Tag: treatment

The first year of recovery is difficult to manage. Triggers lie everywhere and applying the skills you learned in rehab ...

Today, one in five people in the United States experience a mental health condition which is equivalent to approximately 40 million ...

Nancy Lublin giving a TedTalk on the creation of CrisisTextLine.org Crisis Text Line was launched quietly with no marketing initiative ...

An activity therapy room is seen at the Psychiatric Inpatient Program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California ...

I was working as a social worker in Denmark for some at a highly specialised university hospital until I moved ...

In late June of 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States of America made history by legalizing marriage equality ...

It's not unusual for introverts to run across prejudice, even in the clinical setting. They are encouraged by spouses, bosses, ...

One story that is trending on news and social media is that of a law enforcement officer who drew his ...

Substance abuse can include alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs, and is prevalent in all ages. For adolescents, the top ...

“Stigma is a five dollar word for a two dollar concept. It’s prejudice.” Stigma, a set of negative stereotypes tied ...

Ashley Qualls When the new season of The First 48 began, one of the first episodes on the A&E show ...

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and it is estimated that 1.5 to 1.6 million patients in the ...

Children from adversity is a term often used to describe children who have experienced childhood traumas, abuse, and/or stressful conditions ...

“National Recovery Month is a national observance that educates Americans on the fact that addiction treatment and mental health services ...

by Maya Navon Finding Refuge emerged from an extremely challenging yet life-changing college course. When the three filmmakers entered the ...

by Polly-Gean Cox, LCSWA Monday August 19th, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey declared the practice of conversion therapy on ...

It's not uncommon for a client to enter my office with previous experiences in therapy elsewhere. When meeting a new ...

Paralysis, confusion, shame are all feelings I experienced upon hearing my diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I know I am ...

Deciding whether or not to take medication for our mental illness has got to be the most difficult decision one ...

There are tons of compulsive behaviors that people now refer to has addictions such as sex, gambling, shopping, internet, video ...