Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain, Part I: What Is a Disease? – First in a series discussing the disease of addiction, brain development and the adolescent brain’s unique vulnerability to addiction, and the particular challenges of recognizing and treating the problem among this population. Presented by Alex Kirby, Psy.D., Executive Director of Montford Hall.

Expert advice on dealing with prescription drug abuse in teens

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During October and November, the Healthy Kids blog will look at this issue through the stories of former teen prescription-drug users now in recovery, their parents and local addiction-recovery experts working to treat addicted teens and help parents …
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Teen drug and alcohol abuse affects mind, body and community

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“With alcohol or drug abuse, that kind of developmental skill is lost.” When an adolescent who has habitually used drugs and alcohol ages, the abuse and lack of development will affect how he interacts with others. “Then you have somebody who is 30 …
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