Stress and Alcoholism

According to Dr. Hans Selye, stress can be defined as the nonspecific response of the body to any demand placed upon it to adapt, whether that demand produces pleasure or pain. Although stressors can elicit different responses in different individuals depending on ‘‘conditioning’’ or interactions with the environment, the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis are typically activated.

This stress response or ‘‘stress cascade’’ is responsible for allowing the body to make the necessary physiological and metabolic changes required to cope with the demands of a homeostatic challenge.

Sympathetic nervous system responses include an increase in heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, a shift in blood flow to skeletal muscles, an increase in blood glucose, dilation of the pupils and a stimulation of respiration. Thus, the activation of the sympathetic nervous system results in a variety of physiological processes which prepare the organism for flight or fight, whether to face the stressor or attempt to escape it, to maintain homeostasis.

The preclinical literature suggests that stress increases reward associated with psychomotor stimulants, possibly through a process similar to sensitization. 

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What is motivational interviewing?

What is motivational interviewing?

Motivational interviewing is a directive, patient centred counselling style that aims to help patients

explore and resolve their ambivalence about behaviour change. It combines elements of style

(warmth and empathy) with technique (e.g. focused reflective listening and the development of discrepancy). A core tenet of the technique is that the patient’s motivation to change is enhanced if there is a gentle process of negotiation in which the patient, not the practitioner, articulates the benefits and costs involved.

The four central principles of motivational interviewing

1 Express empathy by using reflective listening to convey understanding of the patient’s point of view and underlying drives

2 Develop the discrepancy between the patient’s most deeply held values and their current behaviour (i.e. tease out ways in which current unhealthy behaviours conflict with the wish to ‘be good’ – or to be viewed to be good)

3 Sidestep resistance by responding with empathy and understanding rather than confrontation

4 Support self-efficacy by building the patient’s confidence that change is possible

 The skills of a good motivational therapist

• Understand the other person’s frame of reference

• Filter the patient’s thoughts so that statements encouraging change are amplified and statements that reflect the status quo are dampened down

• Elicit from the patient statements that encourage change, such as expressions of problem recognition, concern, desire, intention to change and ability to change

• Match the processes used in the theory to the stage of change; ensure that they do not jump

ahead of the patient

• Express acceptance and affirmation

• Affirm the patient’s freedom of choice and self-direction

Models of health behaviour change

The basic principle that underpins most models of health behaviour change is that people hold a

range of representations about their problematic symptoms and behaviours. For example, at one

extreme are individuals who are stoical or in denial and neglect themselves or their symptoms. 

At the other are those who display abnormal illness behaviour and readily adopt the sick role. Most

models of health behaviour change include the idea that there are at least two components to readiness to change. These are importance/conviction and confidence/self-efficacy (Keller & Kemp-White, 1997; Rollnick et al, 1999), encapsulated in the adage ‘ready, willing and able’. ‘Importance’ relates to why change is need. 

The concept includes the personal values and expectations that will accrue from change. ‘Confidence’ relates to the person’s belief that they have the ability to master behaviour change. Motivational interviewing works on both of these dimensions by helping the patient to articulate why it is important for them to change and by increasing self-efficacy so that they have confidence to do so.

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The experience of finding the right partner and falling “in love” is one of life’s true joys. It brings a feeling of euphoria, passion, connection, and hope for a happy future. It can lead to a lifetime of loving contentment. Of course, sometimes it lapses and becomes one of our memories, sometimes pleasant and sometimes not. The “high” that comes from this feeling of loving passion, at least for some people, is so compelling that they use it to fill gaps in their lives, much as they might use a drug. Being in love, for them, can resemble an addiction.

The source of an addiction is found within the person, not in the substance itself. Some people can use a drug, including alcohol, and not become addicted. Similarly, some people can enjoy the high of being in love as a positive life experience without any indication of addiction. Other people, depending on their needs, their abilities, or their backgrounds, use the euphoric feelings that come from an outside source of gratification (drugs, relationships ... or gambling, video games – the list is endless) to create a false sense of fulfillment in their lives. They have difficulty looking within to find a way to achieve contentment, so they look outside of themselves for a way to soothe their internal feelings. Everyone does this to a degree. But when it takes on a compulsive quality that inhibits

more positive life experiences and leads to negative consequences, it can be called an addiction.

