Body image is how you feel about your physical self. Body image encompasses physical attributes visible to everyone, such as facial features and weight, as well as those features that are more private, such as sex organs. People with positive body image are comfortable with their bodies. They accept flaws and feel good about the
If you are taking antidepressants, there may come a time that you want to stop using them. Your decision might be due to uncomfortable side effects, the expense, weight gain, fear of dependence, interactions with other medications, or because you just feel ready.
Among the men and women who abuse cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and other “party” drugs (Ketamine, GHB, MDMA, etc.) there is a large and rapidly growing subgroup for whom drug abuse and problematic sexual behavior only occur together. The two behaviors are so tightly paired that engaging in one inevitably means engaging in the other. For
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A typical Google search for drug treatment facilities will yield upwards of 17 million possible sites and/or articles to explore, many of which are produced or sponsored by facilities that will boast of their success rates. Nothing, though, attests to a center’s ability to change lives quite like the stories from people who have “been
With so many eyes today fixed on the mentally ill as perpetrators of violence, a recently published study from the United Kingdom redirects attention to a much more common problem – the mentally ill as victims of violence. According to British crime reports, 27 percent of women there are exposed to spousal abuse at some
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For many individuals with depression, a prescription for an antidepressant provides relief. That relief is not immediate however. The patient may wait for several weeks before the effects of the medication begin to improve symptoms.
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The Oklahoma City bombing, 9-11 and mass school shootings have all tragically claimed victims. Some of those victims died from bodily wounds and others remain with psychological wounds.
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Heavy use of alcohol is known to cause such ailments as liver damage and heart problems, but now researchers have found that it can damage the very system that keeps bodies safe from illness and disease. Each time an individual drinks enough to get drunk, they are lowering their body’s defenses against illness, preventing nutrients
The use of medications to treat mental health issues often carries with it a stigma. Perceptions of others’ judgments about the use of medication to treat disorders can prevent individuals from seeking the help they need to be mentally healthy.
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When it comes to trauma, there are a lot of factors that contribute to what a person experiences after they come face-to-face with a horrific event. How is it that some people seem to live through the most appalling of things but end up rising above them? A recent study suggests that it may have
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