The Ranch Treatment Center Expands Its Innovative Curriculum to Include Songwriting and Interactive Music SessionsArticles>NewsBy The RanchAugust 25, 2014Therapists at The Ranch, an addiction and mental health treatment center noted for state-of-the-art integrative programs, are using music to help clients work through the addictive process and lock in therapeutic gains. Nunnelly, TN (PRWEB) Aug. 13, 2014 – Therapists at The Ranch are using music in novel new ways. The treatment center in Tennessee… Details
PTSD Sufferers Use More Medical Marijuana, Study FindsArticles>Trauma and PTSDBy The RanchAugust 24, 2014PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is a well-known mental health condition that doctors can diagnose 30 days or more after a person goes through certain highly stressful, life-changing experiences. Individuals affected by this condition can experience a range of symptoms that seriously interfere with their ability to function or feel mentally/emotionally secure. In a study published… Details
Which People Tend to Seek Treatment for Gambling Disorder?Articles>Addiction ResearchBy The RanchAugust 23, 2014Gambling disorder (compulsive gambling) is the name of an officially recognized non-substance-based addiction that features problematic and dysfunctional involvement in one or more types of gambling. As is true with other forms of addiction, many of the people affected by this disorder never seek or receive treatment for their condition. In a study published in… Details
Talking Through Trauma an Important Part of HealingArticles>Mental Health, Articles>Therapy, Articles>Trauma and PTSDBy The RanchAugust 22, 2014Post-traumatic stress disorder is one emotional reaction to having lived through an intense experience. Certainly the horror and stress of war are capable of affecting a person long after the immediacy of battle has passed. But war is far from the only trauma which can imprint on a person’s emotional state. Trauma can take many… Details
PTSD Nightmares Eased by Blood Pressure MedicineArticles>Trauma and PTSDBy The RanchAugust 18, 2014Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a well-known mental health problem that can arise a month or more after a person goes through some sort of severe or overwhelming physical/mental event. Roughly 8 percent of U.S. adults will experience symptoms of the disorder at some point in time. One of the most common symptoms of PTSD… Details
Addiction in the Jewish CommunityArticles>Addiction TreatmentBy The RanchAugust 17, 2014Addiction is a disease that knows no cultural, religious or socioeconomic boundaries. Anyone is capable of becoming addicted to alcohol, prescription pills or illegal drugs. Long a subject of denial in the Jewish community, addiction is being forced to the forefront of discussion.
Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Helps Gambling AddictsArticles>Addiction TreatmentBy The RanchAugust 16, 2014People diagnosed with gambling disorder have an addiction to participating in one or more types of gambling activity. Specialists commonly refer to this non-substance-related condition as a form of behavioral addiction. In a study published in April 2014 in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, researchers from Canada’s University of Toronto investigated the… Details
ECT Reduces Mortality in Patients with PTSD and Major DepressionArticles>Trauma and PTSDBy The RanchAugust 15, 2014Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious and complex anxiety disorder that can affect anyone who experiences or even witnesses a traumatizing event. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is exactly what it sounds like – more than mild depression, it is long-term depression that interferes with a person’s ability to carry on a normal life. When… Details
How Addiction to Love or Sex is Similar to Addiction to DrugsArticles>Addiction ResearchBy The RanchAugust 14, 2014Addicted to love? Sounds good, right? After all, love and physical intimacy provide some of the most satisfying experiences in life. But addiction to love or sex can be destructive in ways similar to other types of addiction, reports sex therapist Alexandra Katehakis, in PsychCentral.
Breaking the SilenceArticles>Trauma and PTSDBy The RanchAugust 13, 2014by Carolyn Hughes Have you ever wondered why abuse victims stay silent? Or why families keep secrets that are passed down through generations? Here’s my story of how two major events in my own childhood were never discussed and why I eventually chose to break the silence. Details
