Asking for any extended time away from work can be intimidating, especially if that break is to spend a month or more in drug rehab. What will your employer and coworkers think? Will your job still be waiting for you after rehab? Faced with these questions, many people worry themselves into inaction, which for addicts […]
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Veterans returning from combat with post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse disorders, and other serious mental health issues are not finding enough solace from professional counseling, say experts. These veterans face a stone wall when seeking treatment as most counselors are unfamiliar with service members’ ways of life and unique experiences, resulting in the majority of
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In a family intervention, the addicted individual is confronted with the effect their addiction is having on those around them, primarily their family. When considering a family intervention, the professional staff of intervention counselors at The Sundance Center will prove to be an invaluable resource. We have worked with some of the country’s best interventionists
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Some eating disorder experts have expressed concern over the use of airbrushing and Photoshop to alter the reality appearing in magazine advertisements. Many eating disorder patients talk about how comparing their bodies to those of models and celebrities in magazines have contributed to their disordered eating behavior patterns.
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According to a new study from the U.S. Dept. of Energy Laboratory in Brookhaven, the amount of gray matter in your brain affects its thought process and the ability to assess rewards or consequences. The study was the first of its kind to show the correlation between the brains of healthy people and the brains
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In a world where diseases and disorders are identified with greater precision and specialized pharmaceuticals are designed to treat illnesses with pinpoint efficacy, we tend to forget that medicine remains a “practice.” At least in the western world, we have begun to conclude that every condition has a diagnosis and every diagnosis has a successful
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A mental health disorder that has been given much attention in childhood is beginning to be noted in adulthood as well. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD as it is most commonly called, is a condition which affects three to five percent of American children. However, increasingly the disorder is being recognized in adults and
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For most people, one of the best things about the holidays is the food. Platters of all flavors of Christmas cookies, pumpkin pie, turkey and stuffing, fudge and other candies combine their fragrances throughout the house and workplace almost continuously from Thanksgiving through the New Year.
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The Ontario (Canada) Lung Association recently came out with a recommendation to abolish the word “habit” for smoking addiction. On the face of it, this makes a great deal of sense. But there’s always more to it than a literal interpretation.
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Recent research indicates that at least one-fifth of teens in the U.S. have either been the recipient or sender of a sexted message on their cell phone. In a post from the Hartford Courant, the focus is shifted away from teen behavior and moved toward parents’ roles in monitoring the age at which their child
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