Know An Addict? Understand…
I first wrote this article on my Revolution Health blog, and thought my regular readers would benefit:
A Swiss study has substantiated the fact that substance abuse and mental illness are often linked and both biologically based.
“People with manic symptoms and bipolar disorder type II are at significant risk of later developing an alcohol abuse or dependence problem, a long-term study conducted in Switzerland confirms.”
The results of the study were published in the January 2008 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry by lead researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program.
Click here to read the update.
This data should convince families and community services to treat addicts under a medical model rather than using the long-failed, crime & punishment, “war on drugs” approach. Let’s stop the insanity of wasting time and resources, and destroying relationships. Let’s treat these people with dignity, respect, and efficacious medicine.
August 30th, 2008 at 8:33 am
And here’s and excerpt from a comment made on my RevHealth site:
Amen!
Every drug addict that I’ve ever known was obviously self medicating some painful condition. Unfortunately it has been my experience that the medical industry is about as guilty as the drug dealers at exploiting us rather than helping us…I just wish society would look for solutions and understanding rather than revenge…
November 18th, 2009 at 12:30 am
I found your resource via Google on Wednesday while searching for drug dependence research and your post “Know An Addict…” was very interesting to me.
I just wanted to write to say that you have a great site and a wonderful resource for all to share.