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Oxytocin, also known as the “love hormone” has been shown to decrease the inebriating effects of alcohol in a new animal study. Researchers from the University of Sydney (Australia) and the University of Regensburg (Germany) administered oxytocin to male rats ...

Groups such as Moderation Management that advocate controlling and cutting back one’s drinking instead of abstaining from alcohol are experiencing a resurgence in popularity. The medical and behavioral health communities generally agree that for severe alcoholics, abstinence should be the ...

Proponents of Alcoholics Anonymous and related programs that use its Twelve Steps are passionate in their belief that “it works if you work it.” But others feel that the program may be outdated, or that science does not support its ...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law in 2010, builds on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA), and, as of 2014, requires individual and employer health plans to cover mental health and substance use ...

The Peter G. Dodge Foundation (PGDF) has just completed a substantial update to its online resource, adding new categories and upgrading user experience. Explore PGDF.org to find: Easier-to-use ‘Finding Treatment’ area, with a treatment overview page and new resources for ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released new tentative guidelines for assessing the effectiveness of drugs developed for the treatment of alcoholism. Until now, determining whether a medication works has required subjects to remain fully abstinent at the end of ...

A comprehensive study now underway unites several research labs in Germany, Canada, Finland and Spain in testing the efficacy of treatments such as naltrexone through use of in vivo bran scans. The primary purpose of the study is to determine ...