Adwoa Aboah: Loneliness Attached to Sobriety is Like a ‘grieving period’ IT’S WORTH IT – Oct. 8, 2022 - She said: “I don’t think people talk about it (loneliness) enough when attached to sobriety. Like imagine, you know, it’s almost like a grieving period. “You mourn the people y... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressioninterventionInterviewMental HealthOct 18 2022RecoveryRehab
LSD-based drugs help mice with anxiety and depression — without the trip STANLEY MOUSE? – Oct. 5, 2022 - The new drug comes from a large team of scientists who did not start out looking for an antidepressant. They had been building a virtual library of 75 million molecules... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthOct 11 2022PsychedelicsRecovery
Ibogaine Addiction Treatment In Brazil WORTH THE AIRFARE – Sept. 21, 2022 - In recent decades, after a strong renaissance of clinical research around ibogaine and other mind-expanding drugs, psychedelic-assisted therapies are becoming increas... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthPsychedelicsRecoverySept 27 2022
Revelatory Account of Mental Illness IS EVERYBODY CRAZY? – Sept. 23, 2022 - It’s a startling passage in the prologue of “Strangers to Ourselves,” but like so many of the stories in this intimate and revelatory book, the truth of it is real but inc... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 27 2022Trauma
“The Myth of Normal”: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture THE DRAMA KING – Sept. 16, 2022 - “The very values of a society are traumatizing for a lot of people,” says Maté, who argues in his book that “psychological trauma, woundedness, underlies much of what we call d... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadepressioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRehabSept 27 2022Trauma
Life-size Lanterns Raise Awareness of Suicide and Mental Injury ART CAN HEAL TOO! – Sept. 23, 2022 - “Too often, we see people suffering in silence,” said Emily Norton Ashinhurst, executive director of the Irish Diaspora Center, which organized the one-night display. But... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 27 2022suicideTrauma
Can Multiple Psychiatric Drugs Improve Minority Communities? SO MANY MOUTHS TO DRUG – Sept. 14, 2022 - “It has been documented in adults that Black patients with mental illness are more likely to receive substance care and more likely to be diagnosed with psychoti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 20 2022teenagersTrauma
Nothing seemed to relieve their depression. Then they tried ketamine. DO TRY THIS AT HOME – Sept. 12, 2022 - While the study has limitations, the findings appear to illuminate how ketamine could offer more than just brief relief to people whose depression is resistant to o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 20 2022
After years of food addiction & depression, Tamara Walcott says powerlifting ‘saved me from myself’ VIDEO – WORTH THE WEIGHT – Sept. 13, 2022 - The private, deep-rooted significance powerlifting assumed in her life perhaps goes some way to explaining Walcott’s success in the sport. In July, sh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewRecoveryRehabSept 20 2022
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Confirms He’s One-Year Sober EVEN IN NEW JERSEY – Aug. 12, 2022 - The “Celebrity Fear Factor” alum, who noted that he’s had “basically full-time” custody of his and ex Jen Harley’s 4-year-old daughter, Ariana, added that he has been in a “... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 23 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Mental Health Crisis Tears Fabric Of College Sports PUSHED TO FAR? – Aug. 12, 2022 - Houle saw a sports psychologist as a high school sophomore after massive success in gymnastics, including a national championship. After competing for Ohio State, Houle g... Read More...Aug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
The Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression is Dead SCIENCE IS ALIVE – Aug. 2, 2022 - They have done us a favour by corralling the evidence that says as much, even if we knew this to be the case. But the death of the chemical imbalance theory has no bearing o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 9 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
OPINION: Recovery is Beautiful, Recovery is Hard, Choose Life Over Addiction SINGING A SOBER SONG – Aug. 2, 2022 - For over 17 years, I not only struggled with an active substance abuse disorder, but a mental health disorder as well. If there is something I would like for you to get out... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 9 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Perfectionism May Be Risk Factor for Severe Alcohol Use Disorder YOU MEAN ALCOHOLISM? – Aug. 2, 2022 - In the study, researchers from Belgium recruited 65 adults with SAUD undergoing inpatient treatment and 65 adults without the condition. Each participant completed t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 9 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionRecoveryRehab
Low Addiction Risk with Medical Use of Ketamine THE KET IS OUT OF THE BAG – Aug. 4, 2022 - Its effect is felt a few hours after the first dose, whereas traditional antidepressants take several weeks to act. Although its prescription is increasing for this ty... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 9 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
