Benzodiazepines are a versatile medication with the ability to treat multiple symptoms by affecting the central nervous system. The broad group of drugs that comprise benzodiazepines can target different functions, act at different speeds, and affect the body for varying lengths of time. Due to each of our unique ... Read More
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Male and Depressed? Here’s How Recovery Is Possible
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety and depression are the most common mental illnesses in America today. In fact, more than 40 million adults age 18 and older suffer from some type of depression or mental illness. While women are more likely to suffer from depression than men, ... Read More
The Keys to a Successful Professional Life After Rehab: Expert Opinion
People often wonder whether there’s life after addiction. This can be especially true when drugs or alcohol may have cost them their job, interrupted their education, or ruined their career prospects. The possibility that life can get better—that you can rebuild your career and find professional success—can seem dim at ... Read More
How Today’s Treatments Spell “Hope” for Those With Schizophrenia
What Is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness characterized by an inability to distinguish reality from fantasy. People with schizophrenia must take antipsychotic medications to reduce symptom severity. Although an exact cause of schizophrenia has yet to be determined, psychiatrists ... Read More
Signs That Body Modification May Be Becoming an Addiction
While once rare and unusual, body modification is now a part of mainstream American culture. Piercings can be placed almost anywhere: what was once limited to primarily the earlobe has now evolved, with options for the lips, nose, cheeks, and chin, as well as more unusual piercing choices, like corset piercings. ... Read More
A Recovery Playbook for Alcohol: The Stages of Withdrawal
Understanding the stages of alcohol withdrawal is essential to helping a loved one into recovery or preparing yourself for what's to come. Each year 88,000 people in the United States die from alcohol-related causes, according to the National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Undoubtedly, many of these ... Read More
Drug Profile: Barbiturates
First developed in the late 19th century by Germany’s Bayer Labs, barbiturates were historically prescribed by doctors to help patients relax and fall asleep. In fact, from 1920 until about 1950, these drugs were essentially the only sedatives available. During the 1960s and 70s, barbiturates were widely used in ... Read More
An Eye-opening Look at Therapy Solutions for ADD / ADHD
Certain patterns of behavior can be extremely worrying when you observe them in your child. Erratic behavior, impulsive decision-making, hyperactivity and lack of focus can all be indicative of several disorders, but a very likely one is ADHD. Most parents know that ADHD is a mental disorder that fits loosely in the ... Read More
