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Alcohol and Cirrhosis: It Doesn’t Take Much to Do Permanent Damage

Articles>Addiction Research

How much alcohol is too much alcohol? That is tough to answer except to say that it is probably a lot less than you think. Just the habit of a…

What Is An Eating Disorder?

Articles>Eating Disorders

There are no singular definition of eating dareorder. Simply put, ‘eating dareorder’ are a term used to describe eating patterns and perspectives around food and body that would be classified…

How To Approach Multiple Addictions

Articles

What many non-addicts often struggle to understand is that addiction is never about the drug of choice itself. On the surface it would appear that alcoholism or sex addiction stemmed…

Bottling Up vs. Sharing: Talking About Your Addiction

Articles>Early Recovery

When you are in the process of recovering from an addiction, talking about your illness can be an important part of the healing process. However, it can be difficult to…

Wearing the Warning Signs All Over Your Smile

Articles>Eating Disorders

Trying to hide an eating disorder will only go so far until your smile gives it away. Dentists are often the first medical professionals to spot signs of the disease,…

Animal-Assisting Therapy for Addiction

Articles>Addiction Treatment

In reading the title of this article, your first thought may be that someone has made a mistake. Surely, you are thinking, they must be referring to ‘animal-assisted therapy’, which…

Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse

Articles>Dual Diagnosis

Bipolar disorder, a serious psychiatric condition sometimes referred to as “Manic Depression”, is aptly named due to the “bipolar opposite” of the extreme moods. Most individuals with bipolar disorder experience…

Low Self-Esteem Linked to Depression

Articles>Therapy

Low self-esteem and depression both fill a mind with negative thoughts. Beliefs about oneself form the self-esteem either positively or negatively. Negative experiences with others may greatly influence the low…

Treating the Narcissistic Sex Addict

Articles>Sex Addiction

It is not uncommon for the lay person to view a sex addict as narcissistic, assuming the individual is focused only on self with a heightened sense of worth. In…

Overview of Postpartum Depression

Articles>Therapy

Having a baby is an exciting time in a woman’s life. It is a time of growth and change that involves constant changes in a woman’s body – which impact…

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Alcohol and Cirrhosis: It Doesn’t Take Much to Do Permanent Damage

What Is An Eating Disorder?

How To Approach Multiple Addictions

Bottling Up vs. Sharing: Talking About Your Addiction

Wearing the Warning Signs All Over Your Smile

Animal-Assisting Therapy for Addiction

Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse

Low Self-Esteem Linked to Depression

Treating the Narcissistic Sex Addict

Overview of Postpartum Depression

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