When you're seeking help for addiction, one of the biggest choices is between a residential inpatient program or getting outpatient care. Comparing the pros and cons of each option can help you find the right program for your needs. What Is the Difference Between Inpatient and Outpatient Care? The main difference ... Read More
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“That’s Insane”: How Our Language Stigmatizes Mental Illness
Updated on January 28, 2023 Words matter. The language that we use to talk about a particular topic can have a profound effect on how we think about and relate to it. Think for a moment about mental illness. It could be the only disease in which people who have it feel guilty for doing so, or, in some cases, are ... Read More
Co-Occurring Disorders with Addiction
Addiction is a devastating disorder that comprehensively changes a person's path in life. Alcohol use disorders and substance abuse disorders can occur on their own. However, it is not uncommon for individuals to develop co-occurring disorders with addiction. Dual diagnosis, as it is often called, occurs when an ... Read More
Is Mental Illness Genetic?
While many factors are known to contribute to the cause of mental illness, one of the biggest questions that remain is whether or not mental illness is caused by genetic factors. A mental illness can be defined as any psychiatric disorder that involves a recurring mental pattern which impairs a person’s behavior and ... Read More
What is a Personality Disorder?
How Are PD's Diagnosed? Personality disorders are diagnosed by professionals with time and observation. The patient needs to have a history of issues of their disorder causing problems with themselves and other people. The effects of their suspected disorder need to be impacting their life before someone will take ... Read More
Outpatient Treatment through FHE Health Florida Detox and Wellness Centers
FHE Health offers a partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment program. These programs are designed for recovering patients to help them transition smoothly back into their everyday lives, able to face the challenges of a busy, high expectation society. Florida these days, like the rest of the world ... Read More
How So Many Women Develop Eating Disorders During College
Our society still forces women into the terrible position of becoming obsessed with their bodies, because to be otherwise is looked at as some kind of personal neglect. As girls grow up and move through school body shaming gets pretty serious. Around middle school, as women move through puberty it becomes brutal, and ... Read More
The Eating Disorder and Substance Abuse Dual Diagnosis
Eating disorders are a well documented and wide reaching issue among people living in Florida and the throughout the wider United States. Approximately 8 million citizens in the United States suffer from documented cases of some kind of eating disorder and that is only what we know about. Surely thousands of other ... Read More