How Does Mental Health Affect Addiction?
The Complex Relationship Between Mental Health and Substance Abuse Mental health and addiction are deeply intertwined, with each condition often exacerbating the other in a vicious cycle of suffering. Individuals struggling with mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at a significantly higher risk of developing substance […]
How Do You Know You Need Anxiety Treatment?
Anxiety can be a serious issue that requires professional treatment.
Top 10 Signs Of A Mental Health Disorder
Alcohol abuse has a serious impact on the human body. Beyond the consequences of heavy drinking or binge drinking on your liver, alcohol is also destructive to your lungs. Heavy drinking and alcohol abuse can raise your risk for developing serious lung diseases and complications such as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and reduce your total lung capacity, making it difficult for you to breathe.
How A Depression Recovery Center Can Help
Mental health is an issue that affects many of us, and depression is a serious problem that requires treatment. The good news is that there are resources available to help you recover from depression and manage your symptoms. Depression, like many other mood disorders, is very treatable. It’s estimated that more than one in five […]
How to Help Someone with Drug Addiction and Depression
If you intend to someone with addiction and depression, it’s important to approach the situation with compassion, understanding, and patience. It can be difficult to open up about addiction and depression, so it’s important to give them a safe space to talk without judgment. Try not to let your own anxiety or worry lead you […]
What Is the Best Remedy to Fight off Depression After Consuming MDMA and Methamphetamine?
Fighting off Depression After MDMA & Methamphetamine MDMA, also called Molly and Ecstasy, is a drug that achieves its psychedelic and stimulating effects by increasing the activity of neurotransmitters in the brain—including Dopamine and Serotonin. Dopamine and Serotonin are two neurotransmitters that play critical roles in regulating mood and emotions. When a person ingests MDMA, […]
How Stress and Anxiety Are Linked to Hair Loss
Imagine going about your routine, whether taking a shower, using a comb or brush, or even running your fingers over your head and making the frightening discovery that your hair is falling out in clumps. There are very few moments as jarring as finding piles in your shower drain or on your hairbrush, only made […]
From Broken to Whole Again
Written by DH Women’s Program, alumni family member, Beth O. March 2017 When I grew up, my mother was our caretaker and did everything for us. She put us through dance and gymnastics classes, voice lessons, drove us to soccer games and saved every last dollar from her two jobs to give us everything we […]
American Society: How It Contributes to Depression
Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the United States today (1). In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported antidepressant drug use had skyrocketed by 400 percent over the last two decades. Antidepressants are the most commonly taken type of medication by people 18-44 years old. In 2008, 23 […]
Exercise and Depression
Can depression be helped through exercise? Research says yes! Right now in the US, around a tenth of the population suffers from depression, with women 70% more likely than men to be depressed at some point in their lives. Although more serious cases of depression may need to be professionally treated with medication and counseling, […]