Tag: mental illness
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WHY DO SOME TEENS BECOME ADDICTED WHILE OTHERS DON’T?
Destinations For Teens Staff contribution The medical and mental health communities view addiction in teens as a chronic and relapsing disease of the brain that causes compulsive drug-seeking behaviors and the use of drugs or alcohol despite negative consequences. Initially, the decision to take drugs or alcohol is voluntary, but according to the National Institute…
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Top 10 Healthy Personality Traits That Are Key To Your Psychological Well-Being
Tehrene Firman August 09, 2022 Publisher note: Take advantage of our messaging and live one-on-one video connect offered by your provider! If HereNOW Help is new to you and you would like to use this for your organization/educational institute please email Tyler Greener tgreener@herenowhelp.com for more info! We’re all unique people, with specific dispositions, preferences,…
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‘I was diagnosed with depression’: Lindsey Vonn reveals her struggle with mental health adding she can still be ‘strong’ while feeling down
By ASHLEIGH GRAY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM UPDATED: 12:52 EDT, 17 October 2022 Lindsey Vonn got candid while speaking with MSNBC reporter Nicolle Wallace about her mental health journey. The 37-year-old athlete was a guest on the network’s limited series Deadline: Special Report, where she noted she was diagnosed with depression. ‘I was diagnosed with depression and given medication and I still…
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Video Game Addiction and Substance Abuse
By The Recovery Village | Editor Megan HullMedically Reviewed By Dr. Bonnie Bullock, PHD | Last Updated: June 03, 2022 Editorial Policy | Research Policy Video game addiction impacts individuals from all walks of life and often co-occurs with substance use disorders. Learn about video game addiction and substance abuse. Video game addiction often co-occurs with mental health conditions and substance use disorders. In…
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Making Addiction Treatment More Realistic and Pragmatic: The Perfect Should Not be the Enemy of the Good
January 4, 2022 By Dr. Nora Volkow This essay was also published by Health Affairs on January 3, 2022. Last year saw drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpass an unthinkable milestone: 100,000 deaths in a year. This is the highest number of drug overdoses in our country’s history, and the numbers are climbing every month. There is an…
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6 of the Hardest Drugs to Quit
Edited by:Marisa Crane, B.S. Updated Apr 4, 2022 Publisher notes: When you sign up for HereNOW Help you can utilize our tools to set a clear path to addiction recovery, here are some benefits of our app. MEASURE OUTCOMESDo assessments, create treatment plans, set goals and track progress. Explore & export all user data. INCREASE REFERRALSEngage…
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STAGES OF MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY
Insight from Casa Recovery and approved by the Publisher The most important thing to take into account when at the start of your journey to recovery from a mental illness is that it takes time. Mental illnesses like depression, anxiety and substance abuse do not develop overnight and so it is natural to expect that…
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Substance Abusers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Linda A. Dimeff, Ph.D.1 and Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D.2 Articles from Addiction Science & Clinical Practice are provided here courtesy of BioMed Central Note from the publisher John Riley for HereNOW Help Full disclosure: I have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and I am also a recovering alcoholic and I find this scholary article very insightful and correct…
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Personal Recovery in Individuals Diagnosed with Substance use Disorder (SUD) and Co-Occurring Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image custom_src=”https://herenowhelp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ADHD-weiss-addiction-Substance-Use-disorders-682×510-1.jpg”][vc_column_text] ADHD And Substance Abuse. Articles, Blog Posts And Books I Linda M.KronenbergabRoelieneVerkerk-TammingacPeter J.J.GoossensdefWimvan den BrinkgTheovan Achterbergfhi The process of personal recovery in people diagnosed with substance use disorder and comorbid attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was mapped. Pervasive Developmental Disorder Rare pervasive developmental disorder that typically affects females that is…
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In Some Workplaces, It’s Now OK Not to Be OK
BY BRUCE HOROVITZ JUNE 22, 2022 2:32 PM EDT Good mental health seemed like a given to Kamini Cormier. Then, came the pandemic. Back in 2020, when she was forced to isolate herself at home with her husband and adolescent daughters, she started feeling aches and pains all over her body. She figured she’d probably caught…