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Dual Diagnosis: Why Integrated Treatment Is the Gold Standard

February 8, 2017 / Articles>Dual Diagnosis

Many people use substances to cope with, or “self-medicate,” difficult feelings. Unfortunately, using alcohol or drugs to relieve negative feelings can actually prolong them or cause them to recur. This is because alcohol and certain other drugs affect the central nervous system as a depressant, exacerbating symptoms of sadness and fatigue, leading to a vicious […]

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Brings New Hope for Hard-to-Treat Depression

February 7, 2017 / Articles>Mental Health

One-third of people with major depression don’t experience relief from their symptoms even after trying multiple medications and therapies. Many get discouraged, some lose hope that they’ll ever feel better. But a novel treatment, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), is bringing new hope to those with treatment-resistant depression.

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Is Love Your Drug? Move Forward by Resolving Wounds of the Past

February 7, 2017 / Articles, From Our Experts>Tennessee, Love Addiction

By Gina Marchando, DMFT, LMFT, CHT, CIT, Clinical Director at The Ranch Love and attachment are basic human needs. Like animals have packs, we instinctively gravitate toward other people. Loving others and wanting to be loved is natural and normal. But sometimes our concept of love becomes an unhealthy obsession that can lead us to

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Top Stressful Events That Contribute to Adjustment Disorders

February 5, 2017 / Articles>Mental Health

Although many of us experience stressful events, some individuals respond with marked distress when coping with stressors. An inability to adjust to stressful events can cause serious psychological and sometimes physical symptoms, often resulting in what is known as an adjustment disorder.

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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Depression

February 3, 2017 / Articles>Mental Health

Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions in America and around the world. Doctors usually try to address serious symptoms of this condition with the help of antidepressant medications. However, if these medications don’t produce their desired effect, you or your loved one may receive a recommendation to undergo a procedure called

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Adderall Abuse in Competitive Universities

February 3, 2017 / Articles>Drug Addiction

Prescription amphetamine abuse nearly doubled between 2008 and 2013. Adderall, Ritalin, Concerta and other amphetamine medications have become an increasing problem. Adderall heart attacks, stroke, circulatory issues and seizures are some of the most extreme complications that can arise from overuse and abuse.

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Healthy Sex Life Versus Chronic Intimacy Disorder

February 2, 2017 / Articles, Relationships

An intimacy disorder is difficult to define, partly because there is no guiding verbiage from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). But “intimacy disorder” typically refers to difficulty in forming and maintaining relationships.

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Being Raised By a Parent With Borderline Personality Disorder

January 31, 2017 / Articles>Mental Health

Borderline personality disorder is characterized by extreme emotional reactions, difficulty forming or maintaining relationships, and mood swings. Someone with borderline personality disorder may seem unpredictable or paranoid. Borderline personality disorder treatment typically involves cognitive behavioral therapy to help individuals become more aware of their emotions and actions, including how they are triggered and how they

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Uncommon Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder

January 31, 2017 / Articles>Mental Health

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition noted for the presence of severe and unpredictable mood changes, impulsive behavior and involvement in volatile personal relationships. The condition has a total of nine possible main symptoms. However, BPD frequently occurs in combination with other serious mental illnesses. Among other things, this means that a

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Picky Eaters vs. Sufferers of Avoidant-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

January 21, 2017 / Articles>Eating Disorders

When a person limits the type or variety of foods they eat, they are often characterized as “picky eaters” so long as they don’t also have underlying body image or dysmorphia issues. Body dysmorphia is when a person has uncontrollable negative thoughts, for hours at a time, about real or perceived flaws they believe they

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