People who use relationships addictively usually harbor a sense of incompleteness in their lives – emptiness, despair, feeling lost, or sadness. They may lack a feeling of attachment to love that has roots in early childhood. 

They believe their feelings can be remedied through finding that comforting feeling of euphoria that comes through a love relationship. An addictive relationship has a compulsive quality about it. While a healthy love relationship implies that both partners freely choose each other, in an addictive

relationship there is a compulsive drive that limits this freedom (“I must stay in this relationship even

if it’s bad for me.”) There is also an overwhelming feeling of panic over the thought of losing the relationship, even if there are arguments between the two partners and both know the relationship should end. 

If the relationship actually ends, there are pronounced withdrawal symptoms, much like drug,

nicotine, or alcohol addicts experience when they go “cold turkey.” They may experience weeping, physical pain, sleep disturbance, depression, irritability, and the feeling that they have no place to turn to now. These feelings are so intense that they might drive the person into another addictive relationship immediately. After this period of turmoil ends, however, the addicted person senses a period of triumph or liberation and they don’t typically go through the long, slow experience of acceptance and healing that characterizes the ending of a healthier relationship.

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ADD Means . . . Being Distracted

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* You are late to everything because it is hard to resist becoming distracted as you walk out the door by the toy left out, the plant that has fallen to the ground, the dirty dish in the sink

* Distraction is worse when you are in a hurry, when your mind is preoccupied, and when you are stressed

* You are thinking many different thoughts all at the same time

*  You are trying to multi-task but you forgot the first task that you were working on while trying to complete the second task

* Your efforts to be more efficient do not work as you never come back to complete the first task once leaving to complete the second task

* You are caught playing with an object and accused of not listening or attending to the conversation by the teacher, by your friend, by your spouse, or by your child

* You become preoccupied with looking out the window

* You lie in bed and remember all the tasks or things you said you were going to do and forgot to do

* You feel like you are traveling on a fast train much of the time. The fast train has too many frequencies, too many radio stations and too much noise



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The effects of television viewing on children’s development probably depend on the types of programs watched, as well as how much time is spent in front of the television set. When parents view television programs along with their children, opportunities become available for parents to promote a variety of critical skills in their children’s thinking.

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Solitude and its Relation to Anxiety........

Solitude is related to the first anxiety experiences. As Bowlby (1973) remarked, the aforementioned observation of Freud “lies at the heart of his theory of anxiety” . The prototype of anxiety is the fear of separation from loved ones, initially from the mother, especially in infancy, the period of absolute helplessness. 

In the Freudian view, anxiety emerges in aloneness and darkness, only because these two situations mean separation, and if it persists throughout life, it becomes neurotic. Regardless of the model of anxiety he adopts (i.e., anxiety as a transformation of undischarged libido or anxiety as a signal of a danger), Freud always associated anxiety with traumatic object loss. 

He wrote (Freud, 1905/1953) that “anxiety in children is originally nothing other than an expression of the fact that they are feeling the loss of the person they love” (p. 224), and in a later essay (Freud, 1926/1959a), “anxiety appears as the reaction to the felt loss of the object” (p. 137). In the course of development, anxiety is determined also by the threat of losing the love of the object. Freud (1926/1959a) distinguished between anxiety as a reaction to the danger of loss and the pain of mourning which is the reaction to the actual loss of the object. Thus, loneliness may be regarded as the painful longing for the lost object or for the loss of the love of the object.

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                          Attachment Insecurities and Feelings of Loneliness

The interpersonal problems and low-quality, unstable relationships of insecurely attached people can easily result in subjective feelings of loneliness. The term loneliness refers to a negative psychological experience that emanates from actual or perceived deficiencies in a person’s relationships and from feelings of deprivation in relation to others 

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Bowlby (1988) assumed that although age and development increase a person’s ability to gain comfort from internal, symbolic representations of attachment figures, no one at any age is completely free from reliance on actual others.

