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  • Impulsive Vs Compulsive: What’s The Difference?

    Impulsive Vs Compulsive: What’s The Difference?

    Impulsive and compulsive behaviors get used as if they mean the same thing, and the confusion matters more than it sounds. A person who acts on a sudden urge and a person who repeats a ritual to quiet their anxiety are doing two different things, for two different reasons. When mental illness and substance use…

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  • Can Drugs Cause Mental Health Disorders?

    Can Drugs Cause Mental Health Disorders?

    Explore the intricate connection between drug use and mental health disorders. Understand how drugs can trigger or exacerbate mental health conditions, and the complex factors that contribute to this relationship.

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  • What Causes Codependency and What Can You Do About It?

    What Causes Codependency and What Can You Do About It?

    If you’ve spent years managing someone else’s moods, covering for their mistakes, or feeling responsible for whether they’re okay, you may be living with codependency. It’s a pattern, not a character flaw, and it tends to take root long before the relationship that brings it to the surface. Understanding where it comes from is the…

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  • Healthy Friends vs. Unhealthy Friends

    The people around you shape how recovery goes. That isn’t a motivational poster talking. When someone leaves residential treatment for a mental health condition or a co-occurring substance use disorder, the friendships they walk back into can steady them or pull them under. Research on substance use disorder recovery has found a clear positive relationship…

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  • Do I Need Mental Health Treatment?

    Most people don’t wake up one morning and decide they need help. The question builds slowly. You notice you’re not sleeping, or you’ve stopped answering the phone, or a person you love has gone quiet in a way that scares you. Then comes the harder question: is this bad enough to do something about? According…

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