The Integrated Treatment Approach for Dual Diagnosis
Issues of mental illness and substance abuse often go hand in hand for many individuals that struggle to self-medicate when their symptoms become difficult to handle. People with both a mental illness and an addiction are considered to be dual diagnosis because they have two disorders that must both be treated professionally. Unfortunately, many patients […]
Artist Chris Arnade Fights Stigma with “Faces of Addiction”
With his multiyear, extensive project “Faces of Addiction,” photographer Chris Arnade shows us images and tells us the stories of people struggling with addiction in the Hunt’s Point neighborhood, an area of the Bronx with a population of fifty thousand. Hunt’s Point is noted for high crime, poverty, drug use and prostitution. Through photographing these […]
How Anorexia and Addiction are Linked in the Brain
People with eating disorders often simultaneously suffer from issues of addiction, engaging in substance abuse alongside their restrictive or abnormal eating habits. Recent studies have proven that people with eating disorders like anorexia may have addictive tendencies due to the way their habits engage a certain part of the brain. People with anorexia develop certain […]
ISIS Fighters and Captagon Abuse
Over the course of 2014 and 2015, multiple conflicts in Middle East have been worsened and intensified due to the involvement of ISIS (the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as Daesh by its detractors), a radical fundamentalist and jihadist movement noted for extreme levels of brutality and violence. Growing out the […]
Depression and Isolation
Depression is a common mental illness characterized by a prolonged and pervasive feeling of sadness and struggles to keep interested in anything. Feelings of joy may feel overwhelmed by anxiety or tiredness, and even the normal actions of your day feel like they take tremendous levels of motivation and energy. Often, people with severe depression […]
Rigorous Honesty in Recovery
People with addictions develop a habit of lying and deceiving others as well as themselves. They tend to keep secrets and hide the true extent of their behavior so that they will not be criticized or asked to stop their substance abuse. Keeping secrets can be detrimental to a person’s life especially when they are […]
The Challenge Of Treating Male Anorexia
Eating disorders such as anorexia have been traditionally understood as issues that affect females only. Today, views on anorexia and other disorders such as bulimia and binge eating are changing as we continue to see a rise in eating disorders among the male population. Boys as young as 8 years old are being diagnosed with […]
Dealing With Negative Thought Patterns In Recovery
Why the way you think during recovery is so important. We should never underestimate the power of our thoughts because they have the ability to shape our lives, for better or worse. The way you think will determine your whole outlook on life, so that if thoughts are overwhelmingly negative you’ll tend to perceive things […]
New Study Recommends Lower Drug Dosages and More Therapy for Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental disorder characterized by delusions, loss of personality, and behavior that indicates an inaccurate perception of reality. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that schizophrenia affects 3.2 million people in the U.S. There is no known “cure,” but there are available treatments that can reduce symptoms and try help the […]
Understanding The Different Models Of Addiction
There are a few theories out there that attempt to explain the nature of addiction. Experts who study addiction have long been trying to find the common bonds that all types of addiction share, from drug addiction, to sex, alcoholism, and gambling. These models of addiction are useful in the way they look closely at […]