Most parents take the time to discuss the dangers of drugs with their children and teach them to resist peer pressure. Teaching your kids how to say no is important, but you also need awareness of home-based dangers. There may be household drugs in your cabinets that pose as much risk to your children as your local ... Read More
Why is the FDA Moving to Ban Flavored Cigarettes and E-cigs?
If you are over 35, you probably don't know much about electronic cigarettes, or "e-cigs". Millennials call smoking e-cigs and e-hookahs "vaping", a term describing the way an e-cig heats flavored liquids containing nicotine to generate vapor that is then inhaled. Nicotine used to make e-cig liquids is extracted ... Read More
Possible Dangers of Marijuana Use While Pregnant
Have you noticed ads for the use of cannabis to help with morning sickness? Perhaps you've seen dispensaries marketing marijuana to individuals struggling with aches and pains during pregnancy. Is this safe? Marijuana use while pregnant is not necessarily a wise decision. While there is limited research on its benefits ... Read More
I Relapsed: Is There Hope For Me?
Human beings all make mistakes. Individuals trying to quit an addiction can sometimes feel bad and begin abusing again. This return to their old habits is called relapse, and while there are techniques for relapse prevention, sobriety can still be achieved even after relapse with the right support and proper ... Read More
Self-medicating PTSD with Drug Use
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) often co-occur, meaning someone has both disorders at the same time. These people require a more complex course of treatment and have a less favorable outcomes than those with only one disorder. Researchers are actively developing treatments for ... Read More
FHE Alumni and Broward Partnership
At FHE Health, we understand our role in improving the lives of members of our community in South Florida, and we realize that many of the people that come to us for help may be struggling with more than just addiction or mental health disorders. Homelessness is a problem in South Florida, especially in Miami-Dade ... Read More
Social Media and the Rise of Mental Illness
Updated March 16, 2022 The question of how social media use affects health continues to spur research. It's also a source of some controversy. To be sure, social media has positive and negative effects on our behavior, but is social media to blame for a reported rise in mental illness? The Big Picture of Social ... Read More
Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: Moving on After a Relapse
Relapse is typically a natural component of the journey through sobriety. This means that having a proper relapse prevention plan and corresponding skills for making it through if it happens are necessary to getting back on the right track. Relapse Happens, Don’t Give Up The process of getting sober is a simple one, ... Read More
