The Psychological Benefits of Photography EUPHORIC MEMORY FILE CABINET – July 12, 2023 - The world is fast-paced and extremely geared towards telling us how to live, think, act, and what to value. Photography allows us to be totally free. We can share our vi... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 18 2023Mental Health
Antidepressants, Antipsychotics & Benzos All Increase Suicide Attempts SAD BUT TRUE – July 10, 2023 - The diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is a contested construct that many researchers and clinicians believe should be eliminated from the DSM and ICD. The vast majority of pe... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 18 2023life expectancyMental Healthsuicide
ER Visits for Teen Girls Booming NOT AN EASY TIME – July 12, 2023 - A second study in JAMA Network Open also showed that mental health visits to EDs across the United States decreased less than non-mental health visits during the pandemic, showing m... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 18 2023Mental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Soccer Star Reveals Rehab Stay Due To Childhood Sexual Abuse HEALTHY COPING IS THE GOAL – July 13, 2023 - Alli returned to Everton this summer after spending last season on loan at Turkish side Besiktas, where he made 15 appearances in all competitions. However, w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewJuly 18 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Alcohol Consumption Surged During Covid — and Deaths Followed ALCOHOL IS A DRUG – July 13, 2023 - Mississippi saw a 159 percent increase in alcohol-related deaths, the nation’s biggest leap, along with a 10 percent rise in apparent consumption. In Delaware, consumption increase... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusJuly 18 2023Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
“He Was Drinking Four Liters of Coffee a Day” Coach Comes Clean on Jo Lindner’s Death at 30 UNHEALTHY ADDICTIONS CAN KILL – July 2, 2023 - Jo Lindner, famously known as Joesthetics, died at the young age of 30 due to an aneurysm. An aneurysm is a condition where an artery balloons up and damages the ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 11 2023Mental HealthTrauma
Cannabis, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder HIGH > LOW – June 30, 2023 - Few studies have as massive a sample of individuals being studied as Jefson’s n of over 6 million. But what does this study really tell us? From the outset, Jefson only looked at diagn... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 11 2023marijuanaMental HealthRecovery
Is It Time for Prince Harry to Get Over His Addiction to Trauma? THE MYTH OF NORMAL – June 26, 2023 - Last week, Bloomberg reported that, before Harry and Meghan’s $20 million Spotify deal went belly up, Harry even pitched an idea around his favorite topic: childhood trauma... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionJuly 4 2023Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
States With Highest Rates of Depressed Adults WITHOUT HEALTH CARE – June 27, 2023 -Examining the pervasiveness of depression on state and county levels can aid local governments in efforts to “prevent, treat, and manage depression,” the CDC said. These da... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionJuly 4 2023Mental HealthRecovery
Emergency Rehab for Pete Davidson TOO MUCH...? – June 28, 2023 - Pete Davidson, 29, is said to be receiving in-patient therapy to address issues related to post-traumatic stress disorder and his prior borderline personality disorder diagnosis ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 4 2023marijuanaMental HealthpotRecoveryRehabsmoking
Ex-Model Loni Willison: From Doing Drugs to Dumpster-Diving VIDEO – DON’T SMOKE CRACK – June 28, 2023 - Former fitness model Loni Willison continues to live a less-than-glamorous life on the streets of West Hollywood. The unhoused 40-year-old was spotted digging thro... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 4 2023Mental Health
From Growing Up With Addicts To Yale Graduate IT’S NOT GENETIC – June 28, 2023 - She explained that she and her older brother had lived with their parents when she was a baby, but eventually, her parents got divorced. Following the divorce, both she and h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 4 2023Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Health & Human Services Awards $31.5M in Grants for Children & Young Adults COMPASSION OR CASH GRAB? – June 28, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced the award of $31.5 million ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassioninterventionJuly 4 2023Mental HealthRecovery
Borderline Personality Disorder No Longer Belongs in Clinical Practice I HATE YOU I LOVE YOU I HATE YOU I LOVE YOU – June 9, 2023 - According to the authors, “Borderline Personality Disorder” emerged as a category during the heyday of psychoanalysis where it was used to denote si... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 27 2023Mental HealthRecovery
Spike in Teen Depression Aligns with Rise of Social Media IT’S REALLY APPENING – June 21, 2023 - “These apps are designed to support dependency, and a young person’s natural tendency to ‘compare and despair,’” he said. “Prolonged social media use is opening the door for psy... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressioninternetJune 27 2023Mental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
