{"title":"Different addictions, the same behaviour. A physiological explanation and a preventive proposal","authors":"Héctor Reyes","doi":"10.15406/mojamt.2022.07.00153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15406/mojamt.2022.07.00153","url":null,"abstract":"Addictive behaviours have common symptoms due to the physiological basis of these kinds of disorders. In this article a brief review of the physiological mechanisms of addictive behaviours is shown. There is also a preventive proposal in order to avoid lack of personal balance that could lead into addictive behaviours. It is related to our self-discovery and the ability to serve or help other human beings.","PeriodicalId":428466,"journal":{"name":"MOJ Addiction Medicine & Therapy","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126007253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parents’ narratives toward smoking in the home following a second-hand smoke story-telling education intervention","authors":"Y. MacNicol, J. Lusher, S. Banbury, N. Roberts","doi":"10.15406/mojamt.2022.07.00152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15406/mojamt.2022.07.00152","url":null,"abstract":"There is a strong link between cigarette smoking and socio-economic status, with three-quarters of children living in disadvantaged communities being exposed to second-hand smoke. The present study examined parents’ views of smoking in the home after they had been involved in a story-telling education intervention within a nursery environment. Thematic Analysis was conducted to pool together rich data about parents’ attitudes and perceptions of smoking in the home during semi-structured interviews that took place following participation in an education intervention. Emergent themes identified that the story-telling intervention was useful to parents who felt that it might assist in protecting children from the dangers of second-hand smoke. Participants welcomed the story-telling resource used in the intervention and communicated that this allowed for reflection on their own smoking behaviour. Novel findings from this research highlighted how children positively influence their parents into making effective health behaviour decisions in relation to smoking practices. Parents still require information on the dangers posed by second-hand smoke and future research is necessary to adapt a measurable quantitative story-book intervention used for a wider and more diverse family context.","PeriodicalId":428466,"journal":{"name":"MOJ Addiction Medicine & Therapy","volume":"PP 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116712891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The enormous problem of medical gaslighting","authors":"Shirley J Davis","doi":"10.15406/mojamt.2022.07.00151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15406/mojamt.2022.07.00151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":428466,"journal":{"name":"MOJ Addiction Medicine & Therapy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123014172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crossed wires: the hall effect in substance use disorder","authors":"C. Ashton, Denise Duffie","doi":"10.15406/mojamt.2022.07.00150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15406/mojamt.2022.07.00150","url":null,"abstract":"The underlying neuroscience of substance use disorder is becoming well elaborated. Nonetheless, some of the more subtle symptomatology is not well matched with underlying organic processes identified to date. The ability to explain mental phenomena with underlying brain processes is a strong part of the literature and valuable to those caring for persons. This article draws on current knowledge of the fundamentals of substance use disorder and expands on current literature surrounding axonal demyelination to suggest a likely mechanism for thought disorders commonly experienced by persons in recovery. Viewing demyelination and conduction through an analogue lens is more likely to represent the physics involved more accurately than an ‘on or off’ signalling model as associated with action potentials. Additionally, this approach is thought to better enunciate the underlying physiology behind the mental features characteristic to the disorder.","PeriodicalId":428466,"journal":{"name":"MOJ Addiction Medicine & Therapy","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125026589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}