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![]() Timmen L. Cermak MdPsychology Today |
Becoming entirely ready for change looks easy, but demands very hard work.
Telling the exact nature of your wrongs to a good listener begins healing shame.
Taking inventory of personality characteristics that are the “ism” of alcoholism.
After the second step brings hope, the third step points to action to be taken.
Admitting powerlessness over a narrow, but deep, part of life.
Defining recovery provides a vision to guide and measure healing from addiction.
In struggles with alcohol, etc., moderation can be a matter of harm reduction.
Cannabis can soothe the intestines and bladder, but too much can cause trouble.
Astounding article in Nature outlines mechanism for psychedelic therapy.
New study finds ketamine at least as effective as ECT, without memory deficits.
Too much of a good thing during adolescence may be a problem later in life.
Over a third of weekly or daily users are dependent on cannabis.
Four inconvenient facts about THC that all cannabis users should know.
The FDA has raided the factory of a kratom beverage maker.
More effort is made to protect the health of the industry than public health.
Medical cannabis purveyors are the equivalent of pharmaceutical companies.
How not to sound like a therapist while still using your therapeutic skills.
Gratitude for the man and the researcher.
New data shows cognitive loss in regular users at midlife. Is dementia ahead?
Fascinating research links CB1 receptor density to temperament.
Do personality traits cause addiction, or does addiction distort personality?