Mental Health Today
Mental health (MH) disorders today are appropriately called "brain disorders." Typical disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and even borderline personality disorder are medical disorders of the brain. Links to genetics are being found in addition to environmental factors. These kinds of disorders are still widely misunderstood by most of society and as a result, many people with mental health disorders continue to be stigmatized.
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Interventions for Chemical Dependency
By Lana M. Ackaway
The chief issue with chemical dependency/addiction is that most often an addict believes he/she can use safely. I've never encountered a chemically dependent individual who thinks, feels, says or behaves otherwise.Read Full Article » Teen Substance Abuse: What Parents Don’t Know Could Hurt Their Kids
By Meghan Vivo
The teenage years are all about developing a personal identity. As part of this period of self-exploration, many teens will break rules, defy authority, and possibly experiment with drugs and alcohol. To help parents determine whether their child may have a problem with drugs or alcohol, Laurie Wilmot, LCSW, provides responses to some of parents’ most common questions.Read Full Article » It’s Twice as Strong Today…
Even if you experimented with pot when you were younger, there’s nothing hypocritical about trying to keep your kids off of it now. Reliable and consistent evidence indicates today’s marijuana is more than twice as powerful on average than it was twenty years ago. With twice the concentration of THC, marijuana is now capable of causing double the damage.Read Full Article » Is it abuse? Is it addiction?
Addiction is more than an uncontrollable desire for substances; it is an underlying behavior pattern with deeply emotional roots. Successful treatment requires digging down and revealing the long-ingrained pattern at the root level. What's often revealed is behavior born of anger, helplessness, and shame, compounded by intense desires for immediate escape from these unsettling feelings.Read Full Article » Changing the Lives of Teens Through the Power of Choice: A Strength-Based Model in Wilderness Therapy
By Meghan Vivo
Outback is a progressive wilderness therapy program for adolescents ages 13 to 17 struggling with problems such as oppositional defiance, academic underachievement, low self-esteem, depression, substance abuse, and other behavioral and emotional issues that operates under the philosophy that we all have a choice as to what we’ll make of our lives.Read Full Article »