 The attachment system therefore remains active over the entire lifespan, as indicated by adults’ tendency to seek proximity and support when threatened or distressed (Hazan & Zeifman, 1999). Moreover, people of all ages are capable of becoming emotionally attached to a variety of relationship partners (e.g., siblings, friends, romantic partners, coaches, and leaders), using such people as stronger and wiser attachment figures (Bowlby, 1969/1982) – that is, as safe havens in times of need and secure bases from which to explore and develop skills – and suffering distress upon prolonged or permanent separation from these people (Bowlby, 1980; Shaver & Fraley, 2008).

Interactions with attachment figures who are available, sensitive, and supportive in times of need (i) facilitate the smooth functioning of the attachment system, (ii) promote a sense of connectedness and security, and (iii) strengthen positive mental representations (working models) of self and others.

In contrast, when attachment figures are not reliably available and supportive, (i) a sense of security is not attained; (ii) worries about one’s social value and others’ intentions become ingrained; and (iii) strategies of affect regulation other than proximity-seeking are developed (secondary attachment strategies, characterized by anxiety and avoidance).http://mindzone.in/

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Psychologist, Psychiatrist and Mental Health professionals

                 

                             CLOSELY RELATED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Psychiatrists

A psychiatrist is a physician. Psychiatry is rooted in the medical tradition and exists within the framework of organized medicine. Thus, psychiatrists are often accorded the power and status of the medical profession, even though their intellectual heritage comes from the non-medical contributions of Freud, Jung, Adler, and others. Although the latter were physicians, they stepped out of the medical tradition to develop a psychoanalytic system of thought that had very little to do with medicine. The psychiatric profession has vocally and effectively pushed for a superior role in the mental health professional hierarchy, and much of the profession’s argument has been based on its medical background. Consistent with its roots in the medical tradition, psychiatry regards psychopathology as a mental “illness” with discrete (often biologically based) causes that can best be remedied with a medical treatment, such as psychotropic medication.

Psychiatrists, like all medical doctors, complete a general medical school curriculum early in their training. Because of their medical training, psychiatrists have the skills to function as physicians. They may prescribe medication, treat physical ailments, and give physical examinations. In addition to some training in psychotherapy and psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatrists make extensive use of a variety of medications in treating their patients’ psychological difficulties. Furthermore, their medical training makes them potentially better able to recognize medical problems that may be contributing to the patient’s psychological distress.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
In contrast to psychiatrists, clinical psychologists typically receive little training in medicine. However, clinical psychologists do receive more extensive training in the psychological principles governing human behavior, in formal assessment of psychological functioning, and in scientific research methods. As compared to psychiatrists, clinical psychologists also receive more extensive training in psychotherapy (i.e., “talk” therapy as opposed to medications) and are more likely to view psychopathology as a consequence of interactions between individuals’ biological/psychological/ social predispositions and their experiences within the environment.

Counseling Psychologists
The activities of counseling psychologists overlap with those of clinical psychologists. Traditionally, counseling psychologists work with normal or moderately maladjusted individuals. Their work may involve group counseling or counseling with individuals. Their principal method of assessment is usually the interview, but counseling psychologists also do testing (e.g., assessment of abilities,personality, interests, and vocational aptitude). Historically, these professionals have focused on conducting educational and occupational counseling, often from a person-centered or humanistic orientation. Currently, however, it is much more common to encounter counseling psychologists representing a wide range of theoretical orientations (e.g., cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic) and treating clients across the life span.

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                                            Mental health and mental illness

There is more to good health than just a physically healthy body: a healthy person should also have a healthy mind. A person with a healthy mind should be able to think clearly, should be able to solve the various problems faced in life, should enjoy good relations with friends, colleagues at work and family, and should feel spiritually at ease and bring happiness to others in the community.

 It is these aspects of health that can be considered as mental health.

Even though we talk about the mind and body as if they were separate, in reality they are like two sides of the same coin. They share a great deal with each other, but present a different face to

the world around us. If one of the two is affected in any way, then the other will almost certainly also be affected. Just because we think about the mind and body separately, it does not mean that

they are independent of each other. Just as the physical body can fall ill, so too can the mind. This can be called mental illness.

