Post-traumatic stress disorder, more commonly known as PTSD, impacts an estimated 6.8 percent of American adults over the course of their lifetime. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately "3.6 percent of U.S. adults had PTSD in the past year" and the vast majority of those suffering from the ... Read More
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You Can Find Relief and Healing from PTSD
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
Mental Health: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Negative experiences are an unfortunate reality of life. Sooner or later, most people will experience something like a car accident, the sudden loss of a loved one, a serious injury or a burglary. Statistically, 70 percent of Americans have experienced some form of traumatic event in life, or around 220 million people. ... Read More
PTSD Effects During Addiction Recovery Treatment
PTSD Effects During Addiction Recovery Treatment What is PTSD? PTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is a mental disorder that affects millions of Americans daily. It develops after an individual experience a physical or psychological traumatic event. As a response to the trauma, the person will experience ... Read More
Treating Substance Abuse that Stems from PTSD
While there are a number of treatments available to individuals struggling with PTSD, many turn to self-medicating through substance abuse. Substances such as drugs or alcohol can be used to numb the pain or, for some, to gain some semblance of control over their lives. After all, they might feel as though they can ... Read More
An Addiction Program for PTSD Focuses on Your Recovery
Why PTSD and Addiction can be Treated Together The addiction program for PTSD at FHE Health focuses on addressing the issues behind your drug use that are a cause of your PTSD. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur after you have been through a traumatic event. A traumatic event is something terrible and scary ... Read More
PTSD and Addiction 101
What is PTSD? PTSD, or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a life-threatening events such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, serious accidents, or physical or sexual assault in adult or childhood. Most survivors of ... Read More
The Nurse’s Guide to Addiction and Mental Health Help
Nursing is a challenging job on many different levels. Caring for patients can be exceptionally draining, especially in hospitals where the ratio of nurses to patients is less than ideal. In addition, nurses are often tasked with emotionally charged tasks, like working with terminal patients or speaking with family ... Read More
