MENTAL DEPENDENCIES

a brief overview of the challenges living with and working with individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues

These are just a few of the mental health centers available for teenagers in the Carolinas.

Overcoming an addiction can be very tough for those who are suffering from mental and physical dependencies. There are, however, solutions to the addiction problem.

This is a brief argument as to why bailouts were neither beneficial or deserved.

The door has been opened, through official definition, that the term "addiction" may be debatable.

Timothy's Law, named for 12-year-old Timothy O'Clair - who committed suicide after years of struggling with mental illness - was signed by New York's governor George Pataki on December 22. The law will force insurance companies to provide more coverage for mental illnesses.

Dual diagnosis describes individuals who suffer from severe mental illnesses who also employ the use of drugs and/or alcohol to the degree that it impacts their mental and physical health.

There are many facilities available for conquering drug and alcohol dependencies in the Memphis, TN area, which is included in the tri-state area of Arkansas and Mississippi.

You know that your spouse has a problem and needs your help and support. And you have always prided yourself on being there for him. But now you have come to realize that maybe this isn't a good thing. Maybe you have become dependent on his need of you?

Individuals seeking drug and alcohol addiction treatment can now find help in New York at various rehab centers. Below is a look at some of the holistic rehab centers in NY.

Are you using drugs more than you should? This could be addiction.

Thanks to Tiger Woods, sex addiction and sex rehab have been all over the news. But what is sex addiction and does Woods have this condition, or is it merely an excuse?

Drug addicts and alcoholics cannot recover when they are being given mind-altering, mood-altering drugs by their health care providers.

This review provides a good synopsis of the film Requiem For a Dream and also focuses on the social problems that the film portrays.

Just about everybody has established goals in one form or another, but how many people are actually successful at accomplishing those goals? That is an easy one to answer: very few!

This article is designed to support the disease model of addiction for the rehabilitation of patients. While several models for addiction exist, the medical industry has embraced the addiction model as the most useful for the rehabilitation of patients.

One type of addiction that is very common nowadays yet usually overlooked by most is addiction to food. It is a type of psychological illness.

This guide gives information on alcoholism, down to the causes and symptoms to the treatments possible.

Whatever threats to public health and safety illegal drugs may pose, prohibition and anti-drug hysteria aggravate them beyond calculation. Only a visible, above-ground problem can be dealt with in a rational manner.

limits and boundaries-- why they are important

Can someone truly become addicted to video games?

Have you ever known someone who goes through intense periods of happiness to depression within seconds? Did you ever wonder what can cause this to happen?

This article will discuss addiction to hydrocodone.

Fighting insomnia can be done in 6 ways; you can use pharmaceuticals, behavioural treatments, therapy, hypnosis, meditation and herbal remedies.