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Patterson, Megan S.; Spadine, Mandy N.; Graves Boswell, Taylor; Prochnow, Tyler; Amo, Christina; Francis, Allison N.; Russell, Alex M.; Heinrich, Katie M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Background: Exercise has been recognized as a promising and emerging treatment for individuals recovering from addiction. The purpose of this article was to systematically review scientific studies using exercise as a means to improve, sustain, or treat addictions, and to provide suggestions for the future use of exercise as a treatment method for…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Drug Addiction, Alcoholism, Smoking
Suchman, Nancy E.; DeCoste, Cindy L. – ZERO TO THREE, 2018
New developments in the treatment of mothers and infants affected by opioid addiction point to the promising effects of interventions that adopt a developmental perspective, occur concurrently with addiction treatment, and target the parent-infant relationship as early as possible. In this article, the authors provide general guidelines for…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drug Addiction, Addictive Behavior, Early Intervention
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Nooripour, Roghieh; Bass, Christopher K.; Apsche, Jack – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2013
Those who are addicted to substances face increased psychological emotional, social and economic problems which can potentially have negative impacts on marital satisfaction and sexual self-esteem and efficacy. Routine activities are often displaced by the need to satisfy the physiological urges. Within a marital union, this along with other…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Counseling Techniques, Marriage Counseling, Addictive Behavior
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McVey, Richard – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2010
I have been delivering the flexible family work approaches outlined in this supplement at Aquarius for the past 8 years. Aquarius is an English Midlands-based addictions charity working with people who have problems with alcohol, drugs, or gambling and supporting their family members/concerned others. I have been a practitioner participating in…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Barriers, Action Research, Foreign Countries
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Ngesu, Lewis M.; Ndiku, Judah; Masese, Alice – Educational Research and Reviews, 2008
There may have been a time when we in Kenya considered the use or abuse of drugs as a problem relating only to Western world. Today it has become an African problem to the extent that a month hardly passes without media reports on large quantities of drugs having been intercepted in a number of African cities and towns. The results of the study…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Intervention, Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse
Fisher, Wayne W., Ed.; Piazza, Cathleen C., Ed.; Roane, Henry S., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Describing the state of the science of ABA, this comprehensive handbook provides detailed information about theory, research, and intervention. The contributors are leading ABA authorities who present current best practices in behavioral assessment and demonstrate evidence-based strategies for supporting positive behaviors and reducing problem…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Substance Abuse, Early Reading, Autism