Fighting Depression With Botox
Does being unable to make a sad face ease the symptoms of depression?
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March 2013
“Smiles” – Derivatives of Designer Drug to be Outlawed in Michigan
The legal side of “designer drugs” is a little bit like an arms race. On one side, the government brings in new regulations to ban specific compounds or entire classes of chemicals, whilst on the other side clandestine chemists tweak their existing molecular structures to circumvent the current laws. One drug caught up in this
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Holistic Success: A Guest’s Story
How Promises P.A.T.H Helped Turn an Addiction into a Vibrant Recovery Many of Promises P.A.T.H’s guests are referred to the holistic alcohol and drug treatment center by professionals in the medical, therapeutic, addiction/recovery, and legal fields. These professionals take great care in selecting treatment facilities for their patients/clients. After all, lives – not just reputations
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PTSD in Women
PTSD is the common abbreviation for post-traumatic stress disorder, an anxiety-related disorder that can appear in people who go through some form of physical and/or mental trauma. Because of the condition’s common association with the after effects of warfare, many people think of PTSD primarily as a men’s or a combat soldier’s illness. However, some
Most Teens who Abuse Prescription Medicines Get them for Free
The 2012 “Monitoring the Future” study, which looks at the rates of drug use, ease of availability, and perceived risk amongst teens, revealed that the vast majority of teens who abuse prescription medicines get them for free from friends and family. Although the overall use of the drugs has decreased, their use is still at
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A Functional Alcoholic
Alcoholism can be tricky. Maybe you have a friend who seems to drink a lot, but you cannot imagine that she is really an alcoholic. She has a good job. She takes care of her responsibilities. She always seems put together. So is it possible that she is dependent on alcohol? The answer is yes.
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Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) in Girls and Women
Social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder, is a psychiatric disorder characterized by intense fear of embarrassment or humiliation in common social settings or during the performance of common public tasks. Unlike the more or less universal fears associated with involvement in social situations, the fears in people with social phobia can seriously interfere
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An Interview with Dr. Alexander Bacher, Primary Therapist
Alexander Bacher went from Wall Street investment banker to therapist and hasn’t looked back since. Open-minded and determined, Dr. Bacher believes if you work hard enough and want it badly enough, you can do anything.
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Women and the Consequences of Alcohol Use
Men suffer from alcoholism at much higher rates than women, by a ratio of more than two to one. However, women are more likely than men to experience negative physiological consequences from alcoholism or high levels of alcohol consumption without addiction. At least some of this higher degree of risk is due to differences in
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Hoarding Now Recognized as True Mental Disorder – Here’s How You Can Help a Loved One
Do you dread going to a loved one’s home because you can’t set foot in the door without tripping over piles of stuff? Is there garbage strewn about the house of your elderly parent or other family member who perhaps has a mental health disorder but otherwise generally functions normally? Maybe your loved one is
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