Tag: Connection Between Substance Use Disorder and Mental Illness
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Indiana losing $4B per year on untreated mental illness report
Hayley DeSilva – Beckers Behavioral Health Researchers in Indiana have found that untreated mental illness is costing the state $4.2 billion per year, according to a report from the Indiana Behavioral Health Commission The largest cost is related to premature mortality, which accounts for $1.4 billion of the total. Other costs include: -$885 million in productivity losses…
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Veterans speak about substance abuse and PTSD…in Virtual Reality
John Riley A friend of mine named Syrmor Shiraz also know as just “Syrmor” on Youtube is a interviewer who speaks to many people online in a therapy session atmosphere. He has 1.1 million subscribers and for some reason. I see him as a unofficial therapist who actually listens and has also helped Veterans talk…
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The Power of Positivity in Addiction Recovery in Minneapolis
Optionsfamily.com When it comes to building a new life in addiction recovery from drugs or alcohol, the power of positivity is often underestimated. Focusing on long-term happiness can help each person live life to the fullest, in recovery from alcohol and drugs. Some people believe that if you look good, you feel good. Other people…
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A Break-Through Approach To Addiction And Behavioral Health Leads To Wellness For All
Laurel Donnellan In the fall of 2017, both serial entrepreneurs Jeffrey Vann and Gregg Champion founded START UP RECOVERY as a legacy business with the idea of disrupting an industry, creating a transformative leading-edge wellness brand and donating a percentage of its profits to organizations that serve those that are underprivileged. Patricia Meyers, a seasoned…
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How to Treat Both Trauma and Addiction
Single-gender sessions, and power in numbers. Lantie Elisabeth Jorandby M.D. Reviewed by Vanessa Lancaster Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event. Trauma experienced during childhood may be especially harmful and long-lasting. Some people with unresolved trauma will turn to drugs or alcohol to numb themselves to it—and become addicted. Trauma-informed addiction care shifts…
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A Single Dose of Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Leah Kuntz A single dose of psilocybin could help patients with treatment-resistant depression, according to a new study. According to the results of a phase 2b trial of COMP360 psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), the largest study of its kind, patients with TRD could see symptom relief after a single dose of psilocybin.1 Investigators…
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Aaron Carter, singer, dead at 34
Chloe Melas and Emma Tucker, CNN Aaron Carter, a former child pop singer and younger brother of Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, has died, a source close to the family told CNN. He was 34. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told CNN they responded to a call for help at Carter’s Lancaster, California home…
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L.A. Times report that Tom Petty’s death is still a hard reminder for aging rockers and opioid addiction.
BY RANDY LEWIS (This original article has paragraphs that have been omitted for context to opioid addiction) When Tom Petty was rushed to a hospital one year ago in full cardiac arrest, two words immediately sprang to many minds: Not again. Weeks later, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s report confirmed what many family members, friends…
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Celebrities Who Are Open About Addiction
Medically Reviewed by Smitha Bhandari, MD on September 10, 2020 Robert Downey Jr. The actor says he used drugs before he was a teenager and spent most of his early career under their influence. He had several high-profile arrests in the late 1990s and early 2000s while misusing alcohol, cocaine, and heroin and spent time in a California…
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CDC says more than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, setting ‘staggering’ record
Mike Stobbe, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another tragic record in the nation’s escalating overdose epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Wednesday. The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one U.S. overdose death every 5 minutes. It marked a 15…