Anorexia More Deadly Than Other Mental Health DisordersArticles>Eating DisordersBy The RanchJune 26, 2013Eating disorders affect 24 million Americans. They are serious mental health disorders and are considered to be the deadliest of all mental illnesses. Just how dangerous eating disorders really are has been the subject of a couple of recent studies in the United Kingdom.
Yoga May Help Treat Mental IllnessArticles>Mental HealthBy The RanchJune 25, 2013In Western culture, we have understood the benefits of yoga for decades. It improves flexibility and balance and helps to tone muscles. Of course, practitioners of yoga have been around for thousands of years, not mere decades. What these people may have known for millennia, modern Western science is just now starting to prove. Yoga… Details
How to Work Step ThreeArticles>Early RecoveryBy The RanchJune 24, 2013Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over the care of God as we understood him. Recovering addicts who’ve achieved lasting sobriety, no matter their addiction – alcohol, drugs, shopping, gambling, eating, sex, or anything else – will nearly always state unequivocally that the key to their recovery has been working the… Details
Getting a Job or Re-Entering Your Career After RehabArticles>Early RecoveryBy The RanchJune 23, 2013After completing rehab treatment, a major challenge for many is the return to work or the search for employment. It is true that this can be a difficult and stressful period, but difficult does not equal impossible. Everyone has to deal with challenges in this life, even people who have tackled something as big as… Details
Cell Phone Addiction Similar to Compulsive Shopping and Other Behavioral AddictionsArticles>Addiction ResearchBy The RanchJune 21, 2013Behavioral addictions may not receive the same respect that substance abuse does, but they are still cause for concern. Addiction to substances, such as alcohol and drugs, is a recognized mental disorder and physiological disease. Using mind-altering substances inappropriately can lead to addiction because they change aspects of the user’s brain, which leads to tolerance,… Details
Celiac Disease Linked to Depression, Eating DisordersArticles>Eating DisordersBy The RanchJune 19, 2013Celiac disease is a digestive disorder that occurs when the body can’t properly process a grain protein called gluten. People affected by the disorder develop damage in their small intestines and lose some of their ability to absorb the nutrients in their food. Current evidence indicates that people with celiac disease have increased risks for… Details
Addiction: Behavioral Health Issue, Mental Health Disorder or Something Else?Articles>Addiction TreatmentBy The RanchJune 18, 2013Decades of scientific research have made clear that addiction is not a moral failing, a character flaw or a sign of weakness, but rather a chronic brain disease. Still, it typically falls under the umbrella of behavioral health. Some suggest that this classification is contributing to the stigma surrounding addiction. Is “behavioral health” a stigmatizing… Details
Mental Health Problems Peak in Winter, Internet Study FindsMental HealthBy The RanchJune 18, 2013The Internet has changed life in many ways. People can now communicate through email, social media and chat rooms, and with or without video. Online shopping is causing malls across the United States to reevaluate their strategies to compete with the convenience and price on the Internet.
Depression in Elderly Can Lead to Alzheimer’sMental HealthBy The RanchJune 16, 2013Alzheimer’s disease is a well-known form of dementia characterized by the progressive, irrevocable loss of memory and other basic brain functions. According to the National Institute on Aging, more people develop this disease than any other type of dementia. Many mental health professionals view the presence of diagnosable depression as an early dementia symptom when… Details
Borderline Personality Disorder vs. Bipolar DisorderArticles>Mental HealthBy The RanchJune 14, 2013Standing in the fluorescent light of the shopping mall, it can be difficult to tell whether a piece of fabric is white or off-white….is it eggshell? Ecru? Ivory? Or white? There is a difference, but sometimes it can be really difficult to determine what it is that you are seeing. In much the same way,… Details
