Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment
Drug addiction has plagued many lives in Florida and continues to do so on a day-to-day basis. Nationwide drug overdose rates continue to rise and too many lives are being lost to addiction. The impact of drug addiction not only causes destruction in the lives of those enduring its chaos but many other areas as well. ... Read More
Even if you refuse every social invitation that will involve bars or clubs where alcohol consumption is assumed, it’s hard to avoid being out these days without someone around you consuming alcohol. If you’re at a wedding or restaurant someone is probably ordering a drink. Something that makes it hard to stick to your ... Read More
While much of the mechanics of substance addiction occur behind the scenes, in the interactions of biology and chemistry within a person’s body, gambling addiction is a behavior that is acted out externally. As a result, there are more quantifiable facts observable than with most addiction disorders. Profiting ... Read More
After you successfully go through a medically supervised drug detox treatment program and then attend a rehab treatment facility, you’ll begin rebuilding your life in a way that will help you to be successful in your efforts toward healthy, sober living. Rebuilding Structure Here are some ways that you can build the ... Read More
You’ve probably heard of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a mental health diagnosis that makes it into pop culture media that often shuns mentions of mental health, but that’s a different blog post. In movies or television we see the broken veteran with shell shock, the abused domestic who is afraid to ... Read More
When people hear the word addiction they almost always think of substance addiction first, but behavioral addictions are just as common and destructive. There are many types of behavioral addictions: gambling, shopping, hypersexuality, kleptomania, and even some eating disorders. There is a common misconception that ... Read More
A new study centered on rats who were addicted to cocaine has revealed promising results when those who were given the therapeutic for serotonin 2C receptors became much less likely to pull the level for more cocaine even when related stimuli were issued. If the results prove to be the same in humans these would help ... Read More
It’s bad news all around for those interested in seeing an end to illegal drugs. The 2018 World Drug report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime found that the global supply of heroin and cocaine is at the highest it’s ever been, and other illegal drugs, such as opioids, have been spreading not ... Read More
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