Mental illness is “any illness experienced by a person which affects their emotions, thoughts or behaviour, which is out of keeping with their cultural beliefs and personality, and is producing a negative effect on their lives or the lives of their families”.

• There have been tremendous advances in our understanding of the causes and treatment of mental illnesses. Most of these treatments can be provided effectively by a general or community health worker.

• Mental illness includes a broad range of health problems. For most people, mental illness is thought of as an illness associated with severe behavioural disturbances such as violence, agitation and being sexually inappropriate. Such disturbances are usually associated with severe mental disorders. However, the vast majority of those with a mental illness behave and look no different from anyone else. These common mental health problems include depression, anxiety,

sexual problems and addiction.

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                                             Normal developmental fearshttp://mindzone.in/child-and-adolescence/

Birth–6 months: Loud noises, loss of physical support, rapid position changes, rapidly approaching                                unfamiliar objects.

7–12 months :    Strangers, looming objects, sudden confrontation by unexpected objects or                                            unfamiliar people.

1–5 years       :   Strangers, storms, animals, the dark, separation from parents, objects, machines, loud                           noises, the toilet, monsters, ghosts, insects, bodily harm

6–12 years     :  Supernatural beings, bodily injury, disease (AIDS, cancer), burglars, staying alone,                               failure, criticism, punishment

12–18 years  :  Tests and exams in school, school performance, bodily injury, appearance, peer                                    scrutiny, athletic performance, social embarrassment

Depression - Signs and Symptoms of Depression in Children

               

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(1) Complain of sadness or report a negative self concept when it pertains to their behavior, intelligence, appearance, or acceptance by peers.

(2) Complain of frequent somatic complaints such as fatigue, stomach ache or headache (often to miss school) that do not respond to treatment.

(3) Social withdrawal typified by refusal to engage with friends or participate in extracurricular activities, hobbies or other interests with a general sense of anhedonia.

(4) Isolation – opting to stay in their rooms, sleep extensively and are more irritable or moody in their interactions with family.

(5) Increased sensitivity to perceived criticism or rejection with vocal outbursts or crying.

(6) Behavioral problems with anger outbursts.

(7) Thoughts of death or suicide (rare completions in children under the age of 12 years).

(8) Rarely complains of auditory hallucinations but this type of psychotic depression needs to be differentiated from other conditions.

wisdom

                                                          WISDOM

WISDOM: A DESIRABLE END STATE OF DEVELOPMENT

What is wisdom? In the traditions of philosophy and cultural anthropology, and at a high level of abstraction, one of the most general definitions of wisdom is that it characterizes the convergence of means and ends for the highest personal and common good (P. B. Baltes & Staudinger, 2000; Kekes, 1995). In this sense, and when approached with the methods
of psychology, in our own work we conceptualize wisdom as an expert knowledge system about the fundamental pragmatics of life, including knowledge and judgment about the conduct, purpose, and meaning of life (P. B. Baltes & Smith, 1990; Smith & Baltes, 1990; Staudinger & Baltes, 1996). The following seven general criteria of the Berlin wisdom model are based on cultural-historical and philosophical accounts of wisdom:

1. Wisdom addresses important and difficult questions and strategies about the conduct and meaning       of life.
2. Wisdom includes knowledge about the limits of knowledge and the uncertainties of the world.
3. Wisdom represents a truly superior level of knowledge, judgment, and advice.
4. Wisdom constitutes knowledge with extraordinary scope, depth, measure, and balance.
5. Wisdom involves a perfect synergy of mind and character, that is, an orchestration of knowledge          and virtues.
6. Wisdom represents knowledge used for the good or well-being of oneself and that of others.
7. Wisdom, though difficult to achieve and to specify, is easily recognized when manifested.

