatient drug treatment may differ significantly from the next person but the end result is the same—inpatient drug treatment tends to….
Alcohol Addiction and Mothering
A friend of mine who is an accomplished psychologist and mother of two recently confessed something to me: she likes wine, a lot. After working all day with troubled adolescents, picking her girls up from school and making a dinner that loosely resembles a healthy meal, she drinks. Her daily consumption included one glass of….
Treatment of ADHD
ADHD is an “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder”, which greatly affects a child’s ability to concentrate on a particular work, making him impulsive and hyperactive. The ADHD is a common “psychiatric disorder” found in children and if not treated timely then this disorder has long-term effects into the “adolescence and the adulthood” of the child. Therefore,….
Alcohol addiction
Addiction is basically the dependence of the body on some physical or psychological need. Addiction can have adverse as well as more favorable results on the body, largely depending on the type of addiction. Today, larger part of the population is alcohol addicted. Alcohol is a liquid, which is derived by the “fermentation” of different….