May 2013

Designer Drugs: What They Are and Why Their Use Is Growing: Part I

/ By / Drug Addiction

New designer drugs seem to be hitting the United States market and the media with a frequency that is unsurpassed in other countries. President Barack Obama signed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act in 2012, effectively banning a number of compounds commonly used to create synthetic marijuana and other designer drugs. Before […]

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Californians Get First Look at ‘Obamacare’ Exchange Costs; Twice as Many Addicts Will Have Coverage

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Three years after “Obamacare” was passed, California has unveiled the first details about what people will be charged for coverage by 13 health plans offering policies in the state’s exchange. All health plans purchased through Covered California must cover a range of services called Essential Health Benefits that include mental health and substance use disorder services such as behavioral

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The Misunderstood Wolf Meets the Misunderstood Addict

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[YT video=”mR7ztbpwROM” title=”Wolf Therapy” description=”Promises has partnered with Wolf Connection, an nonprofit wolf and wolf dog rescue organization, to bring the young adults from West Los Angeles an amazing experiential therapy.”] From an early age, starting with Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs, we’re taught that wolves are to be feared. They

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Bullies Can Have Lifelong Impact on Their Victims

/ By / Mental Health

Social anxiety disorder is a form of medically serious anxiety that triggers a number of disruptive or dysfunctional symptoms in social situations that most people find manageable, harmless, or even pleasurable. Mental health experts also sometimes refer to the condition by the alternate name social phobia. Numerous sources indicate that people who experience bullying during

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The Wear and Tear of Rumination on Mental Health

/ By / Mental Health

Negative emotions are emotional states that tend to limit your personal perspective, decrease your ability to think rationally and increase your overall level of mental unease or distress. Current evidence indicates that negative emotional responses to stressful situations can significantly increase your risks for eventually developing a diagnosable case of the serious mental health disorder

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L.A. Weekly’s ‘People 2013’ List of Most Interesting Angelenos Includes Sex and Tech Addiction Expert Robert Weiss of Promises Behavioral Health

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Every year, L.A. Weekly chronicles the city’s most fascinating natives. Gracing this year’s list is internationally renowned sex and technology addiction expert, author, clinician and presenter Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S.

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Addiction, Autism Treatments Called Torture

/ By / Addiction Recovery

A recent report from the United Nations (U.N.) states that many so-called treatments for addiction and for autism are not only unhelpful, but are akin to torture. These treatments are found in practice throughout the world, including the United States. The report was completed by the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez, for the

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When Drugs Win the War on Drugs, It’s Time to Focus on Treatment

/ By / Drug Information

Back in 1998, the satirical newspaper The Onion featured the following front-page headline: “Drugs Win Drug War” This introduction and the story that followed were obviously intended as a spoof, but humor is frequently used as a subtle way to reveal the truth and that was undoubtedly the intent in this case. Fifteen years later,

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