Mental Health & Addiction

This September marks the 25th annual National Recovery Month, a national observance to increase awareness about how addiction treatment and mental health services can help people struggling with substance abuse. This year’s theme is “Join the Voices for Recovery: Speak up, Reach Out” and encourages people to spea more...

Recent studies say that nearly one out of every 12 young people have engaged in self-harm like cutting, scratching or burn themselves, as well as swallowing poison or overdosing on medication. And according to a British study self-injury is on the rise. Given that self-harm is a leading indicator for suicide risk, the more...

The image of the ideal man has changed dramatically over the past 30-40 years, from barrel chested John Wayne types to a muscular, lean man in top shape. The message is not lost on adolescent boys worried about what it means to be a man: manliness is about looking strong and muscular. A study suggests boys who worry a more...

PTSD and Teenagers If you’ve ever been with soldiers just returned from the battlefield, you may have noticed that they seem to be on constant high alert. Their eyes are trained on the doorways. Sudden sounds trigger an instant grab for a weapon that is no longer strapped to their thigh. Sometimes small things set o more...

Every year around October until about February I fall into a depression. It's like setting the clock back an hour makes me take a step back also. Yes, I have Seasonal Affective Disorder..." – Jonathan What is Seasonal Affective Disorder? While you may have heard of the “winter blues,” or the “rainy day b more...

Megan was just 12-years-old when a close relative first sexually abused her. Left feeling alone and helpless, she felt that overcoming this trauma was an impossible task and needed to find a way to cope. In her mind, life was simply becoming too much. She was offered help to begin a healing process, but she refused. Sh more...

New research has discovered that there is a direct link between alcohol and drug abuse and eating disorders; with the most common eating disorders associated with alcohol and drug addiction being anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. According to the study performed by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abu more...

Sure, we have all heard of Anorexia and Bulimia, the two most common eating disorders plaguing our society today, but Drunkorexia? What’s that? While women are more commonly associated with eating disorders, more than a million males also battle the illness every day, especially in regards to college. Between frat more...

It seems like ‘every-day average joes’ are constantly under the impression that celebrities, athletes and entertainers are different than us—invincible almost. At the same time TMZ and other celeb-gossip columns alike are flooded with headlines of another addiction, another civil suit, drug bust, arrest, or ‘se more...

One from Column A, one from Column B, and a couple of sides. Sound delicious? It’s not. At least not in addiction terms. In Column A is the addiction problem. Sometimes you even get two items from this column, since many people have a dependence or addiction to drugs and alcohol. Column B covers mental health i more...