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Environmental Factors That Can Increase Risk for Alcohol Abuse

October 24, 2012 / By / Alcohol Abuse

Though alcohol addiction is a behavioral illness, many experts agree that environmental factors figure largely in how a person thinks about and interacts with alcohol. Environmental factors such as product availability, social attitude and advertising can all play a part in whether or not a person will abuse alcohol. Socio-economic factors may also contribute, but …

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Teen Drinking and Driving

October 24, 2012 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Adolescent Issues

Driving the family car is a rite of passage for many teens. For parents it can represent their child’s first physical step outside of the family nest. Independence. A recent report from our nation’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that overall, teens are taking those initial driving steps more cautiously. Nevertheless, the …

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Self-Concept in Schizophrenia

October 23, 2012 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Mental Health

Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that can significantly change the quality of life for not only the patient, but also sometimes their close relatives. Helping individuals with schizophrenia achieve the highest quality of life possible is linked to understanding the negative moods of schizophrenia. The negative moods that come with the disorder can result …

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Depression’s Effects on Emotions

October 23, 2012 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Mood Disorders

People who live with depression experience daily life through a different prism than do non-depressed people according to a recent study. The prism for the depressed person tangles negative emotions until they are so jumbled that the person finds it difficult if not impossible to untie them and see them as separate. Healthy folks can …

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Substance Abuse Very Different in Women vs. Men

October 22, 2012 / By / Drug Information

Substance abuse is not a respecter of persons. Addiction affects both men and women alike; however, each sex may use for very different reasons. More often than men, women use alcohol or drugs as a coping mechanism for dealing with anxiety and depression. They are also up to three times as likely to suffer from …

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Teen Sex: What Parenting Approach is Healthiest?

October 22, 2012 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Adolescent Issues

A look at current and trending teenage patterns of sexual behavior reveal that unprotected sex, STIs, and pregnancy are on the rise among American teenagers. The nation remains staunchly divided over the subject of how best to approach sex education in schools-with the abstinence-only camp facing off against the “abstinence-plus” camp, but what does the …

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Low Grade Depression

October 18, 2012 / By / Depression

Most parents are familiar with the term low grade fever. A child who has a slight temperature, not high enough to arouse alarm and yet, not quite normal is described as running a low grade temperature. Dysthymia is a term used by psychologists to describe something similar in terms of mood function. Dysthymia describes a …

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Have You Been Living Vicariously through Your Children? There is an Alternative

October 18, 2012 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Adolescent Issues

We all have regrets about the things we wanted to do but never did or never could, or about the chances that we somehow let slip away. But one of the greatest mistakes that any parent can make is to try to live out their dreams vicariously through their children. When we bring new young …

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Eating Disorder Prevention

October 17, 2012 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Eating Disorders

Many children, if not most, will feel insecure about their physique at some point in their lives. This is especially common among athletes who need to make a certain weight class, or children who are teased about their weight. If your child measures their own self-worth by the number on the scale, they could be …

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PTSD and Long-Term Physical Health

October 17, 2012 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Trauma

Psychological trauma causes both acute and long-term impacts on victims. The acute impact is the mind and body’s response immediately after the event and may include confusion, dissociation, panic, agitation, or amnesia. Some people will develop acute stress disorder (ASD), with symptoms recurring for up to four weeks. An estimated 80 percent of those with …

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