DSM 5 criteria?
Thanks for the opportunity to submit this question. Are there updated case studies/vignettes available that incorporate the DSM 5 criteria? Current studies refer to DMV-IV, TR criteria, multi-axial assessment, and are not good examples as they are dated.
Caffeine, E-Cig news, Zohydro and other Opioid news and death
Coffee and cigarettes have long been a part of the morning ritual … now we have concerns about actual coffee/caffeine addiction.
E-cig news includes a study earlier this year, finding cancer indications like tobacco, especially snuff, from using e-cigarettes. However, the study used specially prepared lung cells, not humans. And the FDA has released its draft regulations for e-cigarettes, prohibiting their sale to minors, requiring warning labels, and asking that new device be submitted to the FDA for testing and evaluation.
Several more stories about opioids and heroin. Peaches Geldof, the daughter of Irish rocker Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) and founder of Band-Aid , has died unexpectedly of a heroin overdose. Also there are a number of stories about pregnant women using and being addicted to prescribed opioids as well as heroin. And the protests continue about Zohydro, the new Vicodin-like medication that is 10 times stronger, and contains no acetaminophen.
More on DSM-5, Med MJ, E-Cigs
A further look at the DSM-5 and how it addresses addictions, as well as the likelihood of many new pharmaceutics meds being prescribed for 1500 new disorders. Also major tobacco companies enter e-cigarette market, and a success story of medical marijuana used for lung cancer. PODCAST.
Dr David Mee-Lee on his ASAM Patient Placement Criteria and the new DSM-5
Dr Mee-Lee joins Dr Inaba in reviewing and contrasting the new DSM-5 from the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s Patient Placement Criteria, for which he is one of the main authors. The difference between the two manuals is discussed, including the changes in categories and scope in the new DSM, the ongoing issue of public perception/acceptance of the addiction as disease model, and issues around treatment and relapse.
Behavioral Addictions: Is everyone addicted ?
Inspired by a recent Huffington Post article, we look at whether there is a trend to “medicalize normality out of existence” — with the inclusion of behavioral addictions in the new psychiatry handbook (DSM-5.) Gambling is the first topic in our wide-ranging discussion of addiction.