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Using Pets as Healing Partners

Articles>Recovery at The Ranch

Ask any animal lover and they’ll tell you that pets can help you heal nearly any hurt. But ask a scientist and you might be surprised to receive the same…

An Interview with Justin Roll, Primary Therapist

Staff Stories

First thing in the morning, as the sun rises, Justin Roll meditates on his front porch. With his focus sharp and his mind calm, he heads to The Ranch, where…

Why Are Eating Disorders on the Rise Among Middle-Aged Women?

Articles>Eating Disorders

Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are serious mental health conditions that can damage health or even result in death. For many years the problem seemed to mainly afflict…

A Vaccine to Beat Cocaine Addiction

Articles>Addiction Research

Cocaine is a very serious narcotic drug. It is highly addictive and can have devastating effects on health and well-being. Numerous users begin casually, thinking they can try cocaine and…

Sexual Anorexia: Marked by Sexual “Starvation” Mode, or Sexual Binges

Articles>Sex Addiction

Sexual anorexia refers to people who may suffer in silence within intimate relationships because they literally self-starve themselves toward sexual behavior.

OMG Diet Book Tops the Bestseller List But May Cause an Eating Disorder Epidemic

Articles>Eating Disorders

A new self-published eBook has shot to the very top of the bestseller list and given its author a seven figure deal. The book is called Six Weeks to OMG:…

Media Slow to Remove PTSD Stigma Even as Attitudes Shift

Articles>Trauma and PTSD

President Bill Clinton conducted the very first White House Summit regarding Mental Health back in 1999. The goal of the first conference was to educate America as well as the…

Sex Addiction: Not Pleasure, but Pain, Shame and Hopelessness

Articles>Sex Addiction

One major problem with sex addiction is that many people don’t understand how destructive, painful and damaging the addiction really is.

The Connection between Alcohol Dependence and Depression

Articles>Dual Diagnosis

If you have struggled with alcohol or love someone who has, it comes as no surprise to you that alcohol affects mood. It can turn a mild mannered person into…

Marriage to Depressed Individual Heightens Risk

Articles>News

Marriage is an institution filled with challenges. Couples are faced with trying to navigate through multiple life stages as a team, often finding that conflicting expectations provide ample room for…

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Using Pets as Healing Partners

An Interview with Justin Roll, Primary Therapist

Why Are Eating Disorders on the Rise Among Middle-Aged Women?

A Vaccine to Beat Cocaine Addiction

Sexual Anorexia: Marked by Sexual “Starvation” Mode, or Sexual Binges

OMG Diet Book Tops the Bestseller List But May Cause an Eating Disorder Epidemic

Media Slow to Remove PTSD Stigma Even as Attitudes Shift

Sex Addiction: Not Pleasure, but Pain, Shame and Hopelessness

The Connection between Alcohol Dependence and Depression

Marriage to Depressed Individual Heightens Risk

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