Family Support in Recovery
Studies show that family support as a component of intervention contributes to a higher rate of success in recovery from substance use. Here’s how to help your loved one.
Here’s Why You Need Social Support in Addiction Recovery
Your intro to peer groups that encourage social support in addiction recovery, like Alcoholics Anonymous, SMART Recovery, SOS and more.
Which Treatment is Best for Which Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder treatment depends on the exact diagnosis and can include hospitalization, inpatient treatment, intensive outpatient treatment and counseling.
Attending Rehab as a Teen: What Parents and Their Children Can Expect
When your teen starts treatment for drug addiction, you can expect psychotherapy, peer support, lifestyle skills and accommodations for academics.
The Future of Telehealth in Medicine and Healthcare: How the Pandemic Changed Virtual Services for Patients and Healthcare Workers
If you’ve wondered about telehealth in the future, you can be sure to have increased accessibility to services, more secure encryption and no wait times.
Set Your Child Up for Success in Mental Health Treatment and in Life
Your kid’s life is one big balancing act. Your child is trying to keep up with the demands of school, find personal passions, manage parental expectations, mature in peer relationships and face the challenge of developing an individual identity. Growing up is hard whichever way you slice it, and for kids who struggle with mental health disorders, there’s even more to balance. If your child is currently undergoing mental health treatment, it can feel extremely overwhelming for you and your whole family. In this article we’ll look at some ways to help your child thrive in all [...]
How Journaling can Enhance Your Addiction Recovery Program
Journaling is a powerful tool you can use to work through confusing or convoluted thoughts and feelings. Journaling gives you a chance to externally process without needing to sound eloquent, well thought out or even polite. It’s a free, safe space to say what you need to say, when and how you need to say it. Why journaling? In addition to being an effective method of processing what’s going on in your life, mind, heart, etc., journaling serves as a kind of documentary. It might tell the story of your battle with addiction, from where it began to where it [...]
All the Ways You Can Expect to Benefit from Evidence-Based Treatment
It seems like a no-brainer that medical and mental health professionals should be using the most current evidence to inform their practice. However, a disappointing number of experts tend to rely on traditional methods rather than the most safe and successful treatment. Evidence-based treatment has been gaining ground to combat practices that may be ineffective and even harmful. What is evidence-based treatment? The term “evidence-based treatment” has been around since the 1980s when it was used to inform clinical interventions with recent publications, according to the journal Neurotherapeutics. The American Psychological Association states that evidence-based treatment, or EBT, in [...]
A Quick Overview of Trauma Program Levels
If you’ve struggled to recover from terrible events in your life, trauma treatment might be for you. While not everyone’s life difficulties will warrant the same intensity of treatment, if you experience anxiety in daily living or recurring and intrusive thoughts about a past event, it’s time to get connected to help. Deciding to pursue trauma treatment is a brave step. The thought of processing trauma can be daunting, but rest assured that once you start services, you’ll have the compassion and support of healthcare professionals on your side. A decision you don’t have to make alone When you think [...]
Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosing and Treating Panic Disorder
Do you ever feel like you’re living in fear…of fear? If you’re looking for an overview of panic attacks and the best panic disorder treatment, you’ve come to the right place. Learn more about diagnosing the panic disorder, its most common symptoms and your therapy and medication options below. What is panic disorder? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (fifth edition), or DSM V, is the tool compiled by the American Psychiatric Association and used by medical and mental health professionals to recognize and treat conditions like panic disorder. The manual lists the following criteria to identify a [...]
Preparing for Mental Health Teletherapy
Finding mental health teletherapy Teletherapy has been an accepted treatment modality for the last several years, but it has gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health counseling via teletherapy is particularly valuable because it provides access to treatment and convenience factors that are not available with traditional in-person therapy. In addition to online mental health counseling, several other types of therapy can be made available on a telehealth platform: Addiction counseling: Online addiction counseling is a great medium for those in recovery who are still looking for outpatient support. A teletherapist specializing in online addiction counseling can provide treatment [...]
Knowing What You Need For Your Recovery Process
Coming to the realization that you or a loved one is in need of drug rehab can be a scary thing. Not only is it frightening because of the reality of addiction, but also because of the sheer number of treatment centers, counseling services and therapists available. Would virtual or in-person therapy be better? What about options like inpatient treatment, partial hospitalization or outpatient treatment – how do you determine which one you need? Because each individual’s addiction story is going to be different from the next person’s, it’s important for the success of the recovery journey to ensure [...]