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Our services

Screening

Early recognition and screening

Biological screening

Self management clinic (outpatient clinic)

Psychological intervention to enhance the motivation to undergo the de-addiction treatment

Guided self management or self change

Smoking cessation clinic

                Assistance to stop smoking and using tobacco related products

Acute care

Medical and psychiatric management for addiction related medical and behavioral complications

Detoxification

                Medical management for substance abuse

De-addiction

                Psychometric assessments to explore the reason behind the addiction

                Individual counseling to enhance the coping skills or problems solving skills

                Family counseling and therapy

Psychiatric intervention to manage the craving and other co-existing psychiatric disorders

                Cognitive behavior therapy

                        Group therapy

Hypnosis

               

Family stay

                Facility to undergo the de-addiction program along with family members

                                Non – AC & AC (attached bathroom) rooms for family stay

Relapse prevention

Relapse prevention

 Recovery management program

Awareness and training

Awareness campaign in school/colleges / corporate about the addiction and stress related issues

Community education programs

Medico – legal assistance

Assistance to patients and their family members for addiction related legal consequences

Family support

                        Early identification of addiction in your siblings /spouse and children

                        Warning signs of relapse

                        Family therapy / marital therapy

Vocational and occupational assistance

                       

                        Free wi-fi facility to work while undergoing the de-addiction program

                        Career or vocational counseling

Occupational therapy

Psychiatric emergencies

                        Psychiatric emergencies at your door step

                        Crisis intervention for suicidal or violent clients

                After care

                                Volunteering

                               

Support groups

                        Exposure to AA / NA programs

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Who can take a help from us?

                Difficulty in controlling the alcohol or any other substance intake / quantity

                Difficulty in stopping the smoking and other tobacco products

                Use of cannabis / amphetamines /cocaine and heroin

                 Use volatile substances

                Abuse of benzodiazepines and other psycho-active drugs or over-the-counter medications

                Gambling

                Online gaming and gambling

                Internet addiction

                Social networking addiction

                Food addiction

                Sex addiction

                The tyranny of Love: Love Addiction

                Compulsive buying disorder

                Exercise addiction

                Addiction related violent behavior or anger outbursts

                Addiction related confusion state or abnormal behavior

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Suicide - Social Learning perspective

                                        Suicide - Social Learning perspective

1. Suicide is a learned behaviour. Childhood experiences and forces in the environment shape the suicidal person and precipitate the act.

2. Child-rearing practices are critical, especially the child’s experiences of punishment. Specifically, the suicidal person has learned to inhibit the expression of aggression outward and simultaneously learned to turn it inward upon him/herself.

3. The suicide can be predicted based on the basic laws of learning. Suicide is shaped behaviour—the behaviour was and is reinforced in his/her environment.

4. The suicidal person’s thoughts provide the stimuli; suicide (response) is imagined. Cognitions (such as self-praise) can be reinforcers for the act.

5. The suicidal person’s expectancies play a critical role in the suicide—he/she expects reinforcement (reward) by the act.

6. Depression, especially the cognitive components, is strongly associated with the suicide. Depression goes far towards explaining suicide. For example, depression maybe caused by a lack of reinforcement, learned helplessness, and/or rewarded.

7. Suicide can be a manipulative act. Others reinforce this.

8. Suicide is not eliminated by means of punishment.

9. The suicidal person is non-socialized. He/she has not been sufficiently socialized into traditional culture. The suicidal person has failed to learn the normal cultural values, especially towards life and death.

10. The suicide can be reinforced by a number of environmental factors, for example, subcultural norms, suggestions on television, gender preferences for specific methods, suicide in significant others (modelling), a network of family and friends, cultural patterns.

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suicide - Cognitive & Behavioral Aspects

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1. Suicide is associated with depression. The critical link between depression and suicidal intent is hopelessness.

2. Hopelessness, defined operationally in terms of negative expectations, appears to be the critical factor in the suicide. The suicidal person views suicide as the only possible solution to his/her desperate and hopelessly unsolvable problem (situation).

3. The suicidal person views the future as negative, often unrealistically. He/she anticipates more suffering, more hardship, more frustration, more deprivation, etc.

4. The suicidal person’s view of him/herself is negative, often unrealistically. He/she views him/herself as incurable, incompetent, and helpless, often with self-criticism, self-blame, and reproaches against the self (with expressions of guilt and regret) accompanying this low self-evaluation.

