When Should You See a Doctor for Depression?
Depression is a confusing disorder because you may have a difficult time separating feelings of sadness or other strong emotions with clinical depression. Understanding depression is difficult, but it is a treatable disorder and if you suffer from depression it is important to seek help...How to Cope with a Lack of Closure
A lack of closure frequently prevents people from moving forward with their lives and achieving all that they could. It makes it more difficult to reach goals, find self-happiness or make meaningful relationships. For this reason, it is important to find a sense of closure with any...The Dangers of Abusing Multiple Depressants
Mixing or combining multiple depressants is considered dangerous because they can magnify each other’s effects causing severe and potentially fatal results. Depressant is a generic term for a wide variety of central nervous system (CNS) depressants. Some of the most common CNS...3 Things to Know When Looking for a Drug or Alcohol Treatment Program
Before you begin addiction treatment, you should consider what happens during rehab, what you must do to recover from addiction and what you must do after treatment ends. What Happens during Drug or Alcohol Addiction Treatment? The first thing you need to know when looking for drug or...How to Use Employee Assistance Program Services
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are workplace resources that help employees identify and deal with personal problems that affect their job performance. By helping their employees, businesses also help themselves, because they have productive...Four Ways that Rehab Improves your Coping Skills
Addiction treatment can offer healing in three important aspects of our being: physical, emotional, and psychological. Addressing addiction and how it affects each of these aspects by choosing rehab treatment is an effective way to achieve long-lasting recovery. Here are four reasons...Burglary and Prescription Drug Abuse
Stating that prescription drug abuse can lead to criminal behavior and burglary may seem far-fetched to some, but there is statistical evidence showing the link between these two issues. In many locations where there has been an increase in crime rates and criminal activity, there has...EMDR for Soldiers with PTSD
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is a mental health disorder that can occur after an individual experiences or witnesses a traumatic event. Trauma can be both physical and psychological, and usually causes the individual to fear for his life or the lives of others. Traumatic events...Help for PTSD-Related Mood Swings
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often begins after people experience something devastating, such as combat exposure, a tragic accident, loss or death. Many symptoms of PTSD include depression, heightened anxiety, social withdrawal and flashbacks. However, despite these life-altering...How Have Trauma and Addiction Touched Your Life?
Kaiser Permanente’s “Adverse Childhood Experiences” study looked at 17,000 individuals and found a definite connection between childhood trauma and several forms of addiction. Adults are generally better equipped to handle major events, but they too are susceptible to addiction...Can You Be Predisposed to PTSD?
After the Vietnam War, there was a great deal of research about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that focused on whether a person could be genetically predisposed to the disorder. The question arose because the military and medical professionals were trying to understand why some...Contemplating Suicide after Trauma
Reach out for help if you are feeling suicidal as a direct result of a physical or sexual trauma. Professional trauma treatment will help you move on from a situation that has impacted your life for too long. How Talking about Suicidal Thoughts and Trauma Will Help If you are...Confidential Call
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