An Interview with Someone who Has Undergone an Intervention

An intervention is a procedure that uses peer pressure to encourage a dependent on admitting his or her problem and then seek adequate treatment. The intervention brings together a group of close friends and families, and the meeting is normally a surprise to the addict. Each group member discusses how the addict harms him or … Read more

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Drug Addiction Support Groups

Drugs Addiction support groups are a crucial component of many addiction recovery phases. The most well-known support groups are 12-step programs, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Still, several other support groups may be incorporated into an individual’s aftercare plan to support them through addiction recovery. 12-step and similar recovery programs can extend the progress made … Read more

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Addiction to Drugs and Psychological Trauma

Psychological trauma can also affect individuals that have suffered severe emotional harm. This may be that a patient with psychological trauma has been to an experience or circumstance that is especially scary. This type of trauma will happen when an individual has stress that increases his capacity to deal with the corresponding stress. Psychological trauma … Read more

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Schizoaffective Disorder: Disorganized Type of Schizophrenia

Disorganized schizophrenia is a type of disorder defined as abnormal behaviors that are nonsensical and have no logic. This disorder is also known as hebephrenic type schizophrenia or just Disorganized schizophrenia, people suffering from this disorder, when diagnosed, often have difficulties having functional connections with other peoples or managing their behavior day-after-day affairs. One of the … Read more

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U.S. Mental Health Legislation

Mental Health Act is most commonly passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Majority Whip’s role is given to the majority leader or majority party. The part of Minority Whip is held by the junior Senator or member from that party in the U.S. Senate. … Read more

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Delving Into Stimulant-Induced Psychosis

Drug induced psychosis and a variety of other mental illnesses were previously treated with modern-day illicit drugs in the early 20th century. Many popular authors, scientists, and celebrated personalities used drugs allegedly to help them understand the world more deeply. During the years that ensued, additional research on psychosis revealed that many of these drugs were … Read more

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Relation Between Depression and Binge Drinking

Binge drinking and depression go with each other and medical field is struggling to find the panacea for these ills. Unfortunately, problem is further aggravated due to surging trend of drinking. It has a variety of effects on people. After moderate alcohol, some individuals may never experience symptoms of depression or any harmful consequences at … Read more

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Geography of Obstacles

Drug rehab treatment programs for dependency are easy to come by, especially for an individual with a co-occurring illness like depression or schizophrenia, it is typical for providers to constrain their searches by location. They will monitor the progress of the treatment program and, hopefully, remain involved in some aspect of treatment by holding care close … Read more

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How to Detox from Prescription Drugs

In my experience, prescription drugs have been required for the pain, ADHD and paranoia. Despite the high rates of violence with these medications, the rate of accidental deaths is extremely high. It is important to understand that most of the drugs in the market are psychoactive, which means that they cause an addiction or dependency … Read more

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