5. The suicidal person views him/herself as deprived, often unrealistically. Thoughts of being alone, unwanted, unloved, and perhaps materially deprived are possible examples of such deprivation.

6. Although the suicidal person’s thoughts (interpretations) are arbitrary, he/she considers no alternative, accepting the validity (accuracy) of the cognitions.

7. The suicidal person’s thoughts, which are often automatic and involuntary, are characterized by a number of possible errors, some so gross as to constitute distortion; e.g., preservation, overgeneralization, magnification/minimization, inexact labelling, selective abstraction, negative bias.

8. The suicidal person’s affective reaction is proportional to the labelling of the traumatic situation, regardless of the actual intensity of the event.

9. Irrespective of whether the affect is sadness, anger, anxiety, or euphoria, the more intense the affect the greater the perceived plausibility of the associated cognitions.

10. The suicidal person, being hopeless and not wanting to tolerate the pain (suffering), desires to escape. Death is thought of as more desirable than life.

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                        SUICIDE FACTS AND MYTHS

1. Fable: People who talk about suicide don’t commit suicide.
Fact: Of any 10 persons who kill themselves, 8 have given definite warnings of their suicidal intentions.

2. Fable: Suicide happens without warning.
Fact: Studies reveal that the suicidal person gives many clues and warnings regarding suicidal intentions.

3. Fable: Suicidal people are fully intent on dying.
Fact: Most suicidal people are undecided about living or dying, and they “gamble with death”, leaving it to others to save them. Almost no one commits suicide without letting others know how they are feeling.

4. Fable: Once a person is suicidal he or she is suicidal forever.
Fact: Individuals who wish to kill themselves are suicidal only for a limited period of time.

5. Fable: Improvement following a suicidal crisis means that the suicidal risk is over.
Fact: Most suicides occur within about three months following the beginning of “improvement”, when the individual has the energy to put his or her morbid thoughts and feelings into effect.

6. Fable: Suicide strikes much more often among the rich—or, conversely, it occurs most
exclusively among the poor.
Fact: Suicide is neither the rich person’s disease nor the poor person’s curse. Suicide is very “democratic” and is represented proportionately among all levels of society.

7. Fable: Suicide is inherited.
Fact: Suicide is not inherited. It is an individual pattern.

8. Fable: All suicidal individuals are mentally ill, and suicide always is the act of a psychotic
person.
Fact: Studies of hundreds of genuine suicide notes indicate that although the suicidal person is extremely unhappy, he or she is not necessarily mentally ill.

Jellinek’s The Disease Concept of Alcoholism (1960) was a groundbreaking book. In itJellinek made the disease concept of alcoholism scientifically respectable. He did this by taking
a very careful and painstaking look at each of the possible ways of understanding alcoholism as
a disease. In doing so, he evaluated available empirical evidence and the conceptual strength of

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Jellinek’s The Disease Concept of Alcoholism (1960) was a groundbreaking book. In it Jellinek made the disease concept of alcoholism scientifically respectable. He did this by taking a very careful and painstaking look at each of the possible ways of understanding alcoholism as a disease. In doing so, he evaluated available empirical evidence and the conceptual strength of each approach. Two major findings emerged. One was the concept of alcoholism as a progressive disease culminating in loss of control (that is, the inability to stop drinking after having begun).
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According to this scheme (Jellinek, 1952), alcoholism progresses from “occasional relief drinking” to
“obsessive drinking continuing in vicious cycles,” having passed through such stages as “onset of blackouts,” “grandiose and aggressive behavior,” “family and friends avoided,” and “indefinable fears.”

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                                  The pattern of behaviour in an alcoholic’s family
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When the alcoholic is inebriated, he uses violence - verbally or physically. When the alcoholic gets sober, the spouse gives reign to his/her resentment over the alcoholic and the relationship. A festering bitterness prevails in the household.

• There is a lack of trust. Nobody trusts you to handle money or be punctual anymore.

• There is a lack of communication. Time is spent in battling with the problem of drink. There is not much time or the atmosphere for discussing family decisions. The real issues take a backseat.

