How to Communicate With Your Borderline Personality Disordered Loved OnePersonality DisordersBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 30, 2013Receiving the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) can come as a relief – finally knowing what is wrong and that there may be some solutions. But even after diagnosis, many attendant conflicts remain. There are few medications that work for BPD, and certainly no “magic bullet.” The disorder is known to be so complicated…
New Definition of Depression Includes Sustained GriefMood DisordersBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 29, 2013Major depression is a life-altering mental health disorder that affects children, teenagers and adults. However, for a number of reasons, older adults with depression-related symptoms often don’t receive a depression diagnosis. In order to at least partially rectify this situation (and accomplish a number of other goals), the organization responsible for creating the standard definition…
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is April 27Substance AbuseBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 25, 2013The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in coordination with more than 4,000 state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies across the country, will hold its sixth annual drug “take-back” day April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hoarders Struggle to Toss Out Even Other People’s Junk MailMental HealthBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 25, 2013It is easy to watch the popular reality TV shows about hoarders and make a judgment. The scenes of clutter and garbage piled so high that the house is barely habitable trigger feelings of both disgust and pity. How can people live that way? This is what many of us ask when we see this…
My Mother Is Bipolar and She Threatened to KillMental HealthBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 24, 2013On a cold, moonless night in January 2008, I woke up to the piercing of my cell phone’s ringtone. A call at that hour could only be an emergency. On the other end was my mother, but it wasn’t her voice I heard. She sounded like a crying child – a shrieking, frightened child. Suddenly…
Innovative Wolf Therapy Program at Promises Treatment Centers Assists Young Adults Recovering From AddictionUncategorizedBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 23, 2013Promises Treatment Centers has joined forces with Wolf Connection, a wolfdog rescue center and youth empowerment program, to bring wolf and wolfdog therapy to young adults at Promises West Los Angeles.
Most Children With ADHD Face Mental Health Woes as Adults, Study FindsAdolescent IssuesBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 23, 2013New research has determined that ADHD, a developmental disorder most associated with childhood, is a problem for adults as well. A new study, the largest to date into the effects of ADHD over the long term, has found that a significant number of children with ADHD still suffer from it in adulthood. The authors of…
Borderline Personality and Identity: Understanding Yourself in Order to HealPersonality DisordersBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 22, 2013When experts discuss borderline personality disorder (BPD), they often discuss a “syndrome of identity diffusion.” Identity diffusion is one of the characteristics that sets borderline personality apart from what experts term “neurotic personality organization,” and is perhaps the part of borderline that makes it most confusing for those who suffer from it.
Are You Raising An Alcoholic? Don’t Set the Stage for AddictionAlcoholismBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 19, 2013The second in a two-part series. Part One: How Your Behavior Influences Your Child You child’s future relationship with alcohol is cultivated in the home. You may be unwittingly setting the stage for future alcohol problems with these behaviors. Drunkenness and irresponsibility with alcohol. We’re all human, we all have a little too much at…
Are You Raising An Alcoholic? How Your Behavior Influences Your ChildAlcoholismBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 19, 2013Part One in a two-part series. Ask any parents if they are concerned about keeping their kids safe from the ravages of alcoholism and they’ll surely say yes. But many parents, perhaps unwittingly, are laying the groundwork for alcohol misuse and abuse among their children. As a parent, you play a more important role in…
