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Drug Profile: What Is a Depressant and What Does It Do?
Depressants, also called central nervous system depressants, are a type of prescription medication used for treating anxiety, acute stress reactions, or panic disorders. They work to slow down the...
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What’s a Spliff? And Other Forms of Pot Use
Updated May 1, 2023 Since many states legalized marijuana for medical and recreational use, the drug has steadily grown in popularity. An estimated 4.8 million people in the U.S. had marijuana use...
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PTSD Signs and Why They’re More Common in Women
Updated May 30, 2024 Post-traumatic stress disorder, more commonly known as PTSD, impacts an estimated 6.8 percent of American adults over the course of their lifetime, with a notable prevalence of...
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Mental Health Support for Individuals with Physical Disabilities
While much of the media portrays American society as a population of able-bodied, fit, and confident individuals, statistics show that 61 Million (or one in four adults) living in the United States...
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What Is Personalized Care?
“Personalized care,” a bit of a buzzword, is a best practice in behavioral healthcare. In its more basic sense, it is treatment for the whole person and their specific needs. What does that mean,...
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Drinking and Hangover-Induced Anxiety
Anyone who’s experienced a hard night of drinking can attest to the unpleasant effects that occur the next day. Headaches, dry mouth, nausea and dizziness are just a few of the most common hangover...
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Common Mental Health Assessments & How Pros Read Them
Mental health evaluations are a popular way for professionals to assess an individual’s mental state. There are many types of mental disorder tests out there, but some are generally more common than...
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10 Easy Tips to Improve Mind and Body Wellness
Updated on June 4, 2024 Every year, people make new resolutions to improve their health. These may include goals for weight loss and better fitness, but not so much for mind-body wellness. This New...
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Avoid the Psychological Weight of a Bigger Waistline
It’s easy to be sensitive about the smallest change in weight or appearance — after all, no one looks at you more than you do. Maybe you wake up in the morning after a night in which you ate a larger...
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“Dopamine Dressing”: A Guide to Feel-Good Fashion
Feeling comfortable in what you’re wearing and confident in your appearance overall can truly boost your mood. That’s something most people intuitively understand, but the idea of dressing for joy has...
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Can Responses to Stress Be Passed Down Genetically?
In the traditional view of genetics, the things encoded in your genes are distinct traits, such as hair color or whether you have a higher risk for heart disease. Genes from parents, grandparents and...
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How Addiction Affects Women Differently
Both men and women suffer from substance abuse. Neither one suffers more or less than the other, but they do suffer in different ways. If you are a woman, it is critical to understand exactly how...
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Drug Profile: Tizanidine Abuse
Like many other prescription FDA-approved medications, tizanidine can be addictive. Tizanidine is not a narcotic. The drug is considered to be a muscle relaxer that helps to reduce pain, but in a...
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The Dangers of Combining Zoloft and Weed
What happens when you combine the antidepressant Zoloft with weed? Are there health dangers to consider? The answer to that question affects millions of Americans. Zoloft-marijuana interactions affect...
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Toxic Productivity: What It Looks Like
In many industries, people take pride in working long hours or completing huge amounts of work in a short time span. This practice isn’t sustainable and leads to productivity anxiety, burnout and...
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Going “No Contact” with a Loved One: A Therapist’s Advice
Approximately 27% of Americans ages 18 or older are estranged from at least one family member. Lately, it seems even more celebrities are talking about going no contact (such as Jennette McCurdy...
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Green Day Front Man, Billie Joe Armstrong, Speaks Openly About His Addiction...
Billie Joe Armstrong is a famous musician known mostly for being the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for the band Green Day. Armstrong spent decades in the limelight, but he’s very publicly...
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How Sleep Deprivation Affects Mental Health
It’s no secret that sleep plays an important role in maintaining good health. If you’ve ever spent one of those dreaded nights tossing and turning, you’re probably familiar with the grogginess and...
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What’s Motivational Interviewing? How It Works
What is motivational interviewing, and how does it work? Find out how this approach can help encourage people to make positive change and improve relationships. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a...
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Help for When “My Husband Yells at Me”
Yelling in a relationship is almost never good, and it can sometimes be a sign that things have gone very wrong for one or both parties. It can be a result of various underlying issues such as stress,...
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