In the past few years, racial conflicts and traumatic events have led to an increase in mental health problems among black people, indigenous people, and people of color (collectively known as BIPOC) in the United States. Race-based trauma is a particular form of trauma because it comes from the daily manifestations of systemic racism and […]
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Just as a person’s substance addiction may impact a family’s everyday life and social relationships, recovery from addiction concerns families and communities. Lack of family support can create a gap in care for recovering individuals. In situations when a relative needs to step in as a caregiver for someone recovering from addiction, they must understand
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Overwork (working for more than 40 hours a week) can increase the risk of addiction to drugs and alcohol. Work addiction does not yet have a definition with much consensus within the medical community, but it is an existing problem that can bring stress which often seeks an outlet through drugs and alcohol. Understanding how
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Recovery from substance addiction is not just hard work; it’s also an arduous and sometimes confusing journey to find out who you are. If you have lived under the influence of drugs and alcohol for years, you may have lost touch with your true self. Entering detox treatment is the beginning of a self-discovery process
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Adolescence and young adulthood are times when people are more likely to begin experimenting with drugs and other substances. There are many factors at play in this experimentation, such as traumatic childhood experiences or other mental health issues. One factor is common to many instances of adolescents getting into drugs or alcohol: parental divorce. The
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Abuse is a common cause of many mental health problems. It is often a root cause of substance addiction. But we often hear people talking about physical and sexual abuse. Many forms of emotional abuse happen in people’s lives without them being aware of it. Emotional abuse may have long-term effects on one’s body and
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For many years, medical research has mainly studied the addictive behaviors of men. Women were not included in such studies until the 1990s. Understanding the distinctions between men and women who suffer from addiction to drugs and alcohol is important for treatment. There are both biological and sociological causes behind these differences. What Are the
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Researchers find that causes for early drug use among females are abundant and widely different from the causes of drug abuse among young men. For example, young girls who experience early puberty are at a higher risk of using substances than peers who experienced puberty later. Boys who get into substances, on the other hand,
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More and more people have started noticing and paying attention to a mental condition known as narcissism or narcissistic personality disorder. Unlike depression or compulsive disorders, narcissism is a more complicated package of causes, effects, and symptoms. Some people with narcissistic traits can behave very charmingly or even charismatically in front of the public, but
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Stigma is the disapproval or even discrimination against people based on perceived social characteristics. It is singling out a subgroup of society and distinguishing them from other members of society in a negative light. Across cultures, women have been subjected to many forms of stigma. A mental health condition or substance addiction may become an
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