Are We Confusing Happiness With Something Else? KEEP IT SIMPLE – June 2023 - Martela, a philosopher and researcher at Aalto University in Espoo, 12 miles from Finland’s capital, Helsinki, treasures the freedom his three children have there. “Young childr... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 27 2023life expectancyMental Health
Escape Addiction and Sin No More SPAGO’S SERVES GOD and MAMMON – June 16, 2023 - When people experience something that they enjoy, the chemical dopamine is released in their bodies, creating a temporary feeling of pleasure. Since people enjoy that p... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 20 2023Mental Health
Suicide, Addiction, Abuse: Can ChatGPT Help? ONE CHAT AT A TIME – June 14, 2023 - The researchers also found ChatGPT provided evidence-based answers 91% of the time. ChatGPT is a large language model that picks up nuance and subtle language cues... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJune 20 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Bam Margera Transfered from Psych Ward to Lamar Odom VIDEO – CRAZY TIMES – June 7, 2023 - Lamar’s been insistent on helping Bam for weeks, and even visited him in the hospital Tuesday to offer Bam treatment at one of his Odom Wellness Treatment Centers. Bam’s motiva... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 13 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
The Troubled Life of Edgar Allan Poe THE PIT SWINGS BOTH WAYS – June 5, 2023 - Previous articles in this blog have described the tortured lives of remarkably creative and accomplished figures, including Herman Melville, Charles Darwin, and Abraham Linco... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 13 2023life expectancylonelinessMental Health
Social Media Needs Mental Health Warning Label OUR CHILDREN GOING INSANE – June 8, 2023 - In his testimony before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions panel, Murthy warned that loneliness and isolation as well as exposure to potentially harmful c... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJune 13 2023Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Are Antidepressants Addictive? IS DEPRESSION ADDICTIVE? – June 8, 2023 - Treatment for depression and any mental condition isn’t a one-size-fits-all experience. Each individual has their own story. Moreover, there are certain social and genetic ch... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 13 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Chatbot Replaces Humans at National Eating Disorders Association Helpline FOR FOOD-LIKE SUBSTANCES – May 26, 2023 - Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, a professor of psychiatry whose team developed Tessa, told NPR that while the chatbot was designed to be “empathetic,” “it is not, again, a human,” ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaEating DisorderinterventionJune 6 2023Mental HealthRecovery
Influencer Dies for More ‘Traffic’ ULTIMATE JACKASS? – May 25, 2023 - Known as “Sanqiange” on Douyin, the man from Jiangsu province in eastern China died after a live-streaming contest that began at 1am on May 16. He was found dead later that a... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 6 2023life expectancyMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Deficiencies Abound at State Prison CORRECTIONAL CORRUPTION – May 30, 2023 - Auditors also uncovered shortcomings in how the prison, which sits on the grounds of Fort Dix in Burlington County, tracks employee sick leave. That signals some staff ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJune 6 2023Mental HealthRehabTrauma
Dysmorphia Affecting Megan Fox SEEING IS NOT BELIEVING – May 26, 2023 - “I don’t ever see myself the way other people see me. There’s never a point in my life where I loved my body, never ever,” Fox said in a video interview with Sports Ill... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewJune 6 2023Mental HealthRecovery
Going to Couple’s Therapy TWOgetherness – May 29, 2023 - Carl Radke made a commitment to live a sober lifestyle shortly before Summer House Season 5 premiered back in early 2021, and more recently, he celebrated two years of sobriety t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionInterviewJune 6 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Surgeon General’s Advisory on Risks of Social Media PLEASE KEEP SCROLLING – May 24, 2023 - “…The current body of evidence indicates that while social media may have benefits for some children and adolescents, there are ample indicators that social media can also... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMay 30 2023Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Countless Veterans Lose the Battle with Addiction THE FINAL WAR – May 24, 2023 - Yet, outside of this day, we never forget the countless veterans who made it home but now fight new battles. Unfortunately, substance use, drug overdose, and suicide have claimed ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 30 2023Mental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapseTrauma
Antidepressants Have Destroyed My Sexual Function and Range of Emotions GOT TO GET IT UP – May 23, 2023 - This made me lethargic, tired all the time and unmotivated to do my job. I figured this was my ‘underlying depression’ and not the SSRIs. After a few more months I wen... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMay 30 2023Mental HealthRecovery Advocate