After Orlando: A Mom Who Knows Talks Mental Health Mental Health, Mood DisordersBy Promises Behavioral HealthJune 24, 2016With reports that the shooter in the Orlando tragedy displayed behavioral and emotional problems as far back as elementary school, violence and mental illness have again become linked in the public conversation.
What Is Fentanyl? 10 Things to Know About the Drug That Killed Prince Drug Addiction, News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthJune 13, 2016A Minnesota medical examiner has reported that the music icon Prince died from an accidental overdose of the powerful painkiller fentanyl.
Arm Implant Called ‘Game Changer’ in Opioid Treatment News and Research, RecoveryBy Promises Behavioral HealthJune 6, 2016A small implant that delivers a constant stream of a drug that eases physical withdrawal from opioids, limits cravings and blocks their effect in the brain is being hailed as a game changer in the fight against heroin and prescription painkiller addiction.
Sober Stick Figure: A New Life for the Life of the Party RecoveryBy Promises Behavioral HealthJune 2, 2016In many ways, it was a morning like any other. Amber Tozer awoke with a raging hangover after too much partying and too much wine and vowed never to drink again.
Drugs, Alcohol Killing Ex-Prisoners Even Years After Release AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthMay 24, 2016A significant number of deaths among former prisoners are substance use-related, according to a new study from Sweden published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry.
Consultants Offer Helping Hand on Road to Addiction Recovery Addiction RecoveryBy Promises Behavioral HealthMay 16, 2016When drugs or alcohol become a problem for someone you care about, it’s time for decisions: What are the treatment options? What’s the best fit? And once you find help, how can you convince your loved one to accept it and follow through?
Why Am I Hooked to My Smartphone? Answers From Neuroscience Behavioral AddictionsBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 25, 2016Have you ever wondered why your smartphone is so hard to put down or why you can’t resist reading that incoming text? Why do you suddenly feel vulnerable when you find yourself without your smartphone — a condition described with terms such as “nomophobia” or no-mobile-phone phobia?
Staged Accidents Send Strong Message About Drunk Driving on Prom Night Adolescent Issues, News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 18, 2016Prom is all about dresses and corsages, tuxedos and bow ties, but it’s also all too often about drinking. Prom typically kicks off the last month before graduation for high school seniors, which means that it is a time of both exceptional elation and major stress.
Giving Young People in Recovery a Voice News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 11, 2016What happens when young people in addiction recovery are brought together and empowered to better themselves and their world?
Our Long, Strange Addiction Treatment Trip News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 4, 2016If our country’s 200-plus year history of addiction treatment tells us one thing it’s this: There is little that people won’t try to overcome an addiction to alcohol or drugs.