• You are supervised (or nagged) even over simple things. You have to be reminded or persuaded even to complete your daily routine, if you have had a bad drinking bout. This attitude continues even when you are sober.

A sense of negligence prevails. The house gets an unkempt look The children may either get coddled or treated with harshness when the level of frustration gets high. There seems to be no pride in any aspect of home making.

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Lacks a role model: The school may teach honesty and integrity. But the child sees anger, violence, irresponsibility and dishonesty at home. The conflicting values leave the child confused. It may slip quite easily into lying or may get cynical about the right values.

• Loses self-esteem: The child gets a lot of negative feedback about you, both from you and others. The child internalizes it all and feels a little ashamed of you.

• Is afraid and anxious: Infants and young children need to be cuddled and hugged as an expression of love and care. When there is tension in the household, the child tries to cling to someone. It cannot cling to you because it is never sure of how you might react. The child may cling to its mother but this sometimes vexes her and she shows it. So the child ends up being depressed. A child may not be able to deal with this feeling. It may begin to be afraid - of the future, tense situations, other people’s anger and so on. This affects the way the child handles situations as an adult too.

• Becomes preoccupied: Due to the disturbances at home or due to the fact little attention is paid to the child, it is unable to concentrate on studies.

• Is unable to have fun: This simple joy of childhood is not possible for children of some alcoholics. They are burdened by the angry, serious business of life as witnessed at home. They never see much joy in the house. They are not able to let go and have good fun that children should normally have.

• Is unable to communicate or trust: The best way the child can handle you is to keep away from you. It cannot confide in you or trust you to respond in any particular way. For instance, if the child won a prize, you might laud the child if you were sober. If you were drunk, the news might not have any impact or worse you might mock the child!

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Relapse Signs and Symptoms

Experiencing Post Acute Withdrawal: I start having problems with one or more of the following; thinking difficulties, emotional overreaction problems, sleep disturbances, memory difficulties, becoming accident prone, and/or starting to experience a serious sensitivity to stress.

Return To Denial: I stop telling others what I’m thinking/feeling and start trying to convince myself or others that everything is all right, when in fact it is not.

Avoidance And Defensive Behavior: I start avoiding people who will give me honest feedback and/or I start becoming irritable and angry with them.

Starting To Crisis Build: I start to notice that ordinary everyday problems become overwhelming and no matter how hard I try, I can’t solve my problems.

Feeling Immobilized (Stuck): I start believing that there is nowhere to turn and no way to solve my problems. I feel trapped and start to use magical thinking.

Becoming Depressed: I start feeling down-in-the dumps and have very low energy. I may even become so depressed that I start thinking of suicide.

Compulsive And/Or Impulsive Behaviors (Loss Of Control): I start using one or more of the following- food, sex, caffeine, nicotine, work, gambling, etc. often in an out of control fashion. And/or I may react without thinking of the consequences of my behavior on myself and others.

Urges And Cravings (Thinking About Drinking/Using): I begin to think that alcohol/drug use is the only way to feel better. I start thinking about justifications to drink/use and convince myself that using is the logical thing to do.

Chemical Loss Of Control (Drinking/Using): I find myself drinking/using again to solve my problems. I start to believe that “it’s all over ‘till I hit bottom, so I may as well enjoy this relapse while it’s good.” My problems continue to get worse.

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Alcohol deaddiction center in Chennai..... Relapse attitudes?

RELAPSE ATTITUDES

SOBRIETY IS BORING
I’LL NEVER DRINK/USE AGAIN
I CAN DO IT MYSELF
I’M NOT AS BAD AS …..
I OWE THIS ONE TO ME
MY PROBLEMS CAN’T BE SOLVED
I WISH I WAS HAPPY
I DON’T CARE
IF NOBODY ELSE CARES, WHY SHOULD I?
THINGS HAVE CHANGED
I CAN SUBSTITUTE
THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT
THERE’S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY
I CAN’T CHANGE THE WAY I THINK
IF I MOVE, EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE
I LIKE MY OLD FRIENDS
I CAN DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY
NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW HOW I FEEL
I’M DEPRESSED
I SEE THINGS MY WAY ONLY
I FEEL HOPELESS
I CAN HANDLE IT
IF I HIDE BEHIND EVERYONE ELSE’S PROBLEMS, I WON’T
HAVE TO FACE MY OWN
I CAN’T DO IT
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To over come shyness.......?

