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What Are Mental Health Disorders: A Guide To Common Therapies

What Are Mental Health Disorders: A Guide To Common Therapies

Mental health disorders are health conditions that affect one’s emotions, thinking, and behavior. It can interfere with the way people perform daily tasks. The most common mental problems are anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. To address these, you can choose among a range of treatment options such as medications, psychotherapy, and other …

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4 Features of Virtual IOP That Makes Them Worth It

Saying that the coronavirus pandemic has changed the world is an understatement. In the past three years, COVID-19 has overturned the lives of many people. Rich and poor, young and old, COVID-19 has affected everyone in one way or another. This pandemic has altered our day-to-day existence -from the way we worked, the way your …

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Xanax Overdose: Effects, Symptoms, and How to Reverse Addiction

Prescription drug abuse refers to using medications in a way other than what your physician has recommended. For instance, taking high doses of central nervous system (CNS) depressants like alprazolam can pose serious risks to your health. This could potentially result in Xanax overdose. People typically abuse medication to relieve pain, stay awake, get high, …

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Co-occurring Disorder Treatment, Symptoms: The Link Between Psychiatric Disorders and Drug Overuse

Did you know that around 7.7 million adults have co-occurring mental and substance disorders, according to a 2017 study? Out of the 20.3 million adults suffering from disorders or SUDs resulting from substance use, a whopping 37.9% also had mental illnesses. In addition, among the 42.1 million adults with mental illnesses, 18.2% of the population …

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Quick Guide to Understanding Medication-Assisted Treatment

What are medication assisted treatment (MAT) programs? How do they work? Why are they necessary? These are the things we’ll cover in this quick guide.  To better understand this specialized form of treatment, we need to first look at the current opioid addiction situation around the globe.  Opioid Abuse Overview Opioid use and its almost …

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