Dual Diagnosis Treatment

Self-harm, including cutting, burning, scalding, hitting and more, can often be misconstrued as being something that it is not. From an outsider’s point of view, an individual who engages in self-harm probably wants attention, is suicidal, or is “crazy”. However none of these opinions about self-harm are generally true. Most people who practice self-harm do […]

How Can a Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center Help Treat My Alcoholism and Depression? Alcoholism and depression often seem to go hand-in-hand, not only because they are both some of the most common illnesses in the world, but also because they feed into one another. Whether it is your alcohol that is fueling your depression, or

In both developing and industrialized nations women have always had lower rates of addiction than men.  And in nations wherein women’s primary roles are as caregivers and homemakers, rates of addiction among women are substantially lower than in men. The stigma of drug and alcohol use among these women is particularly severe in these regions,

People with anxiety symptoms who self-medicate with alcohol or other drugs may be at a higher risk of developing anxiety disorders and a co-occurring substance abuse disorder (known as dual diagnosis), according to researchers from the University of Manitoba, as reported in an article on medicalnewstoday.com. The research team used data from the National Institute

Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospitals have uncovered a link between binge-eating teens as well as overeaters and an increased risk of drug use, as reported in an article on medicalnewstoday.com.  Binge eating is classified by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM) IV as “eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g.