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 Abuse Information - October 13, 2008
| The Royal College of Nursing is currently in discussion with regulatory officials regarding a change of nurses' code of conduct that will allow patients who self-harm to continue to do so in a safe environment in hospitals. The possible change in regulations follows news of a Staffordshire mental hospital that permits adults to keep their blades | | Hundreds of cocaine users are testing whether the legal pill, called modafinil, a medicine already sold to wake up narcoleptics, could help them kick the addiction, and there's early evidence that it may. In addition to blunting cocaine's notorious cravings, modafinil might also counter the damage that cocaine wreaks on users' brain circuits - damage that in turn fuels the cycle of addiction | | New York, NY (AHN)-According to a newly released Partnership for a Drug-Free America report, about 20 percent of U.S. teenagers admit they have gotten high by inhaling common household products, and fewer understand the dangers of this practice compared with teenagers five years ago | | According to a University of Iowa study, problem gambling runs in families and excessive drinking, drug disorders and antisocial personality disorders also run rampant in families with pathological gamblers. The study in the journal Psychiatry Research outlined researchers' findings and gives new insight into who may potentially suffer from these disorders | | Washington D.C. (AHN)- Research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests small birth weight and premature birth may be associated with a higher risk of child abuse and neglect | |
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