Call Us Now: The concept of a Higher Power in 12 Step addiction treatment is explained through a patient’s personal experience in rehab treatment at Castle Craig….
Category: Addiction
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Castle Craig is the first drug and alcohol clinic in the UK to include Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) as a complementary treatment for all patients. HBOT enhances the body’s natural healing capabilities….
First Gamblers Anonymous Meeting at Castle Craig
For many people with a substance abuse addiction, gambling & computer gaming can be a second addiction. Read about the treatment of compulsive gambling….
Behavioural Addiction – A 21st Century Threat
A serious threat of the 21st century is not chemical dependency, but behavioural addictions: gambling, gaming, pornography viewing, shopping, social networking….
Police Want Mandatory Drug Testing at Work
All professionals to be drug tested at work: Staff who are discovered with drugs in their system during work hours with have to get clean or lose their jobs….
What’s Different About Gambling Addiction
People have seen gambling as morally wrong & it is only recently that it is being seen as a disease of addiction, similar to alcohol or drug abuse….
How do women react to AA?
New study looks at the different ways that men and women stay abstinent in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Read more here….
What are the 12 Steps of addiction recovery?
The 12 Steps are a therapy programme which can assist alcoholics and drug addicts to live a full and meaningful life without the use of drugs and alcohol….
Helping alcohol & drug addicts in Romania
Castle Craig Hospital launched a new website in Romanian, to compensate for the lack of addiction treatment information and fight high stigma against addicts….
Warning about Fentanyl Painkiller Abuse
A warning about the risks of painkiller abuse has come from the Channel Island of Guernsey, where heroin abuse levels are among the lowest in the British Isles….
The Blessing of Alcoholism by Dr. Scott Peck
The Road Less Travelled by Dr. Scott Peck is about the role of spirituality in addiction therapy, which was widely ignored by psychiatry at the time of publication….
Detox at a Residential Rehab Clinic
In this video the Senior Staff Nurse at Castle Craig describes the alcohol and drug detoxification, which is the first step of residential addiction treatment….
Tele-counselling in addiction treatment
Castle Craig Rehab develops tele-counselling and other tele-based services for the provision of continuing care addiction treatment services….
Why We Disagree with Professor Nutt
Prof. David Nutt believes alcohol consumption would fall by as much as 25% if Dutch-style cannabis “coffee shops” are introduced in the UK. Read our response….
Alcohol, Women & Breast Cancer Rates in Scotland
One in five Scottish breast cancer cases is caused by alcohol. There is no ‘safe’ limit for women to avoid the risk. Read more….
The Harmful Short-Term Effects Of Alcoholism On Memory
Alcoholism can impair basic memory functioning. Read more on how this impacts the success of rehab treatment for alcoholism….
Is the NHS Trying to Kill Rehab Clinics?
Drugs and alcohol are in the news again. We argue that addicts should be offered rehab treatment and dealt with by the health service rather than the legal system….
The Effects of Alcohol & Drugs on the Family
Lee Taylor, Family Therapy Expert at Castle Craig Rehab, describes the effects of alcohol and drugs on family life. Family members experience guilt, anger, anxiety….
Online Gambling Addiction Risks & Treatment
What are the treatment options for compulsive gambling & online gambling addiction? Read about Castle Craig’s Problem Gambling treatment programme….
Damian Thompson | The Fix | Addiction & The Brain
Writing about the death of Whitney Houston, Damian Thompson notes that crack cocaine addiction changed her brain chemistry & she was unlikely to recover….
Can Cannabis Cause Schizophrenia?
Castle Craig addiction rehab clinic examines a BBC interview with Dr. Robin Murray about the effects of marijuana on mental health….
Cocaine: The Invisible Addiction – Drug Abuse at Work
Employers are ignoring cocaine use at work. Castle Craig, one of Europe’s leading drug treatment centres, is calling on employers to take this problem seriously….
Methadone Treatment and Alcoholism Diagnosis
Back from the NEAR addiction conference in Ireland we report the four characteristics of a good methadone programme and the three stages of alcohol use & abuse….
Pre Frontal Cortex & Neurogenesis
Research shows pre-frontal cortex is significantly damaged in drug and alcohol abusers and addicts. Read more about the effects here….
Methadone Prescribing: Facts and Risks
Read important facts and figures on methadone prescribing, risks of long-term methadone use, methadone maintenance vs abstinence-based addiction treatment….
