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March 29, 2008

Long-Term Drug addiction treatment San Francisco Improves Brain Function

Filed under: Food, Liquor — Altamira @ 4:55 am

Long-Term Drug addiction treatment San Francisco Improves Brain Function

Long-term drug use results in significant changes in brain function that persist long after the individual stops using drugs.

Understanding that addiction has such an important biological component may help explain an individual’s difficulty in achieving and maintaining abstinence without drug rehab. Psychological stress from work or family problems, social cues (such as meeting individuals from one’s drug-using past), or the environment (such as encountering streets, objects, or even smells associated with drug use) can interact with biological factors to hinder attainment of sustained abstinence and make relapse more likely. Research studies indicate that even the most severely addicted individuals can participate actively in gay drug treatment and that active participation is essential to good outcomes.

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