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The Emotional Effects & Mental Health Risks of Secondhand Smoke

Mental Health

Smoking is a habit that can lead to a host of health problems. Besides increasing the risk of lung cancer and dental problems, smoking can also cause problems for those…

Are You a Workaholic?

Articles>Mental Health

If you’re working way too many hours, you might be in danger of becoming a workaholic. What started off as an admirable effort to get ahead may have become a…

Legendary Musician Ray Charles Battled Decades-Long Heroin Addiction

Articles>Addiction Research

One of music’s all-time legends, the late Ray Charles, battled heroin addiction for many years – an addiction that many believe affected his life more than losing his eyesight ever…

Men Who Use Pornography at Young Age May Lose Interest Later, Experience Sexual Dysfunction

Articles>Sex Addiction

Over time, too much viewing of pornography can harbour surprising physical effects in younger men, says recent research. Many could be at risk of losing their physical response to sexual…

Somatic Experiencing Therapy Releases Stored Emotions for Victims of Trauma

Articles>Trauma and PTSD

A mixture of the fields of biophysics and psychology, somatic experiencing therapy, or SE, is gaining recognition for helping trauma victims recover. The therapy, borrowing strategies from the classic “fight…

Drug & Sex Addiction: Why It Can Seem to Make Sense to Addicts to Throw Good Lives Away

Articles>Sex Addiction

By Rob Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S. The candid comments of an amazingly open recovering professional writing about her drug and sexual addiction history below provide meaningful insight into why many addicts,…

Eating Disorders Common in OCD Patients

Articles>Eating Disorders

The behaviors that are characteristic of eating disorders involve a lot of planning and careful control and discipline of eating and exercise habits. Those who are diagnosed with anorexia, for…

Sexual Recovery Institute’s Robert Weiss Opens Center for Sexual Recovery

Articles>News

As public awareness of sexual addiction continues to gain momentum, a leading international expert develops a new state-of-the-art residential program to Meet the Demand of a Growing Local, National and…

Similar Factors Keep People from Getting Help for Eating Disorders, Across the Globe

Articles>Eating Disorders

Health care providers across the world convene each February for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Regardless of language, culture or geography, most share the same concern – the reality that…

Shock Treatment Relieves Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder and Depression

Articles>Mental Health

A not-so-new therapy is making headlines again as treatment for bipolar disorder and depression. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), otherwise known as shock treatment, has actually been around since the 1930s. As…

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The Emotional Effects & Mental Health Risks of Secondhand Smoke

Are You a Workaholic?

Legendary Musician Ray Charles Battled Decades-Long Heroin Addiction

Men Who Use Pornography at Young Age May Lose Interest Later, Experience Sexual Dysfunction

Somatic Experiencing Therapy Releases Stored Emotions for Victims of Trauma

Drug & Sex Addiction: Why It Can Seem to Make Sense to Addicts to Throw Good Lives Away

Eating Disorders Common in OCD Patients

Sexual Recovery Institute’s Robert Weiss Opens Center for Sexual Recovery

Similar Factors Keep People from Getting Help for Eating Disorders, Across the Globe

Shock Treatment Relieves Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder and Depression

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