Archive for the ‘Addiction Therapies’ Category

EMDR to Treat Underlying PTSD in Drug Addiction

When a person experiences a traumatic event they often internalize the event and re-experience it. In effect, they are not only traumatized during the “activating” event, but every time something triggers a memory of the event. A traumatic event is an experience that causes physical, emotional,...
June 22nd, 2009 | Addiction Therapies | Read More

Documentary Shows How Yoga Has Helped Recovering Addicts

Experts have long known the benefits that yoga and meditation can have on recovering addicts, but a new documentary called “Addiction, Recovery and Yoga” delves deeper and demonstrates the positive role that yoga has played in the lives of many people going through recovery.
August 18th, 2009 | Addiction Therapies | Read More

New York Prison Lauded for Opiate Addiction Treatment Program

A human rights group has commended upstate New York’s Tompkins jail for its effective treatment of inmates who are addicted to opiates. Human Rights Watch highlighted the jail’s buprenorphine program as an example of the sort of medication-assisted drug addiction treatment that all jails in the state...
July 13th, 2009 | Addiction Therapies | Read More