Public Service Psychiatry Who says psychiatry is a profession in an ivory tower, alone? The image many have of psychiatrists is that of a scholar working at ...
Almost Addicted: Is My (or My Loved One’s) Drug Use a Problem? Harvard Medical School’s “Almost Effect” series is increasingly valuable in a world where mental health issues are starting to be seen on a grayscale rather than in black and white. The series, which includes Almost a ...
Recovery from Codependency Codependency is often thought of as a relationship problem and considered by many to be a disease. In the past, it was applied to ...
Recovery Using the 12 Steps Most therapists do not realize that the 12 Steps are not merely an antidote for addiction, but are guidelines for nothing ...
When You Can’t Afford Psychotherapy You know you’re in trouble. Maybe you’ve been depressed for what seems like ages. You can’t get motivated to do things. You ...
Symptoms of Teen Substance Abuse Addiction is defined as the continued use of a mood-altering substance or behavior despite adverse consequences, or a neurological impairment leading to ...
Living the Twelve Traditions in Today’s World: Principles Before Personalities One of the critical components of the highly successful Alcoholics Anonymous is its stated anonymity. Thus, it makes sense when authors Mel B. and Michael Fitzpatrick denounce the relatively recent trend of celebrities making their ...
[A]Musings of a Spiritual Atheist [A]Musings of a Spiritual Atheist by Andrew J. Ackerman is a book about the author's journey from addiction to recovery. Ackerman, the self-described hard-line "spiritual atheist," uses the book to offer his experience with 12-step ...
White Elephants As I cried, I wanted to believe it was the alcohol that induced Mom’s words. I had to believe it was the alcohol. I don’t want them. The words rang in my ears. That’s the ...
Loud In The House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl I found "Loud In The House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl" by Stacy Pershall to be a superbly written, first-person account of a young girl's struggle with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar ...
What’s My Zip Code? When I first saw this book "What's My Zip Code?" by David Stringer, it was in download format and I wondered what exactly it would be about because it seemed like an odd title to ...
Seeking Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Employees [caption id="attachment_9713" align="alignright" width="211" caption="Credit: PHILIP LEE HARVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY"][/caption]If you currently know of or have known of an employee who ...
