2013
Promises Treatment Centers Celebrates 25 Years of Creating Extraordinary Lives
On February 1, 2013, Promises Treatment Centers will host a gala in honor of the individuals who have made it possible to deliver superior addiction and mental health treatment for the past 25 years.
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The Law of Possibilities
“He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.” – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor, one of the most-recognized figures in twentieth-century art, best-known as the co-founder (with Georges Braque) of cubism (1881-1973) If we stayed in the mud, clinging to our addiction, we’d
Diagnosing Depression Among Women of Childbearing Age
The health perils of the childbearing years are few, perhaps, compared with the challenges that can occur at middle age and beyond. Women in their 20s and 30s may be able to enjoy many years of uninhibited good health as they begin their families and strive in their professional and academic goals.
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Treating an Eating Disorder with Medication
There are several common treatments for bulimia and anorexia. Some find cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helpful, while others require nutritional counseling. Many patients are also being prescribed medication to help them cope with the obsessive thoughts, anxiety, and depression that comes along with disordered eating. Antidepressants are commonly known to treat symptoms of depression. Doctors
Sexual Addiction and Gay Communities
In November of 2011, Newsweek featured a cover story on sexual addiction which was part of the growing attention by print, web, and television media dealing with the important but controversial subject. As a result of the story, a conservative, Christian website, LifeSiteNews, responded with interesting zeal about one aspect of Newsweek’s analysis. The LifeSiteNews
Contemplating the Controversies of Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), the new-ish name for an old label, multiple personality disorder, still has its armies of detractors. Despite reams of controversy littered through the pages of the upcoming revision of the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders slated for May of 2013, DID is still likely to
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Teens Taking ADHD Medications to Improve Academics
Using stimulants to get ahead is not a new idea. Drugs that give you energy, even just caffeine have been used and abused for decades by people who need more energy, who need to stay awake, and who need to focus to get something done. However, we may be facing a new epidemic among young
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Underage Drinking: A Primer for Parents
In 2007 in upstate New York, an “after party” for the local high school’s senior prom at which the adult homeowner served alcohol to underage drinkers ended up with one teen dead and another imprisoned for vehicular manslaughter. A life was lost and other lives were forever changed by this terrible event: instead of attending