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Clinicians of Varying Backgrounds Can Successfully Deliver Prolonged Exposure Therapy

November 24, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Therapies

While professional experience has some impact on the course of prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD, all well-trained practitioners can effectively administer this form of treatment, according to recent findings from a team of American researchers. A form of change-oriented psychotherapy called prolonged exposure therapy (PE therapy) has verified usefulness as a treatment for people affected

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After Cheating: Now What?

November 23, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Sex Addiction

The consequences for a couple are dire enough when a relationship is compromised by cheating. But they increase exponentially when revelations of unfaithfulness are in the glare of the public spotlight. Such has been the case for the 37 million Ashley Madison subscribers whose misdeeds were uncovered and exposed in a hack of the website,

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High Suicide Rate Among Veterinarians Prompts Calls for Intervention

November 23, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Addiction Treatment for Professionals

Results from the first mental health survey of U.S. veterinarians show that the people who care for our beloved pets contemplate taking their own lives at three times the national average.

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Has Online Dating and Other ‘Sexnology’ Fueled Rise of Sex Addiction?

November 19, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Sex Addiction

Having sex, or accessing other sources of sexual stimulation, is arguably easier now than it has ever been before. What with online dating, hookup apps, sexting, webcams and more, not to mention the instant availability of free pornography that can be obtained and viewed anonymously, sex is pretty much at our fingertips all the time.

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5 Things You Should Know About Nicotine

November 17, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Addiction

They’ve been marketed as a safe and fun alternative to cigarettes, even a way to help smokers kick the habit, but nicotine-delivery systems such as e-cigarettes and other vaping devices may instead be creating new problems and erasing years of hard-won anti-smoking victories.

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The Importance of Optimism in Recovery

November 17, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Recovery

“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” — William James A contrast of the dark and light is a human paradigm, yet seeing the shadow and not the sun is commonplace for people entrenched in addiction. Are people hardwired for optimism or pessimism? Some studies indicate certain people seem to be born with a bent

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Struggling for Control in Codependent Relationships

November 13, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mental Health

If you struggle with codependency, you probably also struggle with control. You might feel that in a perfect world, you would be able to dictate who said what and when. Your partner would always be available whenever you needed him or her. There would be no conflict because you would always get your way. It’s

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What If You Never Get Sober?

November 12, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Staying Sober

You’ve probably tried to quit drinking or using other substances at some point in the past. You may have been able to stop drinking or to give up using drugs for short periods of time, but for some reason you always end up going back to your old ways. You may even try to tell

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Founder of Online Drug Trade Gets Life Sentence

November 11, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Culture and Media

He borrowed his pseudonym from the masked hero who outsmarted villains in the movie “The Princess Bride” and he trafficked drugs and guns globally on a website the FBI called the most sophisticated criminal marketplace on the Internet. Ross William Ulbricht, who went by “Dread Pirate Roberts,” ran Silk Road, a site Fortune magazine dubbed

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Why Do People Become Addicted to Exercise?

November 6, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Addiction Information

Exercise is enjoyable for many people and part of a healthy lifestyle, and most of us don’t get enough of it. In a society facing chronic obesity, the over-exercisers don’t get much attention; we are more likely to congratulate them for their discipline and dedication than to raise our concerns. However, as with most substances

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