Mental Health

“My Friend Fox” A Memoir of Emotional Healing

VULPINE VALIDATION –    Sept. 1, 2021 - “I knew this was a moment that was outside the mundane...this fox…

3 years ago

Party Town: How Alcohol-Centered Culture Impacts Mental Health

PARTY ’TIL YOUR SOBER –    Sept. 3, 2021 - “I just grew up around drinking,” Howes said. “Most of…

3 years ago

In the Drug Archives

ADDICTED TO WRITING ABOUT DRUGS –    Sept. 3, 2021 - “I’m attracted to topics that cross boundaries and genres,”…

3 years ago

‘Munchausen by Internet’ self-diagnosing mental health issues on TikTok

THE DOCTOR IS ALWAYS IN –   Sept. 4, 2021 - As mental health awareness improves, there comes a troubling…

3 years ago

Lala Kent: My Sobriety Comes First

JUST LIKE CLARK –    Sept. 3, 2021 - The blonde beauty - who now has six-month - old daughter…

3 years ago

Veterans with PTSD Can Benefit From Equine Assisted Therapy

FOR CLINICIANS ONLY –   August 31, 2021 - The study found that manualized EAT-PTSD shows promise as a potential…

3 years ago

Kids Allowed 5 Mental Health Days From School

HAPPY DAY –   Sept. 2, 2021 - Under a bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker last month,…

3 years ago

National Recovery Month 2021

WHEN ONE MONTH IS NEVER ENOUGH –   Sept. 1, 2021 - Now in its 32nd year, Recovery Month celebrates…

3 years ago

Imagine Dragons Dives Into The Darkness

NO MORE CHASING –   Sept. 2, 2021 - “I’m finding it hard to love myself,” he sings on ”My…

3 years ago

California to Pay Addicts to Stay Sober

DOUBLE WINNERS –    August 26, 2021 - Meanwhile, a similar proposal is moving through California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature. It’s already…

3 years ago

Nurse Shares Story of Recovery at South Jersey Ministry

PLEASE WATCH – REAL HEROES –    August 25, 2021 - “I had tried to commit suicide numerous times. I…

3 years ago

Understanding Connections Between Substance Use and Other Life Problems

AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP –    August 25, 2021 - Delivered virtually, Hazelden Betty Ford’s RecoveryGo® online solutions bring…

3 years ago

Maybe One Day The Mentally Ill Will Get Treatment Not Punishment

LISTEN – DO LESS HARM –   August 26, 2021 - Over 70% of those incarcerated have at least one…

3 years ago

Chrissy Teigen: I was “Basically A Functioning Alcoholic”

YOU GET YOUR FEELINGS BACK –   August 25, 2021 - Chrissy Teigen has opened up about her relationship with…

3 years ago

Rudy Giuliani Denies Being an Alcoholic

HE TOOK THE FIFTH –   August 27, 2021 - “I’m a functioning, I probably function more effectively than 90…

3 years ago

ADHD’s Strong Connection to Substance Abuse

LISTEN – MAYBE MAYBE NOT MAYBE MAYBE NOT –   August 25, 2021 - “One potential explanation for the extremely…

3 years ago

Is Phone-Snubbing Sign of Mental Illness?

LET ME CHECK GOOGLE –    August 25, 2021 - “Some people who have high social anxiety or depression are…

3 years ago

Do You Have an Addictive Personality?

TOO MUCH ISN’T ENOUGH –    August 27, 2021 - Approximately 10% of the population will develop a personality that…

3 years ago

Have AA Meetings Become Superspreader Events? by Christopher Dale

MASK UP! –   EXCLUSIVE by Christopher Dale for the Addiction/Recovery eBulletin August 24, 2021 -  Alcoholics Anonymous is supposed to…

3 years ago

Quantifying Risk of Cognitive Dysfunction Among People in Drug Treatment Programs

HELPFUL AND USEFUL –    August 16, 2021 - Shrestha and Copenhaver, who are both researchers in the Department of…

3 years ago

Drug Addiction Took My Congregant’s Life

A RABBI MOURNS –    August 17, 2021 - Although our community had grown close to him, I had no…

3 years ago

Pandemic Changes Young People’s Relationship to Substances

CLOSER? –   August 18, 2021 - By the end of 2020, Tan said she was finishing multiple bottles in…

3 years ago

Bravo’s Captain Sandy Marks 33 Years of Sobriety

ANCHORED IN THE PROGRAM –    August 17, 2021 -  A lot of hard work has gone into maintaining that…

3 years ago

What Can Surfing Tell Us About Addiction?

BOOK REVIEW –   July 8, 2021 - How convincing this book is as a therapeutic primer, I am utterly…

3 years ago

Why We Missed Hugs

WARMTH AND AFFECTION –    August 16, 2021 - Similar to regular hunger, touch hunger serves as an alert that…

3 years ago

Hazelden Betty Ford Sets Pace on Employee Vaccinations

PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR –    August 29, 2021- “Vaccinations are especially important to us because people with substance use disorders are…

3 years ago

A Little Insult Goes Long Way

MORE KINDNESS PLEASE –   August 21, 2021- SELF-DEPRECATORS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACCEPT MISTREATMENT OR DISRESPECT FROM OTHERS  64%…

3 years ago

The Hidden Pandemic: Addiction

NO VACCINE ‘CEPT GOD –    August 20, 2021 - Because many who are already addicts are having to self-isolate…

3 years ago

10 Things Marlee Matlin Suggests Doing Now

NOW AND FOREVER –   August 9, 2021 -  6. Get good sleep I used to go to bed at…

3 years ago

Rebel Wilson’s Advice for Anyone Struggling with Body Image

NO LONGER “REBELLING” AGAINST GOOD HEALTH –   August 18, 2021 - Last year Rebel Wilson embarked on what she…

3 years ago