Waking up dazed and confused day in and day out isn't a behavioral pattern that's conducive to happiness. Neither is succumbing to incessant cravings and urges to drink or do drugs. The tendency to dismiss mounting negative consequences starts to take on a life of its own, with even more dire results. These signs of ... Read More
Kristina Robb-Dover
Kristina Robb-Dover
Kristina Robb-Dover is an Atlanta-based writer, editor, and author of two books with publishing houses. She has degrees from Yale College and Princeton Theological Seminary.
What’s “Contingency Management” in Addiction Recovery and Does It Work?
Updated May 6, 2023 The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that 40% to 60% of people with substance abuse disorders relapse after they leave rehab. However, no client is untreatable — no matter how many times they relapse. Like a depression patient can adjust their medication, a substance use client can try a ... Read More
How to Find the Resolution to Beat Treatment-Resistant Depression
Depression is among the most common mental health illnesses, affecting nearly seven percent of adults in the United States every year. For some people, depression occurs after a major life event such as moving to a new city, an unwanted job change, losing a loved one, or going through a divorce. For others, it isn't ... Read More
10 Resolutions for Mental Health and Recovery
If you're going through a mental health or a recovery journey, you understand the importance of a fresh start. Taking the time to identify that you want to change and create better, healthier habits is an integral part of bettering ourselves as human beings. And while a fresh start can happen at just about any time, ... Read More
What is Behavioral Health and Mental Health? Understanding the Difference
Updated on December 21, 2022 Behavioral health and mental health are two terms often used together to mean the same thing. Yet, they are different. The concept and development of behavioral health services and treatment developed in the 1970s and 1980s but has changed significantly over the last 40 years. It's ... Read More
PTSD Isn’t a Sign of Weakness. Learn Why.
Individuals in positions more likely to expose them to traumatic circumstances are generally perceived as "tougher" people: firefighters, police officers, medical workers and military personnel. As such, they aren't expected to be people who can get PTSD as a result of this exposure. After all, PTSD is what happens ... Read More
The Important Role of Rest in Mental Health Recovery
Rest and mental health are intimately connected. People who are trying to improve their mental health often think about things like making it to therapy sessions and trying to make progress. While those are very good intentions, you're likely forgetting one of the biggest helpers for recovery and maintenance: ... Read More
How to Reboot a Career and Find Professional Fulfillment in 2021
It’s not uncommon to feel some level of dread about going back to work after another Christmas and New Year. When the feel-good excitement of the holidays is over, the vacation has ended, and all that is left to do is box up the decorations, many people experience a letdown effect. Meanwhile, having to go back to work ... Read More
