Healthy relationships are composed of two people who offer each other love and support, and when you’re in a healthy relationship, you feel serenity, comfort and happiness whenever you think of your loved one. But for some people, being in love often isn’t accompanied by feelings of peace. Instead, it’s accompanied by feelings of being …
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When Phil and Donna Satow lost their son, Jed, to suicide in 1998, they met with the president of the college he’d been attending to try to gain some understanding. Were there suicide prevention programs their son might have turned to, they asked. There was a counseling service, the president said, but it was shared …
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What are the presidential candidates revealing about how they’ll handle our nation’s drug policy issues? It’s a crucial question.
Emotional, psychological and physical abuse during childhood lay the groundwork for the onset of mental illness, addiction and self-destructive behavior in later life.
Online dating has exploded over the last several years, and while it can be a valid and efficient way to find a mate, it can also become an unhealthy obsession. Are you scrolling through possible dates on an hourly basis? Do you find a date only to wonder if there’s a better option on the …
College binge drinking is slowly edging down. That’s good news for campus administrators, who struggle to keep students from engaging in drinking practices that can threaten not only their academics but their lives.
If you or your partner struggles with an addiction to sex, finding help isn’t easy, but it is possible. Unlike people with drug or alcohol addiction, sex addicts are limited when it comes to treatment facilities. Part of the difficulty in finding treatment for sex addiction is the controversial nature of the disorder, also known …
Teens use marijuana more than any other illicit substance. Its use comes in second only to alcohol when it comes to underage substance abuse. So if you think your teen might be smoking pot, you just might be right. There are some physical and behavioral signs that are specific to marijuana that you can look …
Imagine a treatment that could end depression in a single day with little to no side effects. It might sound like the inflated claims of a late-night infomercial, but researchers at the University of Maryland have reason to believe such treatment will one day be reality thanks to their identification of compounds that appear to …
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Love is one of the most cherished of human experiences. Most people hope to deeply bond with another human being romantically, spiritually and mentally. Songs and movies continually remind you that somewhere out there is your true soulmate, the person who will be your most important companion and make you complete. So it’s no wonder …