Medicating Complexity TIED WITH PLACEBO – July 25, 2022 - A paper in the journal Molecular Psychiatry recently tried to examine the scientific evidence for the serotonin hypothesis of depression from several possible angles and fou... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 2 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryTrauma
Dee Taylor-John Celebrating 5 Years Advocates for Education, Healing VIDEO – WOUNDED HEALER AT WORK – July 29, 2022 - Harm reduction plays a major role in supporting community members experiencing a substance use disorder, said Brandon-based Solange Machado, network co-or... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 2 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadepressionfentanylharm reductioninterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
A Decisive Blow to the Serotonin Hypothesis of Depression The Truth Hurts...BIG Pharma – July 19, 2022 - “There is no such thing as a scientifically established correct ‘balance’ of serotonin,” Lacasse and Leo cautioned more than a decade ago, joining numerous other ... Read More...Aug 2 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
Jewish Communities Grapple with Addiction as Crisis Ravages US VIDEO – NO ONE IS IMMUNE – July 27, 2022 - A graduate of a Brooklyn yeshiva, David, a pseudonym, had enrolled in New York’s prestigious Cornell University with the goal of getting into medical school. His fami... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAug 2 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
At-Home Ketamine Therapy Shows Mental Health Benefits THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME – July 21, 2022 - Several sessions of at-home ketamine therapy supported by telehealth are a safe and effective way to treat moderate to severe anxiety and depression, a new study fou... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionJuly 26 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Suicide Hotline # 988 Gets Over 96,000 Calls During First Week VIDEO – SAVE A SOUL, SAVE THE WORLD – July 24, 2022 - The 988 system will build on an existing network of over 200 crisis centers nationwide staffed by counselors who answer millions of calls each year - about ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassiondepressioninterventionJuly 26 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
Doctors Urge Access To Psychedelics THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, YOU HAVE TO WEAR SHADES – July 12, 2022 - A legislative panel on Tuesday listened to advocates who hope to broaden the scope of medical treatment and research assisted by psilocybin, th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 19 2022Mental HealthPsychedelicsRecoveryRehab
Opinion: Why I Will Never Live Without a Dog Again THE ULTIMATE GIFT – July 4, 2022 - I grieved hard for my Latte, who was the dog equivalent of St. Francis of Assisi — a little hairy mammal (Latte, not Francis) who radiated universal benevolence. She was a co... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerCompassiondepressioninterventionJuly 19 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Ty Herndon On Being Suicidal After Drug Relapse LIFE HAS A WAY – July 16, 2022 - Herndon ended up calling a friend for help that night, albeit he doesn’t remember the call. Twelve hours later, he remembers waking up in a Texas rehab facility and that’s when ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapsesuicideTrauma
Investors See Far Out Profits in Psychedelic Medicine AUDIO – WALLS Melt on Wall Street – July 13, 2022 - Empath has since raised $2.1 million of a $10 million target for its first fund and made 10 investments. Portfolio companies include Mindstate Design Labs, w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 19 2022Mental HealthPsychedelicsRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
988 National Mental Distress Hotline NOW ACTIVE 988 VIDEO – TEXT FOR LIFE – July 16, 2022 - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress... more@SAMHSA ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
Seven Adult Health Conditions Linked to Childhood Abuse IF YOU FEEL, YOU HEAL – July 11, 2022 - “The association between CPA and 2 mental health and 5 physical health conditions remained significant, even after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, hea... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Lamar Odom Says The Ghost Of Kobe Bryant Inspires Him To Maintain Sobriety FROM POINT GUARD TO GUARDIAN ANGEL – July 4, 2022 - Odom has battled drug addiction and depression. Not only did it cost him his NBA career, but it also ruined his marriage to Khloé Kardashian. At one point it ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 12 2022RecoveryRehab
How Going Gluten-Free Cured My Depression FEELING BETTER WITH LESS – July 7, 2022 - Except that every time I ate a bagel, I felt sad. It took me a year to be able to conceptualize what wheat-free would look like as a lifestyle. Wheat was such... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionJuly 12 2022Mental Health
Father Says Son’s High School Prescribed Him Anti-Depressants Without Notifying Him VIDEO – BRAVE NEW WORLD IS HERE – July 3, 2022 - In a viral TikTok, a father shares his shock and frustration that his 15-year-old son’s high school was supplying him with antidepressants without his knowledge... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJuly 12 2022Mental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma