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Spiritual Distress in the Wake of Trauma

Articles>Mental Health

The American Psychological Association defines trauma as “an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape or natural disaster.” The effects are long-lasting and might take the form…

PTSD and Nightmares

Articles>Mental Health

Recent findings from a team of British researchers point to multiple factors that may contribute to the onset of unwanted, distressing memories in people with PTSD. The unwanted reliving of…

Veterans’ Risks for Drug Abuse

Articles>Drug Addiction

Recent findings from an American research group point to a connection between drug problems in veterans, depression and emotional trauma exposure that occurs as early as childhood or as late…

Overcoming Cravings for Smoking

Addiction

More than one in five American men smokes, but over 70 percent of smokers want to quit. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S.…

How to Affect Seasonal Affective Disorder

Articles>Mental Health

Six percent of Americans suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD), while 14 percent suffer from snow depression. Even among the non-SAD population, feelings of listlessness, lifelessness, and low motivation are…

The Difference Between Anxiety and Stress

Dual Diagnosis

A lot of people use the terms “anxiety” and “stress” interchangeably, but they aren’t the same. Both are feelings that are normal and that we all experience sometimes, but both…

Snow Depression

Helpful Articles

Understanding Snow Depression “And February was so long that it lasted into March And found us walking a path alone together You stopped and pointed and you said, ‘That’s a…

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Effective Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder

Helpful Articles

In a study published in December 2014 in the Journal of Eating Disorders, a team of Canadian and American researchers examined the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) as a…

Alcoholism, Cannabis Use Disorder Go Hand-in-Hand

Alcoholism

Alcohol use disorder and cannabis use disorder are frequently co-occurring or comorbid substance problems in both teenagers and adults, a group of U.S.-based researchers report. Comorbid conditions are health problems…

Alcohol Damages White Matter in Brain, Affects Critical Thinking

Alcoholism

People who drink heavily must work substantially harder on critical thinking tasks to achieve the same results as people unaffected by alcohol problems due to changes in the white matter…

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Category: Helpful Articles

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Spiritual Distress in the Wake of Trauma

PTSD and Nightmares

Veterans’ Risks for Drug Abuse

Overcoming Cravings for Smoking

How to Affect Seasonal Affective Disorder

The Difference Between Anxiety and Stress

Snow Depression

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Effective Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder

Alcoholism, Cannabis Use Disorder Go Hand-in-Hand

Alcohol Damages White Matter in Brain, Affects Critical Thinking

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