Affordable Care Act Mental Health Coverage – Will It Improve Things?
Affordable care act mental health care coverage – will it improve the treatment of mental health, and if so, how? To help us understand the implications of the Affordable Care Act for mental health coverage, Michael Cahill, Editor of the Vista Health Solutions blog, provides the following guest post. Cahill has a degree in Journalism…
Read MoreParent Recovery Coach | Cathy Taughinbaugh
You may already know Cathy Taughingbaugh by her blog, TreatmentTalk, but Cathy is also a Recovery Coach – for Parents! I wanted you to know this because going through the early stages of diagnosing, finding appropriate treatment, finding help for self and other family members, planning for a child’s return to the family home or…
Read MoreHelp for Family and Friends of Alcoholics | OARS
Help for the family and friends of alcoholics is as important as help for the person with the chronic, often relapsing brain disease of addiction, of which alcoholism is but one. The following is a guest post by Linda, whose husband is an alcoholic, and whose journey to save her own life led to her…
Read MoreDepression | What to Do When You’ve Tried Everything?
Depression can be overwhelming and suggesting to a person who is clinically depressed that they need to get out of bed and do something is, well…, insane. It cannot work because depression (major depression) is a brain disease. By its simplest definition, a disease is something that changes cells in a negative way. Depression changes…
Read MoreShatter the Shame | Share the Facts
It’s time. We must band together to Shatter the Shame of Addiction, and here’s why… It is estimated that over 23 million Americans struggle with addiction, yet fewer than 10 percent are getting treatment. By comparison, cancer prevalence for all types of cancers [which is the term used by the American Cancer Society to define…
Read MoreUsing Hypnotherapy to Change Drinking Patterns
Using hypnotherapy to change drinking patterns is not usually one of the first options a person considers. But there is no one-size-fits all when it comes to changing alcohol abuse patterns or treating | recovering from alcoholism. So how can hypnotherapy help with a drinking problem? To answer this question, please find this guest post…
Read MoreGive Their Brain a Break | Underage Drinking Prevention
This year, I am focusing on Underage Drinking Prevention in celebration of SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week 2013 – “Your voice. Your choice. Make a Difference.” SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) is the sponsoring organization for this national celebration and, as usual, has created an arsenal of resources and toolkit materials for each…
Read MoreUnderstanding Your Mind, Mood and Hormone Cycle | Interview with Leslie Carol Botha, WHE
Understanding Your Mind, Mood and Hormone Cycle and how it interacts with drugs and alcohol is the subject of my interview with Internationally Recognized Expert on Hormones and Behavior and author, Leslie Carol Botha, WHE. Leslie is also the publisher of the Holy Hormones Journal and host of the Holy Hormones Honey Radio Program, on…
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