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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, [2] and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. [2] [15] The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. [1]
Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the persistence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood. It is a neurodevelopmental disorder, meaning impairing symptoms must have been present in childhood, except for when ADHD occurs after traumatic brain injury.
The troubled-teen industry has been around for more than a century, but many of the “tough love” tactics used by current programs can be traced back to the first residential drug treatment ...
[42] [43] Methadone and buprenorphine are associated with reduced mortality in those with opioid use disorder as well as higher drug treatment program retention, lower illicit drug use and decreased overdose deaths. [24] The mortality benefit of long term naltrexone use in those with opioid use disorder is less well established. [24]
Falco, a leading expert in drug abuse prevention and treatment, comments frequently on drug policy in the media. She is the author of The Making of A Drug Free America: Programs That Work. The Drug Strategies Board of Directors is chaired by Harvard Law Professor and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Philip Heymann.
Depression in childhood and adolescence is similar to adult major depressive disorder, although young sufferers may exhibit increased irritability or behavioral dyscontrol instead of the more common sad, empty, or hopeless feelings seen with adults. [25]