Videos

Does this video remind you of anything? It sure reminds me of me, my old buddies and addicts in general. How disturbing!




Dr. Kevin McCauley explores the most important question about addiction.




A 7-minute film describing the pathology of addiction according to the theories presented in Dr. Ronald Ruden's book "The Craving Brain".




About the devastating impact of addiction and substance abuse from Dr. Stephen Dewey (sdewey@nshs.edu), neuroscientist at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. Parents and students should take note of the impact of caffeine (very high doses could kill you), cocaine (lose the ability to feel pleasure from anything), marijuana (permanently alters the brain), heroin (overdose victims die a painful death from suffocation), methamphetamine (extremely addictive, lethal and in just about every school district).




Some people have genes that are more resilient to addiction. Others are more vulnerable. But even those with vulnerable genes can adapt.




For over ten years Gabor Mate has been the staff physician at the Portland Hotel, a residence and harm reduction facility in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. His patients are challenged by life-threatening drug addictions, mental illness, Hepatitis C or HIV, and in many cases all four. But if Dr. Mate's patients are at the end of the spectrum, there are many others among us who are also struggling with addictions. drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, compulsive work habits, sexual seeking or spending: what is amiss with our lives that we seek such destructive ways to comfort ourselves? And why is it so difficult to stop these habits, even as they threaten our health, jeopardize our relationships and corrode our spirits?




Provides diagrammatic action graphics of neural networks, synaptic junctions, and neurotransmitter sites. Also touches on topics of consciousness, drug addiction, withdrawal symptoms, and nerve functioning.



Internet Sex And Addiction

Cybersex is a very interesting sort of phenomenon. Cybersex is sort of a function of the Internet, a function of computers, and sort of things like that. But what it provides is a mechanism that has heretofore never been available. This video tries to answer a number of questions, including: Are all sexual interactions online unhealthy? How are sex addicts affected by Internet pornography and cybersex? Are women engaged in cybersex? Can people who are not sex addicts become addicted to online pornography? Do they have to be classic sex addicts? How is an online pornography addiction different from regular pornography addiction?