Shyness makes it difficult to meet new people, make friends, or enjoy
potentially good experiences.
• It prevents you from speaking up for your rights and expressing your own opinions and values.

• Shyness limits positive evaluations by others of your personal strengths.

• It encourages self-consciousness and an excessive preoccupation with your own reactions.

• Shyness makes it hard to think clearly and communicate effectively.

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• Negative feelings like depression, anxiety, and loneliness typically accompany shyness.

Alcohol and Drug De-addiction center in Chennai

Mind Zone is working together a multidisciplinary and integrative treatment philosophy that is grounded in research/ theory and practice.  Addiction & Behavioral Management and Research Unit is an effort to bring together experts from various backgrounds and disciplines to address issues of addiction, with an emphasis on treatment. 

Our eclectic group of professionals hails from a range of disciplines,   and shares an appreciation of the bio – psycho- social addiction model.

Who can take a help from us?

                Difficulty in controlling the alcohol or any other substance intake / quantity

                Difficulty in stopping the smoking and other tobacco products

                Use of cannabis / amphetamines /cocaine and heroin

                 Use volatile substances

                Abuse of benzodiazepines and other psycho-active drugs or over-the-counter medications

                Gambling

                Online gaming and gambling

                Internet addiction

                Social networking addiction

                Food addiction

                Sex addiction

                The tyranny of Love: Love Addiction

                Compulsive buying disorder

                Exercise addiction

                Addiction related violent behavior or anger outbursts

                Addiction related confusion state or abnormal behavior

Issues for special considerations

                                Pregnancy and drug use

                                Managing chronic pain

                                Coexisting mental illness

                                Injecting and communicable diseases

                                Health professionals as patients               

Our services

Screening

Early recognition and screening

Biological screening

Self management clinic (outpatient clinic)

Psychological intervention to enhance the motivation to undergo the de-addiction treatment

Guided self management or self change

Smoking cessation clinic

                Assistance to stop smoking and using tobacco related products

Acute care

Medical and psychiatric management for addiction related medical and behavioral complications

Detoxification

                Medical management for substance abuse

De-addiction

                Psychometric assessments to explore the reason behind the addiction

                Individual counseling to enhance the coping skills or problems solving skills

                Family counseling and therapy

Psychiatric intervention to manage the craving and other co-existing psychiatric disorders

                Cognitive behavior therapy

                        Group therapy

Hypnosis

               

Family stay

                Facility to undergo the de-addiction program along with family members

                                Non – AC & AC (attached bathroom) rooms for family stay

Relapse prevention

Relapse prevention

 Recovery management program

Awareness and training

Awareness campaign in school/colleges / corporate about the addiction and stress related issues

Community education programs

Medico – legal assistance

Assistance to patients and their family members for addiction related legal consequences

Family support

                        Early identification of addiction in your siblings /spouse and children

                        Warning signs of relapse

                        Family therapy / marital therapy

Vocational and occupational assistance

                       

                        Free wi-fi facility to work while undergoing the de-addiction program

                        Career or vocational counseling

Occupational therapy

Psychiatric emergencies

                        Psychiatric emergencies at your door step

                        Crisis intervention for suicidal or violent clients

                After care

                                Volunteering

                               

Support groups

                        Exposure to AA / NA programs

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Addiction is viewed from many angles by different people. Some presume that the drug abusers inability to restrict their alcohol and drug use indicates weak will power. Some others take a moralistic and view it as a ‘sinful’ activity. Others contend that since the addict has no drive and enthusiasm for his future, he willingly permits addiction to mess up his life. As addiction hurts others around him and he seems unmindful of this, many are sure that his self centered behavior is to be blamed. The professional of course, recognizes addiction as a disease that can affect many aspects of a person’s life.

The disease concept of addiction was propagated by the World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association in the year 1956. Following this, treatment efforts were initiated worldwide.

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