Amount of Gray Matter in Brain Affects Self-Control and Decision-Making News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthDecember 13, 2011According to a new study from the U.S. Dept. of Energy Laboratory in Brookhaven, the amount of gray matter in your brain affects its thought process and the ability to assess rewards or consequences. The study was the first of its kind to show the correlation between the brains of healthy people and the brains…
Benefits of Equine Therapy: 5 Lessons Only a Horse Teaches Addiction RecoveryBy Promises Behavioral HealthDecember 12, 2011At The Ranch rehabilitation center in Tennessee, equine therapy is a way to experience change in a hands-on way by challenging people to look at themselves and the world in a new way. People who have struggled to make progress or achieve their treatment goals have made significant breakthroughs with the aid of equine therapy.
Are We Over-Medicating for Mental Health Problems? Substance AbuseBy Promises Behavioral HealthDecember 5, 2011In a country where we can buy over-the-counter pain relievers which portend to address highly specialized discomforts such as headache, joint ache, backache, migraine and mild arthritis could we be over-medicating for mental discomforts? Some are wondering if we have become a population that is ready to pop a pill the moment we feel even…
Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Severe Depression Mood DisordersBy Promises Behavioral HealthDecember 3, 2011In a world where diseases and disorders are identified with greater precision and specialized pharmaceuticals are designed to treat illnesses with pinpoint efficacy, we tend to forget that medicine remains a “practice.” At least in the western world, we have begun to conclude that every condition has a diagnosis and every diagnosis has a successful…
Women and ADHD Medication News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthDecember 2, 2011A mental health disorder that has been given much attention in childhood is beginning to be noted in adulthood as well. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD as it is most commonly called, is a condition which affects three to five percent of American children. However, increasingly the disorder is being recognized in adults and…
Those With Eating Disorders Need Extra Support During the Holidays Eating DisordersBy Promises Behavioral HealthDecember 1, 2011For most people, one of the best things about the holidays is the food. Platters of all flavors of Christmas cookies, pumpkin pie, turkey and stuffing, fudge and other candies combine their fragrances throughout the house and workplace almost continuously from Thanksgiving through the New Year.
Parents Urged to Stop Teens From Sexting Adolescent IssuesBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 30, 2011Recent research indicates that at least one-fifth of teens in the U.S. have either been the recipient or sender of a sexted message on their cell phone. In a post from the Hartford Courant, the focus is shifted away from teen behavior and moved toward parents’ roles in monitoring the age at which their child…
Abolish The Word “Habit” For Smoking Addiction Substance AbuseBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 30, 2011The Ontario (Canada) Lung Association recently came out with a recommendation to abolish the word “habit” for smoking addiction. On the face of it, this makes a great deal of sense. But there’s always more to it than a literal interpretation.
Expert Parenting Tips for Parents in Recovery FeaturedBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 25, 2011As addicts, we like to believe that our behaviors only damage ourselves. What we do is nobody else’s business. But this is a delusion crafted by the disease of addiction. In reality, our behaviors affect friends, relatives, co-workers and everyone we come into contact with. And no one suffers more than those we most want…
Women Linked to Drug Abuse Are at Risk for Depression Mood DisordersBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 25, 2011An online article reports that women who are linked to drug abuse of any type, either as the partner of an abuser or the consumer themselves, are more likely to have mental health disorders than those who have remained drug free.
