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Social Detoxing: The Best Kind of Detoxing to Optimize Mental Health
Have you ever noticed how the people you surround yourself with the most can affect your moods and overall health? As a mental health advocate, I understand how this can be because I suffered from mental health issues most of my life. Now that I’ve overcome the majority of those issues, I realized how much my moods, mental states, and overall health improved dramatically after letting go of toxic people...
December 18, 2021
Court Rules Insurance Company Illegally Denied Mental Health Care
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California found that United Behavioral Health (UBH), a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, intentionally denied mental health and substance abuse coverage for tens of thousands of patients, including children. The criteria placed emphasis on treating patients in crisis while denying claims for ongoing and preventative care. According to the court,...
April 4, 2019
Does PTSD Lead to Addiction?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can affect just about anyone. Around - 70% of Americans - have suffered a trauma, and around 20% of them suffer from PTSD at some point. Those who are exposed to continuous trauma are especially likely to suffer from PTSD. 20% of soldiers deployed in the past six years suffer from PTSD, and there are surely many undiagnosed cases. That’s more...
October 30, 2018
Overcome Your Bad Habits and Addictions, Now!
When individuals engage in substance abuse (alcohol, drugs, etc.) and they are unable to quit usage on their own even though they have tried repeatedly, but succumb to using again, they possess an addiction. Addictions are multi-faceted; they affect individuals in one or more ways; biologically, psychologically or socially. When the body develops withdrawal symptoms after the individual discontinues...
April 27, 2018
A Beautiful Struggle: Addiction Survivors Share the Ways They Overcame the Substance Abuse That Stole Their Youth
“I have been doing drugs half my life... There had been times where I was thinking, ‘When is it going to be over? When am I going to be done?’ It took a long time, but with God’s help, I am here today and I am sober and clean.” - Patricio’s words serve as an inspiring example for us all: no matter what we’ve been through in the past, we can all become the heroes of our own stories. Some of the most...
March 2, 2018