How Yoga Can Help Your Recovery
Addiction should not be treated with a one-sized-fits-all” approach. Every person is different, and every story of recovery needs to be approached with a personalized approach. Fortunately, there are a wide variety of ways to treat addiction, giving you options to find out what works for you. Yoga is one of these exciting tools that […]
How Effective Are Anti-Depressants?
It has become much more common in the past decade or so for clinical depression to be treated with medication to improve chemical balance in the brain. Psychiatrists often prescribe treatment in the form of SSRIs or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Although these types of prescription antidepressants are very common, there is some controversy regarding […]
5 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Addiction Counseling
For people entering treatment for addiction, they are putting themselves in a new environment that is supportive of their recovery but also makes them confront issues they haven’t dealt with in the past. Many addicts in early recovery are starting to attend therapy sessions for the first time in their lives. They may never have […]
New Ways of Treating Addiction in a Massachusetts Town
Illegal substance abuse has been a recurring issue for many years, destroying lives and tearing communities apart. According to statistics provided by Drug Policy Alliance, in 2013, 1.5 million people were arrested for drug use in the U.S. Traditionally, law enforcement has responded to substance abuse with punitive measures in an effort to discourage users. […]
Project Semicolon- Supporting Those with a Mental Illness
A new trend is providing solidarity to those who have been impacted some way in their lives by issues of mental illness or addiction. Project Semicolon describes itself as a “faith-based non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and love to those who are struggling with depression, suicide, addiction, or self-injury.” As a show of support […]
How Acupuncture Can Help a Dual Diagnosis
When it comes to addiction recovery and especially dual diagnosis treatment, there is no substitute for the hard work of a rehabilitation program that focuses on individual and group counseling. However, supplemental types of treatment can prove effective at reducing symptoms of addiction such as cravings and emotional distress. Acupuncture is known to treat a […]
How DBT Is Being Used To Treat Addiction
Dialectical behavioral therapy, or DBT, is a new tool for treating addiction that many are saying is showing lots of promise for people who struggle. DBT has actually been around for a while but was originally developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan as a treatment for patients with compulsive behavior and patterns of self-harm. The techniques […]
New Alcoholism Treatment through Virtual Reality
A new form of treatment for alcohol abuse and alcoholism has been showing promise in preliminary studies. The concept behind the new treatment is “virtual reality” therapy that can help to curb cravings and abuse for people with drinking addictions. The recent study from South Korea involved ten patients with alcohol dependence that first went […]
Are Custom Alcohol Treatments More Effective?
This past June, the Research Institute of Addictions in Buffalo, New York received a $3 million grant to perform research into how effective custom alcohol treatments are. The researchers at the institute at the University of Buffalo will look at treatments specifically tailored to a person’s behavior and whether the outcomes are any better than […]