Many of us addicted to coffee in various forms. Either black coffee, mochaccino, latte or any other type of caffeinated beverages. But how do we know we are already excessive coffee habit?
Psychologists today menerapi those who have abnormalities similar caffeine consumption with talk therapy. The disorder is characterized by the failure of their efforts to reduce the consumption of caffeine or experiencing physical dependence addiction effect the same as drug addiction.
The team of John Hopkins University in Baltimore and the American University in Washington DC said the negative effects of dependency that include anxiety, nervousness, abdominal pain and mood tense. Sleep time was reduced.
"The effects of addiction that also include headache, weakness, and experiencing flu-like symptoms," they said.
Currently cognitive-behavioral therapy is commonly used to overcome anxiety diseases, is also used to help reduce caffeine intake drastically. The treatment consists of therapy along with a trained counselor and patient given a take-home booklet therapy.
Such as drug dependence treatment, patient follow caffeine reduction program, where caffeine is reduced every week for five weeks to reduce the unpleasant symptoms of dependence with the progress recorded in the diary.
In a study of 67 people, the researchers found participants reduce caffeine consumption up to 77 percent with saliva samples that strengthens their personal statements.
More than three-quarters of reducing coffee consumption is less than 200 mg a day, equivalent to two mugs of instant coffee.
At the beginning of the study which is one of the largest controlled trial modification caffeine, patients taking the average of about 670 mg a day.
Professor Laura Juliano of American University said the findings prove the therapy consisting of cognitive-behavioral therapy and gradual reduction of caffeine can help someone who is looking for healing troubled caffeine consumption.
He added that experts generally recommend caffeine intake of no more than 400 mg for healthy adults is not pregnant. "But some of the study participants reported negative effects of daily consumption below 400 mg," he said.
"Caffeine is the most widely used psychoactive drug in the world," concluded the researchers in the journal Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
"In general, when taking low to moderate doses, for example 400 mg, caffeine is a relatively safe drug that gives the effect like staying awake when driving long distances, and may be a protective effect on health as in Parkinson's disease.
"But for some people the caffeine causes many adverse effects and diseases of the various doses, which may require them to limit their consumption of caffeine," he concluded.
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