Finding a therapist can be intimidating enough, but it is even more overwhelming as you come across many unfamiliar acronyms written after their name. One that frequently pops up is CBT or cognitive behavioral therapy. Whether you are looking for…
For those of you who don’t know, anxiety is your body’s natural response to not coping with stress. It is a feeling of apprehension or fear about what’s to come – going to a job interview, the first day of…
How to Prevent Suicide During Covid-19? COVID-19 has inflicted severe damage on America’s collective mental health. Young people are particularly hard hit. While many youths find themselves on a spectrum of anxiety and depression, there is a concerning subset of…
How To Manage Your Mental Health During COVID-19? The rate of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among America’s youth was at epidemic proportions before COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic, over 20% of America’s college students suffered from a mental health…
How Has COVID-19 Created A Mental Health Crisis? The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is not just wreaking havoc on America’s physical health. The unique threat of the virus, plus the isolation of lockdown and uncertainty of the future all have contributed…
What Is Evidence Based Addiction Treatment? Evidence-based treatment (EBT) is yet another facet of the rehabilitation, recovery, and medical worlds that means exactly what it sounds like: the application of the best available, most reliable evidence gained from the scientific…
What Are Co-Occurring Disorders? 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…
How Do I Find Eating Disorder Treatment? 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…
How Can Vitamins Benefit My Mental Health? Vitamins are often portrayed as a quasi-medicinal afterthought. Vitamins, however, are crucial pieces of equipment for our body’s natural processes. Vitamin deficiency can cause everything from Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome to malaise and depression. Those…
How Can I Benefit From Horticultural Therapy? 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…
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