Final Report for Housing Within Reach (HWR)
Publish Date: March 3, 2024
Written by: Ben Lesser
Medically reviewed by: Nina Köhler and Rald Dietrich
Summary of the Report Housing Within Reach is an initiative launched by the TDMHDD -Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities- in 2000 to remedy the lack of healthy, decent, quality, permanent, and accessible housing opportunities in the state for people who have mental illnesses and co-occurring disorders. The Creating Homes Initiative (CHI) was … Read more
How much do Bipolar Treatment Services Cost?
Publish Date: March 3, 2024
Written by: Ben Lesser
Medically reviewed by: Nina Köhler and Rald Dietrich
Bipolar treatment will be administered to around 2.8% of the U.S. population this year, and about 4.4% of all US citizens will have suffered some form of bipolar disorder in their lifetime. You may be worried about the price of bipolar treatment if you believe you or a loved one has the disease. The costs … Read more
Mental Health: How is it Discovered?
Publish Date: March 3, 2024
Written by: Ben Lesser
Medically reviewed by: Nina Köhler and Rald Dietrich
Whenever mental health or Dual Diagnosis occurs, signs of two different diseases are observable. The two co-occurring issues are usually mental health disorders that indicate an untreated mental condition and a substance abuse problem or addiction. But how can you tell if your loved one’s mental health issues are the result of drug use alone or … Read more
An Overview of Dual Diagnosis
Publish Date: March 3, 2024
Written by: Ben Lesser
Medically reviewed by: Nina Köhler and Rald Dietrich
This article about Dual Diagnosis is based on research studies and findings of mental health disorders, co-occurring conditions, dual diagnosis disorders, substance and alcohol addiction, and treatment plans. The puzzle of dual diagnosis diseases is starting to be unraveled by brain investigation and analysis. For years, the medical profession has either neglected or viewed personality … Read more
How and When to Intervene when Someone Involved in Substance Abuse
Publish Date: March 3, 2024
Written by: Ben Lesser
Medically reviewed by: Nina Köhler and Rald Dietrich
Personality change can hit mental illness of students of any age. Rachel was in High School When she started feeling depressed. She had to skip her classes back from school rather than getting help from a counseling session for her personality change due to mental illness. Richard turned into drugs and alcohol, and she was … Read more
Psychotherapies for Anxiety Treatment
Publish Date: March 3, 2024
Written by: Ben Lesser
Medically reviewed by: Nina Köhler and Rald Dietrich
Anxiety treatment is carried out by psychotherapies nowadays. Treating the signs of anxiety ailment effectively regularly requires a multifaceted, multi-phase method to anxiety treatment. A personalized aggregate of remedy for anxiety treatment offerings can offer quite a few help, including medicine, psychiatric remedy, and holistic services. There are numerous styles of tension sickness, including: General Anxiety … Read more
Harm Reduction Alternatives in Addiction Treatment
Publish Date: March 3, 2024
Written by: Ben Lesser
Medically reviewed by: Nina Köhler and Rald Dietrich
Harm reduction: describes the process of decreasing the health risks associated with various human behaviors. Addiction as described by The National Institute on Drug Abuse is “acute, recurring brain ailment” by the National Institute on Drug Abuse[1] . There is no mention of moral impairment or failure in this definition. Instead, the term suggests that addiction … Read more
“Astonishing” Study: Almost Every Patient that Overdoses on Painkillers Continues to Get Refills from their Doctors
Publish Date: March 3, 2024
Written by: Ben Lesser
Medically reviewed by: Nina Köhler and Rald Dietrich
Getting help for overdoses on Painkillers is a challenge in our current health care system. According to new studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, people are classified as being in danger through problems such as substance abuse and mental illness. Ninety-one per cent of people who overdoses on painkillers/opioids, but were still alive, … Read more
Appendix A — Bibliography: References
Publish Date: March 3, 2024
Written by: Ben Lesser
Medically reviewed by: Nina Köhler and Rald Dietrich
Below are Substance Abuse References: Africa, B., and S.R. Schwartz. Schizophrenic issues. In: Goldman, H.H., ed. An audit from General Psychiatry, Third Version. Norwalk, Connecticut: Appleton and Lange, 1992. pp. 226-241. American Mental Affiliation. Demonstrative and Factual Manual of substance abuse and Mental Issues, Third Version, Overhauled. Washington, D.C.: American Mental Affiliation, 1987. American Mental … Read more
Treatment for Dual Diagnosis
Publish Date: March 3, 2024
Written by: Ben Lesser
Medically reviewed by: Nina Köhler and Rald Dietrich
What Is a Dual Diagnosis? Dual Diagnosis Treatment is a method of treatment in which a person is diagnosed with both a substance use disorder (such as alcohol use disorder) and a mental health disorder (such as depressive disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety attacks, etc.). An interaction between the two conditions will make rehabilitation more complex, resulting in … Read more