Can your parents addictions still be impacting your mental health years later as an adult? Simply put, Yes most definitely. Let’s take a look at what some of the more common ways this can show up in your life can be. Children of alcoholics and addicts often experience chaos, inconsistency, volatility, and unreliability. They may… Continue Reading How Your Parents Addictions Could Be Impacting Your Mental Health Years Later As An Adult
The Link Between Anxiety and Addiction Anxiety contains a wide range of symptoms and conditions, and it affects millions of people across the world. When confronting anxiety in tandem with addiction, it is important to grasp the full scope of anxiety and how it’s linked to substance abuse. For most people, the concept of… Continue Reading The Link Between Anxiety and Addiction
Alcohol and the Brain It is well-known that excessive consumption of alcohol has an adverse impact on the liver, heart and digestive system. It is important to note, the effects of alcohol on the brain are also serious. It can result in structural damage, cognitive deficits and changes in mental health status. Alcohol blocks chemical… Continue Reading Alcohol and Mental Health Effects
Kids and Alcohol: You Can Make a Difference Kids navigate the maze of life by using two “stars” or guideposts. Their world is split roughly in half by the influence of both parents and peers. The more power of influence you have as a parent, the less peers will have and vice versa. In a… Continue Reading Kids and Alcohol: You Can Make A Difference
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) defines addiction as “a treatable, chronic medical disease,” explaining that “people with addiction use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences.” Many addiction professionals regard the loss of control over substance use as an important aspect of the disease. While many people… Continue Reading Understanding the Enabling of Addictive Behavior
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of anguish for many Americans. Lockdowns and social distancing can make people feel isolated and lonely, increasing stress and anxiety. More than 460,000 Americans have now died from the disease. As we reported previously on this blog, the number of people reporting symptoms of anxiety and depression… Continue Reading Why COVID-19 is Taking a Heavy Toll on the Mental Health of People in States With Large Rural Areas
By Jaime W. Vinck, MC, LPC, NCC Chief Executive Officer CPF Recovery Ways Since early 2020 we have been in the midst of a triple pandemic; COVID19, mental health, and social/racial injustice. Last March when the depth and magnitude of COVID 19 was still unknown, (and from where we are today quite unimaginable), I… Continue Reading Trauma Informed Leadership
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on American’s’ mental health. According to a recent Boston University study, the prevalence of depressive symptoms in adults in the US increased more than three-fold in the spring during the COVID-19 pandemic as compared with before the pandemic. The study found 27.8 percent of US adults had… Continue Reading Coronaphobia: The Impact of COVID Anxiety on Mental Health
Addiction is a complex biopsychosocial disorder frequently driven by co-occurring mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, or trauma. Severe substance use disorder (SUD) often requires clinical treatment for an extended period to include different levels of care to support sobriety. At Recovery Ways, an individualized treatment plan for a new patient starts with intensive… Continue Reading Comprehensive and Individualized Addiction Treatment for Improved Outcomes
“Until recently, it was generally assumed that if we wanted something, it was because we liked it. But science is now questioning that idea – and pointing the way to a possible cure for addiction,” wrote the BBC’s David Edmonds. Edmonds describes experiments that confirm that craving or wanting is largely driven by the… Continue Reading Wanting, Craving, and Liking in the Addicted Brain
