Is it a mental health condition or a mental illness? A mental disorder or a brain disorder? Should the way we describe mental health make a difference in how a condition, disorder, or illness is treated? More importantly, should the… Read More ›
Tag: addiction
Why The Attachment Of Toxic Romantic Relationships Can Be A Detriment To Recovery
You’re always connected to someone you love. This is as much a literal fact in the brain as it is a philosophical fact for getting through a breakup. No, you’ll never forget someone you fell in love with and developed… Read More ›
Why Aren’t There Medications For Eating Disorder Treatment?
Each month there is a new breakthrough in psychopharmacology for the treatment of mental health disorders. Alcoholism and addiction, substance use disorders, are constantly being tried against various medications. America loves medications, for good reasons. For many people with many… Read More ›
Addiction Requires Assessment Not Arrests
The ideology that addicts are criminals and need to be punished for their crime is thankfully fading away. Increasingly, the much more accurate ideology that people who struggle with addiction are living with an untreated mental health disorder is taking… Read More ›
Why Are Process Addictions Treated Differently From Chemical Addictions?
Process addictions are difficult to understand and undergo great scrutiny as they are frequently weighed for validity. Sex addiction, for example, is a process addiction, which recently lost its viability as a diagnosable disorder. Process addictions describe compulsive disorders which… Read More ›
Could Your Tanning Habits Be A Sign Of An Addictive Personality Type?
Smoking cigarettes is bad for you. This has been proven tenfold over the last few decades. Yet, people insist on smoking. Despite teeth staining, smelly clothes, a raspy voice, and the chronic threat of developing a lung disease, people continue… Read More ›
Is It Going To Get Better?
The context of the “it” doesn’t really matter. If you’re going through something difficult in life that is making everything feel like a painful challenge, whether it be a mental health disorder, an addiction, or processing trauma, it can feel… Read More ›
Depression And Diet: Your Mood Might Be What You Eat
Nutritional psychiatry is the term used to describe a new movement being taken on by mental health practitioners prescribing diet changes to their patients. Antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and other prescription medications, in addition to therapy and self-care have been a… Read More ›
What Are The Symptoms Of PTSD?
Post traumatic stress disorder is a psychological disorder which impacts all areas of someone’s life after witnessing a traumatic event. Symptoms include: Re-Experiencing or Re-Traumatization: flashbacks, night terrors, night mares, hallucinations, auditory hallucinations (hearing voices or sounds), painful memories, sudden… Read More ›
Should I Go To Al-Anon As The Family Member Of An Alcoholic?
Alcoholism is often called a family disease. When a loved one develops a chemical dependency on alcohol, everyone around them is effected. Often, the alcoholic is unaware of how their drinking problem affects other people. After all, as they will… Read More ›
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