PPT-Alcohol/Drug Addiction

Types of Addiction Tobacco Alcohol Drugs Natural high Alcohol and Your Body Types of Alcoholic Beverages Fermentation Ethanol Methanol etc Alcohol in Your Body Central Nervous SystemCNS consists of the brain and spinal cord. 8. th. Grade Health. By Brianna Cormaney. Legal drinking age is 21 in U.S.. According to National Center on Addiction and Substance . Abuse – . 80% high school students tried alcohol. Getting the facts on Alcohol. A Clinical Master Class . David Kan, MD. VA . Medical Center, San Francisco. Health Sciences . Assistant Clinical . Professor of Psychiatry, . UCSF . Executive Board, California . Society of Addiction Medicine. Defined as continued involvement with a substance or activity despite its ongoing negative consequences.. When the individual eventually needs to consume the addictive substance or enact the behavior to feel normal.. WHAT IS TOLERANCE?. When a person’s body is altered to be able to consume a large amount of alcohol/drugs. Tolerance is one of the two prime symptoms of physical dependence on a drug, the other being withdrawal. Kaiser. “A nation corrupted by alcohol can never be free”-Rush. Benjamin Rush. Benjamin Rush (1746-1813). Educated at Princeton, London and Paris. Often called the “father of American psychiatry” . Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH. Professor, University of Chicago. . Disclosure Information. I have the following . financial. relationships to disclose:. My research is supported by NIMH and the NCRG. Grant/Research support from: Forest and Roche Pharmaceuticals. PPT-038-01 1 Drug & Alcohol Awareness Employee Training Bureau of Workers Comp PA Training for Health & Safety (PATHS) PPT-038-01 2 Outline Objectives & Overview Impact of substance abuse Jamie Marich, Ph.D., LPCC-S, LICDC-CS. Director, Mindful Ohio. About Today’s Presenter. Licensed Supervising Professional Clinical Counselor (MH). Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor. American Association of . Matrimonial Lawyers. David . Kan, MD. www.davidkanmd.com. May 1, 2015. Disclosures. Psychiatrist in private practice. Forensic Fellowship. But I’m not an attorney. 2. Introduction. This article mentions a few ideas that can help prevent drug and alcohol addiction and help you live a healthy and sober life. Robert Ochsner, MD. Overview. Definition. Identification/Stats. Inheritance/Contributing factors . Epigenetics. Risk Factors. Effects on the Brain. Treatment Approach. Addiction: The Great Masquerader.  . A Congressional Briefing Sponsored . by. The Addiction Medicine . Foundation. In cooperation . with. The Congressional Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus. The Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus . Shane Butler PhD. The Rational Ideal ? . The concept of addiction. : . i. s unambiguously evidence-based. . and scientific. u. ninfluenced by religious/moral prejudices or commercial interests . p. Foundation is . a . state-approved psychiatric institution and . . rehabilitation. . center for alcohol and. . drug addicts.. We . Care . Wellness . is . a . holistic wellness center that focuses on healing the .