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Celiac Disease Linked to Depression, Eating Disorders

Celiac 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 […]

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Addiction: Behavioral Health Issue, Mental Health Disorder or Something Else?

Decades 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

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Emotional ‘Un-Wellness’ at Heart of Eating Disorders

Regardless of whether a person struggles with an eating disorder that involves too little food (anorexia) or too much food (bulimia or binge-eating), the physical ramifications of the disease can be horrific. In addition, eating disorders can be just as devastating to a person’s emotional and mental health. Eating disorders stem from emotional un-wellness, but

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How Middle Age Affects Personality Disorders and Alcohol Use Disorders

Alcohol use disorders can be disruptive to many areas life. Those who struggle with alcohol addiction are likely to have problems maintaining family and social relationships, as well as experiencing difficulties in academic or professional achievement. In many cases, alcohol use disorders are challenging to treat, and extensive damage can be done to several aspects

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Addicts Often Struggle With Mental Illness

Oftentimes, an individual will forge through the challenging steps of substance abuse treatment and victoriously overcome their addiction only to fall into relapse weeks or months later. Something keeps them from completely overcoming their addiction. Other disorders that had been masked by their addiction later surface and once again begin working against the individual’s ability

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Heavy Alcohol Consumption Can Make It Difficult to Recover From a Traumatic Experience

Heavy alcohol use carries a hefty price tag in so many ways. It takes a toll on overall health, damages interpersonal relationships, often results in poor work performance and its consequent impaired judgment frequently leads to other negative behaviors. Now a study shows that heavy drinking may also put a person at greater risk for

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