Mental Health

Doing the Dance Between Life and Death with Orthorexia Nervosa

WATCH – IF FOOD BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, EAT ON – Sept. 5, 2021 - When she began her recovery, she was able to trace many of her challenges back to the impact of growing up with a difficult home life. She lo... Read More...

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How Diet Affects Mental Health

YOU FEEL WHAT YOU EAT – Sept. 9, 2021 - The old saying goes “you are what you eat,” but a recent study finds it may be more accurate to say your mood is what you eat. Researchers from Binghamton Universi... Read More...

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Is Body Dissatisfaction A Global Crisis?

WATCH – MEDIA TV: MIRROR, MIRROR – Sept. 8, 2021 - Early in the first episode, Sampson points to the crucial role the advertising industry has played in determing what is beautiful. The viewer is privy to a ph... Read More...

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John Mulaney on His Addiction and Recovery

WATCH – WHERE HE’S AT – Sept. 12, 2021 - The Chicago native also revealed that he was expecting his first child with Munn and reflected on his future, adding, “You guys saved me from drugs, and Olivia and this... Read More...

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Megan Fox’s “Pretty Severe Eating Disorder”

VULNERABILITY IS BEAUTIFUL – Sept 9, 2021 - “However, at a certain point, I went through some trauma in childhood and I developed a pretty severe eating disorder and manic depression, which runs in my fa... Read More...

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The Cost of Putting Yourself Second

WE’RE NUMBER 2! – Sept. 9, 2021 - In Australia, one in six women will suffer from depression in their lifetime. Add that to one in three women who will suffer from anxiety, and per ABS data, more than one in 1... Read More...

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How Ex-sales Exec Found a Second Career in Hypnotherapy

WATCH – START COUNTING BACKWARDS – June 23, 2021 - “I realized that the industry is changing and so was I,” Ludovici, 51, recounted. “It just seemed like everything around me was crumbling and my frustration was gr... Read More...

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Break Up With Booze for Sober October With These Non-Alcoholic Wines and Cocktails

THEY’RE JUST BEVERAGES – 2021 - Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditab... Read More...

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If You Still Think Addiction is a Disease, READ THIS FOR A REALITY CHECK

ASTHMA IS A DISEASE – 2018 - Yet the disease concept of addiction may do more harm than good, to addicts, their families, the surrounding community, and the public health system at large. Here’s how. ... Read More...

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Busting Eating Disorder Stereotypes

WATCH – SIZE DOESN’T MATTER – Sept. 8, 2021 - When plus-sized supermodel Tess Holliday opened up this spring about her struggle with anorexia, she also spoke about the backlash she received, saying, “I u... Read More...

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Liz Fraser: My Life With An Alcoholic Partner

AL-ANON ANYONE? – Sept 12, 2021 - At the height of his addiction, Mike was so saturated by alcohol and anxiety he was barely able to think or function normally. He was nervous, wired, aggressive and prim... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Judy Crane

“We do a huge injustice when we point our finger and make judgment about behaviors rather than recognizing the innate goodness of most human beings” —Judy Crane ... Read More...

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Keith McCants, ex-NFL Player Struggled Who with Addiction Dead at 53

TOO DAMN SAD – Sept. 2, 2021 -“Before was over with, I was consuming over 183 pills a week, not knowing the effects it had on my liver or my kidneys,” McCants said in a 2015 Vice Sports interview. He was neve... Read More...

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The Well-Blown Mind

MEDIA: TWO BOOKS ON DRUGS – Sept. 23, 2021 - The doublethink created by this language exasperates Carl Hart, a professor of neuroscience at Columbia University. “In recent years, psychedelic drugs have b... Read More...

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Canada’s Drug Policy — Not Drugs — Is Killing People

OH CANADA, OH NO – August 31, 2021 - It’s mind-boggling communities across Canada must still organize for an annual awareness day to draw public and policymakers’ attention to poisoned street drugs ... Read More...

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How Business Can Become Recovery-Friendly by Leslie Glass

NESPRESSO MACHINES FOR EVERYONE – Sept. 1 2021 - Sobriety should be honored and celebrated because, to use the lowest common denominator, it’s just good for business. When people seek treatment for their addic... Read More...

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“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 just appears and pulls me off the edge, away from that precipice.” The powerful encounter with he... Read More...

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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 my aunts and uncles are all alcoholics … That’s something I took up with them. They were allowing me to drin... Read More...

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In the Drug Archives

ADDICTED TO WRITING ABOUT DRUGS – Sept. 3, 2021 - “I’m attracted to topics that cross boundaries and genres,” he says, and stories about drugs—who takes them, and how they experience them—offered avenues... Read More...

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‘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 trend of young people diagnosing themselves with a mental illness, which can be a mood, personality, or an... Read More...

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Lala Kent: My Sobriety Comes First

JUST LIKE CLARK – Sept. 3, 2021 - The blonde beauty - who now has six-month - old daughter Ocean with TV producer Randall - admits she couldn’t have put down the bottle without the unwavering love and su... Read More...

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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 new intervention for veterans with PTSD. It appears safe, feasible, and clinically viable. These pr... Read More...

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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, students who decide to take a mental health day will not be required to provide their school with a doctor’s note and will ... Read More...

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National Recovery Month 2021

WHEN ONE MONTH IS NEVER ENOUGH – Sept. 1, 2021 - Now in its 32nd year, Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other heal... Read More...

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Imagine Dragons Dives Into The Darkness

NO MORE CHASING – Sept. 2, 2021 - “I’m finding it hard to love myself,” he sings on ”My Life.” On “Lonely,” he offers: “These days, I’m becoming everything I hate.” The song ”Dull Knives” has Reynolds’ almost ... Read More...

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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 passed the Senate with no opposition and is pending in the ... Read More...

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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 had been in and out of programs. I had lost my nursing license. There was nowhere for me to go,” she said. ... Read More...

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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 our world-class outpatient addiction and mental health care, recovery support... Read More...

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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 mental health diagnosis or substance use disorder, and nearly 30% have a serious mental illness, much higher than the ... Read More...

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