Learning how to develop newsocial contacts with people who are not substance abusers is anotherexample. The cognitive-behavioral model assumes that substance abusers are deficientin coping skills, choose not to use those they have, or are inhibited fromdoing so (Monti et al., 1994,1995). It also assumes thatover the course of time, substance abusers develop a particular […]

Drink brings to light the increase in DUIs, “drunkorexia” (limiting eating to get drunker), and other health problems among young women in the United States. She started sneaking sips from her parents’ wine glasses as a kid, and went through adolescence drinking more and more. By the time she was an adult in a big

Healthcare providers and the medical community now call substance addiction substance use disorder. The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has concrete diagnostic criteria for substance use disorders. Physical dependence is when the body requires a specific dose of a particular drug, such as a prescription opioid1, in order to