Addiction has destroyed many, many relationships. Marriages are the easiest to pull apart with the lies and deception, cheating, neglect, and hurt feelings. If your marriage has been afflicted by the specter of addiction, you have a change to pull it back together.
Children of parents who use drugs often experience negative consequences. In addition to the expected effects of the drug, there can also be associated problems, such as financial difficulties and employment issues that can lead to significant challenges for the child.
Addiction stems from a complicated blend of psychological, social and physiological factors. But is there a recipe for addiction? Are some of us doomed to predispositions toward addiction? While some experts say that addiction is far more complex than a list of personality traits, most agree that there are commonalities worth mentioning.
If you have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it would be understandable if you are feeling a combination of things. Relieved that there is finally an explanation for your behavior the last few months or even years can be followed by dread. Manic one moment could find you shopping as if it were an Olympic…
A study on depression shows how guilt factors into the illness and how our brain processes guilt and then responds to it regarding our state of depression. Researchers at the University of Manchester found people who formerly had depression but were now in remission so they could conduct brain scans on them.
On July 27, 2012, Promises Behavioral Health will host a symposium in Dallas featuring leading process addiction experts Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S, Carolyn Coker Ross, MD, MPH, and Jack Kuo, MD.
Most people may associate steroid abuse with competitive athletes, but in reality anabolic steroids have become a problem across many different populations, including teenagers. While the pursuit of performance and appearance is certainly a large factor in steroid abuse, growing evidence now suggests that addiction also plays a role in driving some individuals to repeated…
In every tired old cliché regarding psychotherapy there comes a point with the patient lying on the couch talking about his or her mother when the therapist asks, “and how do you feel about that?” What would therapy be like if feelings didn’t matter? If talking about your past wasn’t necessary, or even desired? In…
As an employer, you want to have healthy and happy people working for you. You care for them and their well-being, but you also need them to be productive. When an addiction rears its ugly head in the workplace, the consequences can be devastating. It can cause an increase in health care costs, lost productivity,…
Depression is a common mental disorder, affecting three to four percent of the United States population. However, while the disorder is common, it is very serious, often affecting normal daily life and major events.