Content How does your body react to work stress? About Mayo Clinic Plyometrics: Three explosive exercises even beginners can try Sometimes having a drink and a rant is just what the psychologist ordered. Long-term stress means that cortisol levels in your body will be high, keeping your muscles primed for fight or flight. One way […]
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Studies over the last 30 years have clearly demonstrated that chronic ethanol abuse impairs the functions of both T cells and B cells. Chronic alcohol consumption results in lymphopenia with a loss in circulating T cells and B cells. The decrease in T cells is does alcohol compromise your immune system accompanied by increased homeostatic […]
In vitro studies have shown that acetaldehyde modulates cytokine production by astrocytes in a dose-dependent manner (Sarc, Wraber et al. 2011). Specifically, 24 hours of exposure to both low (1mM) and high (5mM) concentrations of acetaldehyde stimulate IL-6 secretion, however, 7 days of exposure to the high concentration of acetaldehyde, significantly decrease IL-6 secretion (Sarc, […]
Content Relations among cognitions Examples of Cognitive Dissonance Mental status testing So What Do I Do About Cognitive Dissonance? Modeling in neural networks Throughout this paper, we make the point that dissonance reduction is a form of emotion regulation. The purpose is to provide an encompassing model that also highlights both the role of specific […]
Content How to Cope With Cognitive Dissonance Social pressures Causes of cognitive dissonance Challenge current beliefs Cognitive Dissonance Treatment Alternative paradigms Anyone can experience cognitive dissonance, and sometimes, it is unavoidable. People are not always able to behave in a way that matches their beliefs. If you’ve ever made a decision despite the fact it […]
You’ve probably already discovered that by staying clean and sober and by working the Twelve Steps of AA that things are getting better. Becoming a ”better person” means that we are less willing to engage in destructive behaviors, mostly because we are aware of how much they cost us in human misery. That self-centeredness is […]
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The higher the number, the worse a person’s symptoms are and the more treatments they likely need. Most people stop having withdrawal symptoms four to five days after their last drink. Unlike food, which can take hours to digest, the body absorbs alcohol quickly — long before most other nutrients. And it takes a lot […]
Severe drug-resistant DT can be treated with a continuous infusion of lorazepam, diazepam, midazolam, propofol, or dexmedetomidine, usually with concomitant mechanical ventilation. Physical restraints should be avoided if possible to minimize additional agitation, but patients must not be allowed to escape, remove IVs, or otherwise endanger themselves. Intravascular volume must be maintained with IV fluids, […]
Generally, however, the difference between alcohol misuse and AUD lies in looking at how a person drinks in the short term, as opposed to over a prolonged period of time. Drinking alcohol too much or too often, or being unable to control alcohol consumption, can be a sign of alcohol misuse and, in some cases, […]