Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, also known as “wet brain” is a brain disorder commonly associated with alcohol abuse and is caused by vitamin B1 deficiency. This disorder limits a person’s ability to remember and form memories.
Medication Assisted Treatment or Medication Assisted Therapy is the use of medications alongside psychotherapies like CBT. MAT is an evidence-based therapy meaning it has been researched and been shown to be effective for the treatment of substance abuse treatment; but how effective is it?
When people drink too much alcohol at one time, it can lead to an alcohol overdose or alcohol poisoning. According to Mayo Clinic, “Alcohol poisoning is a serious — and sometimes deadly — consequences of drinking large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time. Drinking too much too quickly can affect your breathing, heart rate, body temperature and gag reflex and potentially lead to coma and death.”
You may not be surprised to learn that we are in the midst of an opioid epidemic. You might be surprised to learn what 88,000 people die per year from alcohol related deaths compared to 77,000 from opioids. So why do we tend to focus on one and not the other? The answer lies in the way our culture views each drug.
For those going through the recovery process, one of the hardest challenges to overcome is the physical dependency on alcohol. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are typically very uncomfortable and in some cases can be even fatal. Thankfully there are medications to help alleviate these
Are you looking for professional alcohol addiction treatment but don’t know where to begin? For starters, we’ve heard that addiction is a disease but what does that really mean? Well, from a biopsychological standpoint, people who struggle with substance abuse generally have a deficit in the function of their prefrontal cortex – the region of the…