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New Survey Shows 64 Percent of College Students with Mental Illness Leave School

December 7, 2012 / Articles>Trauma and PTSD

Getting a handle on how mental health issues disrupt the lives of college students is no easy task. But a new survey, College Students Speak, conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) went right to the students living with mental health conditions to find out if schools were meeting their needs and what […]

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The Danger of Never Taking a Risk

December 7, 2012 / Articles>Addiction Treatment

“I believe that one of life’s greatest risks is never daring to risk.” – Oprah Winfrey, American media talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist (born 1954)

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Helping a Parent With An Eating Disorder

December 5, 2012 / Articles>Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are a serious problem. When a parent battles this type of illness it will touch each person in the household. Since eating disorders often go undetected and/or untreated for many years, this is a condition which may have pervasive influences in the lives of family members. Today, there are many older men and

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Seasonal Affective Disorder

December 3, 2012 / Articles>Therapy

Sunlight stimulates the production of endorphins-the chemicals that give us a boost of happiness and energy. As a result, it’s no wonder many people prefer sunny days to overcast ones, and why clouds and rain have come to be associated with gloom. If sunlight helps people to feel happy, it’s only natural that days with

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Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

November 29, 2012 / Articles>Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are among the deadliest mental illnesses there are. Because secrecy plays such a part in these disorders, they are often difficult to detect. Since the disorder has gone undetected for so long, its mechanisms are often firmly entrenched by the time the person seeks help, making it very tough to overcome.

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Think Big, and Act Accordingly

November 28, 2012 / Articles>Recovery at The Ranch

“If you’re going to be thinking, you may as well think big.” – Donald Trump, American business magnate, TV personality and author (born 1946) Why do we limit ourselves when it comes to thinking and planning goals for our future? One reason may be that we’re not used to thinking big, as in contemplating a

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Handling the Holidays When Recovering From Alcohol Addiction

November 26, 2012 / Articles>Early Recovery

The holiday season brings with it multiple parties dripping of sugary treats and toasts to health and happiness with festive alcoholic drinks. For many who are recovering from an alcohol addiction, holiday parties involve temptations that could risk their health and happiness. The holidays are an especially difficult time for recovering alcoholics.

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Disorders of the Mind and Body – Is There a Difference?

November 25, 2012 / Articles>Dual Diagnosis

One would think that the instance of mental disorders would occur similarly across various cultures. At least, that is the hypothesis when mental health issues are not greatly distinguished from physical ailments.

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Online Communities Battle Against Eating Disorders and Promote Power of Healthy Body Image

November 24, 2012 / Articles>Eating Disorders

The fight against eating disorders is no longer limited to addressing the battlefield in one’s mind but also enabling websites that help perpetuate the disease for so many. The Proud2Bme Summit held October 13 in Tampa at the University of South Florida sought to help spread the news that a positive alternative exists at Proud2Bme.org.

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Can the Media Help Reverse Women’s Unhealthy Body Image

November 21, 2012 / Articles>Eating Disorders

Bombardment with images of super-thin models and celebrities is everywhere. Magazines, television, billboards and catalogues are filled with pictures of women who exemplify beauty and style and they are all rail-thin. The cumulative effect of this is that women accept the media-projected standard of beauty and too often see themselves as something less. The repeated

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