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Expert Profile: Jurriaan Plesman

Expertise: I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: Degrees & Certifications: BA (Psychology) Sydney University and Post Grad Dipl Clin Nutr Web page: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Experience in the area
Psychotherapist

Organizations
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
GETTING OFF THE HOOK
which is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in Hypoglycemic Health Association Newsletter

Education/Credentials
BA(Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr

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Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: Addiction is not caused by cravings in the mind, but as a result of an imbalance of neurotransmitters in the body derived from food.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? I hope to make the treatment of addiction into a self-help program for anybody to help themselves, by teaching the influence of nutrition on "mental" health.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject Most "mental" health problems are NOT IN THE MIND, but in a unhealthy body.

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User Comments

thankyou for your help and knowledge...........this is so hard for all involved, but it helps to hear all information available....thankyou terri
(terri on 05/01/08)

Thank you for the promt and helpful answer. Im going to try the diet and see if it helps me. Soraya.
(soraya on 03/26/08)

very good at getting back to me and was knowledgable with his content.
(Emad on 03/10/08)

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Recent Answers from Jurriaan Plesman

2008-07-04 Lived with a so called recovering addict: Dear caria, You did well by getting this man out of your system. Drug addiction is difficult to treat, mainly because most drug rehab centers have a poor understanding what causes people to become addicted...

2008-07-03 child 22 addicted to meth: Dear ALICIA, This seems to be a legal or criminal matter which falls outside my expertise. I suggest that you have a talk to the police, or perhaps a solicitor. If you daughter is not co-operating...

2008-06-29 Speed - Time to stop.: Hello Amy, Going to a cognitive therapist may not help you at this stage, because addiction is mainly a physiological phenomenon and not a psychological phenomenon. Please read: Treatment of Drug...

2008-06-28 Marijuana and Seizures: Dear Madlyn, I certainly would worry about that. The first step is going top see a doctor have yourself tested. But you must tell the doctor that you were using marijuana. If the doctor cannot find...

2008-06-21 My husband and Heroin: Dear Lesley, I am sorry to hear about your husband. Addiction is a disease in the literal sense of the word and unless you treat the underlying biochemical abnormality that causes him to use drugs as...