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PTSD More Detrimental to One’s Health Than Any Coexisting Mental Illness

August 5, 2015 / By / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Recent findings from a team of Brazilian researchers indicate that PTSD plays a primary role in reducing an affected person’s health-related quality of life, even when that individual has other significant, coexisting problems with mental illness. Some people affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also have serious problems with other mental health issues classified as …

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Federal Law Proposed to Protect Good Samaritans Using Naloxone

August 4, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Addiction

After three overdose deaths in just two days in Lynn, Massachusetts, Sen. Edward J. Markey has proposed federal legislation to protect “good Samaritans” who use the overdose antidote Narcan. The move may have been taken in response to the recent deaths, but rising overdose deaths have long been a problem across the U.S., and many …

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The Five Ways Parental Substance Abuse Impacts Children

August 1, 2015 / By / Family Resources

How does addiction affect the family? The answer to this question is important for any adult struggling with substance abuse. If you are addicted to drugs or alcohol and you have kids, you are affecting them in more ways than you can imagine. If you know adults who are addicted and have children, intervention is …

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What Is Gabapentin and What Are the Risks of Abuse?

July 30, 2015 / By / Prescription Drugs

Gabapentin is a prescription drug that is used to treat seizures, epilepsy and pain. A brand name for gabapentin is Neurontin. Gabapentin abuse is not uncommon because of the relaxed sensation and the pain relief that the drug imparts. Gabapentin is not as addictive as many other prescriptions or illicit drugs, but you can get hooked …

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IRS Gives Thumbs Up to Pot Accountants, But Huge Tax Bite Will Continue

July 30, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Addiction

Tax professionals who assist licensed pot growers, product manufacturers and retailers in Colorado and Washington “will not be considered unethical [and] will not be targeted for audit,” the IRS advisory council said in a November 2014 statement.

Is Your Partner Love Avoidant?

July 28, 2015 / By / Mental Health

Although it seems odd, the love addict and the love avoidant often come together in a relationship that, to each individual, is irresistible, yet destructive and unhealthy. Maybe you weren’t even aware that such a thing as a love avoidant exists. After all, if someone wants to avoid love, wouldn’t he avoid relationships? The truth …

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‘To Write Love on Her Arms’ Spawns Blog, Movie, and Book on Addiction Recovery

July 28, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Culture and Media

When Jamie Tworkowski first met Renee Yohe, she was 19, depressed, bipolar, and hooked on coke and booze — with 50 scars from cutting herself. He was struck by the self-hate phrase she’d carved into her forearm.

How to Regain Your Partner’s Trust After Cheating

July 23, 2015 / By / Mental Health

You cheated on your partner, you regret it, you’re sorry and you want your partner to forgive you so you can move on, but he doesn’t trust you. Now what? How can you possibly get him to trust you again after such a big betrayal? Whether it was a meaningless, unemotional, one-night stand or an …

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How to Prevent Your Teen From Becoming a Video Game Addict

July 22, 2015 / By / Teen Issues

Most teens enjoy gaming, but did you know that it’s possible to become addicted to this pastime? Young people are particularly vulnerable to what experts call Internet gaming disorder. The disorder is very similar to addiction, with video or Internet games as the obsessive factor instead of drugs or alcohol. National surveys and studies have …

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Bipolar Disorder Symptoms May Follow Seasonal Trajectory

July 22, 2015 / By / Bipolar Disorder Treatment

A new study suggests that bipolar episodes may manifest in somewhat predictable times of the year. Bipolar disorder is a chronic condition that is actually a disorder of the brain causing a person to experience severe changes in emotion and energy that range from one polar extreme to the other. Once called manic depression, the …

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