Alcohol Recovery and Stigma
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Phil Harris
- 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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