Marathon County AOD Partnership Council
Addiction Diagnoses May Rise Under Guideline Changes
(from New York Times - By IAN URBINA) WASHINGTON — In what could prove to be one of their most far-reaching decisions, psychiatrists and other specialists who are rewriting the manual that serves as the nation’s arbiter of mental illness have…
Read MoreDSM 5 Could Mean 40% of College Students are Alcoholics
(from TIME.com – By Maia Szalavitz) Most college binge drinkers and drug users don’t develop lifelong problems. But new mental-health guidelines will label too many of them addicts and alcoholics. Are you or have you ever been a college binge…
Read MoreBuying alcohol online? It’s not hard for underage drinkers
(from LA Times – By David Colker) Underage drinkers who participated in a study to see if they could buy alcoholic beverages online were successful in 45% of attempts. The study, conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel…
Read MoreParents of Teens’ Friends Can Influence Substance Use
(from Join Together) The parents of teenagers’ friends can have as much effect on teens’ decisions about substance use as their own parents, a new study suggests. If the parents of a teenager’s friends are not aware of their own…
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