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Feb 13, 2019
2 min

Addiction Dreams Haunt Recovery

Vivid dreams involving drinking and drug use are common among individuals in recovery. A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (M...

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Does Grief Reveal Something About Relapse?

Phil Harris

Dec 14, 2018
4 min

Does Grief Reveal Something About Relapse?

The best description of the role of the Prefrontal Cortex of our brains (our sticky-out foreheads) is that it allows us to do the right t...

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If... Then...: Two Influences of Dopamine on Motivation

Phil Harris

Aug 10, 2018
3 min

If... Then...: Two Influences of Dopamine on Motivation

Do dopamine neurons have a role in causing cues in our environment to acquire value? And, if so, do different groups of dopamine neurons ...

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Phil Harris

Jun 13, 2018
2 min

New Medication to Reduce Relapse

As I discussed in an earlier post, drug and alcohol problems are linked to six centers in the brain, particularly memory. Interesting thi...

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Phil Harris

Jun 10, 2018
2 min

Poly-User Have Lower Recovery Rates

In lecturers and treatment design I often discuss the more positive outcomes and shorter treatment duration for primary drinkers as oppos...

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Environments Influence Drug Action at Neurological Level

Phil Harris

May 15, 2018
3 min

Environments Influence Drug Action at Neurological Level

In lectures on drug and alcohol use I often state that the experience of intoxication in not purely pharmacological. Whilst drug and alc...

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Addiction Recovery Special: Professor William White

Phil Harris

Nov 27, 2017
1 min

Addiction Recovery Special: Professor William White

I have been meaning to include the expansive and state-of the art research from Professor William White for some time now. Whilst his wo...

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Phil Harris

Sep 29, 2017
4 min

Turning On Then Dropping Out

Epigenetics is the study of how environments can switch your genes on or off. An intriguing study has identified key mechanisms of how t...

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