Don’t we all know how tough it feels to be jammed up with problems and issues we can’t seem to resolve? When we’re in recovery, sometimes doesn’t it just seem like there’s one obstacle after another that we have to deal with? When will it ever end? What can we do about it? Stop right […]
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Your life experiences could be an indicator as to the health of your heart. An article in Science News shares information about a study that found a link between traumatic events in a person’s life to cardiovascular health.
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Bette Davis was famously quoted for saying old age isn’t for sissies, but experts say according to contrary belief, the elderly do not experience depression as often as younger people do. Many of us assume that with multiplying health issues and losing loved ones elderly people sometimes become depressed.
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Depression is increasing in industrialized countries, and no one is sure why. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that one in 10 American adults is suffering from depression; in Great Britain, government estimates are as high as one in six. This is roughly triple the rates that occurred in 1992.
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Now that you’ve completed rehab and are beginning your new life in recovery, you’re probably filled with information and tips on what to do and how to begin living drug- and alcohol-free. The trouble is, as anyone who’s made this transition or is attempting to do so, it isn’t all that easy. In fact, for
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If you are what you eat, then consumers of Happy Meals should be doing great. Nevertheless, a team of Spanish researchers say that eating convenience food is more likely a sign of possible depression than the reverse.
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New research may offer some insight into how individuals deal with depression, especially when they are predisposed to the mental illness, according to a news article.
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A recent study in Finland found that people who live alone tend to take more prescriptions for antidepressants than those who live with others. This study, linking living alone with depression, has raised multiple questions that may spur more research on this new link.
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Understanding the relationship between negative mood regulation, post traumatic stress disorder, childhood trauma and adult trauma was the topic of a recent medical article. A recent study at the Center for Healthcare Evaluation in California took on the task to correlate the different traumas and conditions so that clinicians can better treat their patients.
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In a “Hot Topics” article in Phoenix Magazine’s latest volume (Vol. 47 No. 4), we offer the story of one of our alumni as a example of the harm that prescription drug addiction can do to a person. It was a syringe full of medicine that plunged her down the rabbit hole, and medicine that
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