Depression and Loneliness Common During the Holiday Season for Adult

Depression and Loneliness Common During the Holiday Season for Adult
The negative effects of childhood abuse include depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, and anxiety. Abuse survivors are also at higher risk for physical health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease. These effects do no …
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Clarence Page: A sentence that fits the disease
With prison costs skyrocketing, even after overall crime rates declined in the mid-1990s, even states with reputations for tough justice are turning to alternatives to prison for nonviolent offenders. Drug addiction should be handled as a disease, not …
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My Turn: In health treatment, as in insurance plans, there's no one-size-fits-all
Here is an example of the challenges we face: Most studies indicate that 75 percent of individuals who have a substance abuse disorder have a co-occurring major mental illness. No real surprise then that evidence-based practice urges that treatment for …
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Prevent Substance Abuse – In honor of National Recovery Month, Jada shares tips on how to prevent kids from experimenting with drugs and more!