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Friday's Progress Notes - February 22, 2006
Mental Health Information - Vol. 10 Issue 2
Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com

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CONTENTS

1. Alcohol and mental illness
2. Substance abuse and the family
3. Brief interveiont for alcohol use disorders
4. Identification and management of the drug-seeking patient
5. Addictions beyond substances
6. Problematic Internet use
7. Online infidelity
8. How to talk to kids about tobacco use


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According to the white paper below, Family Matters: Substance Abuse and the American Family, released by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, parents who use illegal drugs, abuse alcohol, and use tobacco put half the nation's children - more than 35 million of them - at greater risk of substance abuse and of physical and mental illnesses. Today's newsletter focuses on a variety of addictions.

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John L. Miller, MD


1. PRIMARY PSYCHIATRY
Alcohol and Mental Illness
Alcohol can both cause and exacerbate symptoms and must be treated concurrently with the psychiatric illness.
http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=152

2. THE NATIONAL CENTER ON ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Family Matters: Substance Abuse and The American Family
Too many parents set examples that increase the risk their children will smoke, use illegal drugs, and abuse alcohol.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=209

3. ALCOHOL ALERT
Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems
Brief intervention is generally restricted to four or fewer sessions, each session lasting from a few minutes to 1 hour, and is designed to be conducted by health professionals who do not specialize in addictions treatment.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/alcalert1.html

4. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Identification and Management of the Drug-Seeking Patient
Codependence and countertransference may affect the clinician's ability to treat patients with drug addictions.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000415/2401.html

5. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Addiction Beyond Substances: Gambling, Food, Sex and Relationships
The nature of addiction involves a loss of personal choice for the individual.

6. CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE
Time To Log Off: New Diagnostic Criteria for Problematic Internet Use
Many clinicians diagnose problematic Internet use with schemas based on substance use disorders and pathologic gambling. (Complimentary registration required to access article.)

7. CENTER FOR ONLINE ADDICTION
Cybersex and Infidelity Online: Implications for Evaluation and Treatment
This paper examines how the ability to form online romantic relationships can negatively impact once stable marriages.
http://netaddiction.com/articles/cyberaffairs.htm

8. CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS
The A-R-T of Tobacco Use Counseling: A New Office Approach
The authors offer a practical strategy, which includes a new twist that can work for counseling kids about any risky behavior.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=211


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