Because of the inappropriate stigma around drug dependency, users facing the COVID-19 crisis are in a uniquely dangerous position. There is a smorgasbord of inconsistent messaging around the topic. Users are not to use drugs alone…yet social isolation is required….
“I wish I bought beer stocks,” has become an unfortunate joke during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nation is drinking more than ever to cope with: boredom, stress, loneliness, anxiety and depression. Yet, the fact of the matter is, this is…
Co-occurring disorders are simultaneously intuitive and complex. A co-occurring disorder refers to either the substance abuse problem or depression of an individual suffering from both afflictions. What is important to grasp is the simultaneous distinction between and interrelationship of the…
Eating disorders are frightening conditions. Victims and their families face a feeling of hopelessness and a spiraling loss of control. These disorders are painful to experience and witness, particularly when a loved one is afflicted. The good news is: we…
Vaping was once marketed as a risk-free alternative to smoking. This is, simply put, a falsehood. Aside from the widespread prevalence of the mysterious ‘vaping illness’ in 2019, users of vapes face negative consequences to the heart, lungs and circulatory…
Any gardener worth their trowel will tell you that gardening is their preferred form of meditation. But horticultural therapy, or the practice of healing through interaction with plants, is nearly as old as the United States. Dr. Benjamin Rush was…
Holistic therapy is what it sounds like: an approach that treats symptoms in relation to the whole-person wellness of a patient. Once pushed to the margins in the addiction treatment community, holisitc therapy for addiction has–due to its evidenced-based positive…
An Intro to MET: Motivational Enhancement Therapy Motivational enhancement therapy, or MET, is a seemingly simple yet deeply effective treatment for those in recovery. MET’s unique beauty results from its people-forward methodology that increases the patient’s motivation towards change. It…
Ketamine Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Ketamine is the new kid at pharmacology school. Ketamine was originally developed as a veterinary tranquilizer or a “dissociative anesthetic.” Though it gained its notoriety as a drug of abuse during the rave years…
Marijuana and Mental Illness Marijuana is not the innocuous herb it was once regarded as being. Marijuana today is up to 70% more potent than it was in the 1970s. The potency, coupled with the powerful (and discrete) new forms…