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A woman talks to her therapist about her emotional agility

Cultivating Emotional Agility: Six Small Changes That Will Help You Thrive

January 16, 2020 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Health

Just as developing strength and agility is crucial for physical fitness, the same is true for emotional fitness. In our culture, the strength part of the psychological equation is well understood, given that it’s often equated with having good coping skills and emotional resilience. But the perks of having emotional agility are not as widely […]

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Specific Phobias in Women

Specific phobia is a medical term used to describe a persistent, irrational fear-based reaction to things or situations that have a minor or nonexistent potential to cause harm. Various people can develop this type of response to almost anything. However, some phobic reactions occur much more frequently than others. Women and girls develop specific phobias

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Brain scans show the relationship between addiction and dopemine neurotransmitters

Addiction and Dopamine Neurotransmitters: How Addiction Works

January 15, 2020 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Addiction

A number of scientific studies have revealed the complex workings of our brain’s motivation and reward center and how neurotransmitters, often referred to as the brain’s “feel-good chemicals,” are released when we desire something or experience pleasure. Our brains produce numerous natural neurotransmitters that play critical roles in our health and how we feel. The

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Schizoaffective Disorder in Women

January 15, 2020 / By / Family Resources, Mental Health, Schizophrenia

Schizoaffective disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by a set of symptoms that combines features of schizophrenia with features of depression, mania, or some other form of mood disorder. Compared to most other mental illnesses, doctors know relatively little about schizoaffective illness. This is true, in part, because of the complex combination of symptoms that

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A man helps his wife through embracing failure and relapse

Embracing the ‘Failure’ of Relapse

January 14, 2020 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Addiction, Addiction Recovery, Addiction Treatment, Recovery

Relapse is more the rule than the exception in addiction recovery. In fact, relapse is considered a component of addiction, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which says, “Addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences.” Instead of viewing relapse as

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Women

January 14, 2020 / By / Family Resources, Mental Health, Recovery, Women's Mental Health

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a mental health condition marked by deep-seated insecurity hidden behind such things as outsized displays of arrogance, self-importance, and self-adulation. This condition affects a small but significant percentage of American adults. Both women and men develop NPD. However, the condition’s impact on women differs from its impact on men in

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A Marketing Team’s One Word Promise for 2020

January 13, 2020 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Addiction, Addiction Recovery, Addiction Treatment

As we welcome in a new decade of promise and possibility, the Promises Behavioral Health marketing team has decided to toss out the old meaning of New Year’s Resolutions and focus on a one word theme to live and work towards this year. This one word promise will be accomplished through thoughtful actions and by

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Fun Sober Activities

January 13, 2020 / By / Addiction Treatment

One of the greatest challenges to getting sober is re-discovering your identity outside of drinking. Before you began rehab, going to the bars, hanging out at parties, drinking during the game, or unwinding with a glass of wine may have been your normal routine. One of the ways to disassociate with alcohol is to engage

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A woman picks at the skin of her lips due to compulsive skin picking

Compulsive Skin Picking – What Is Dermatillomania?

January 13, 2020 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mental Health

Dermatillomania, also known as skin picking disorder (SPD), is a serious problem in which an individual picks at their skin to the extent that it causes wounds. Many people don’t have an awareness of this condition but 2% to 3% of the population actually struggles with it. If you struggle with compulsive skin picking, you

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Histrionic Personality Disorder in Women

January 12, 2020 / By / Family Resources, Mental Health, Women's Mental Health

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by highly dramatic and/or emotional attention-seeking conduct that disrupts a person’s ability to participate fully in everyday life. It belongs to a larger group of conditions commonly referred to as Cluster B personality disorders. Women develop histrionic personality disorder roughly four times more frequently than men.

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