Updated October 8, 2024 University of Toronto psychologist and author Jordan Peterson, who reportedly struggled with benzodiazepine dependency, made headlines in February 2020 when he went to Russia to seek “coma detox treatment.” The procedure involved being placed in a medically induced coma that lasted for eight ... Read More
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Location: South Florida Detox Center in Deerfield Beach
At FHE Health in Deerfield Beach, Florida, we help people who are struggling with addiction, substance abuse, mental health disorders and dual diagnosis. Our services include medical detox at our Deerfield Beach detox center, intensive inpatient treatment, residential care, partial hospital step-down programs, ... Read More
How This Man Recognized His Anxiety Symptoms
According to research by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, over 18 million adults in the U.S. develop some type of anxiety disorder every year. Nearly 1 in 10 men in the United States suffer from anxiety, but fewer than half of them seek help. In other words, if you work in an office with 20 coworkers, ... Read More
Substance Abuse in College Students
Updated February 4, 2021 College is often a time when young people experiment with new and sometimes risky behaviors. Among them: binge drinking and the use of recreational drugs. But just how prevalent really is substance abuse on college campuses, and how much should prospective students and their families be ... Read More
How I Achieved my Career Goals by Quitting Booze
My life as an alcoholic began innocently enough at the ripe old age of 26. After earning a master's degree in business administration, I landed a job with a company catering to wealthier people needing on-demand personal jets for business and recreational purposes. One of the company's accountants abruptly left to ... Read More
Anxiety Disorder Treatment
About 40 million adults in the U.S. suffer with anxiety, whether it's an officially diagnosed anxiety disorder or not. Yet 40 percent of these Americans do not seek treatment for their medical condition, maybe because they don't know if anxiety can be treated, how it's treated, if it is curable, or how to live with it. ... Read More
Trouble Sleeping, Constant Fatigue and Other Signs of an Anxiety Disorder
We've all had those weeks when we feel overly tired, can't sleep and feel down but aren't entirely sure why. There's a looming feeling of unease, but there doesn't seem to be a source. Then, a vicious cycle of sleep anxiety takes over. An individual can't sleep, which makes them anxious, and that anxiety causes more ... Read More
Inside the Mind of an Alcoholic
The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous refers to the "insanity of alcoholism" as the way alcoholics justify their alcoholism. In one section, it reads as follows: "People drink because they like how alcohol makes them feel. This feeling is so elusive that, even though an alcoholic admits it is injurious, they eventually ... Read More
