Heroin addiction, need for mental health services often intertwined

Published April 13, 2014

Heroin addiction, need for mental health services often intertwined
The new ruling does little to change that — heroin's informal accessibility and the difficulties of long-term treatment still were the ultimate factor of his death. But it does open the door to the broader connection between addiction, mental health … Read more on The Plain Dealer

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
EDITOR'S NOTE – The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman underscored a troubling development: Heroin, long a scourge of the back alleys of American life, has spread across the country. … CEO of the nonprofit Treatment Research Institute in … Read more on News Sentinel

How the brain of an addict works
… just seeing a doughnut or an attractive potential mate triggers the dopamine cascade into the nucleus accumbens. That's part of the reason it is so difficult for recovering drug addicts to stay clean over the long term. Sights, sounds and smells … Read more on Independent Online

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