Women and Prescription Drugs: The Gender Gap Tightens
By David Sack, M.D Women are catching up to men and, for once, it’s not good news. Decades ago, addiction was thought of as primarily a man’s disease. Alcoholism, for...
Read MoreBy David Sack, M.D Women are catching up to men and, for once, it’s not good news. Decades ago, addiction was thought of as primarily a man’s disease. Alcoholism, for...
Read MoreSexual addiction never exists in a vacuum. The individual that’s closest to the sex addict, whether that person is a marriage partner, significant other, or child, also suffers. When one...
Read MoreBy Lesley L. Williams, M.D. For women and men with co-occurring eating and substance abuse disorders, the two issues form concentric circles. Sufferers typically have the same predisposing genetic and...
Read MoreBy David Sack, M.D., CEO of Elements Behavioral Health Friends and fans are reeling in the wake of Glee actor Cory Monteith’s overdose on a mixture of heroin and alcohol....
Read MoreBy Mike Finecey, MA, LPC, LISAC If our childhood included pain and we didn’t have someone to teach us what to do or we were unable figure out what to...
Read MoreAging can significantly change the way our brains function. As we get older, we become more likely to develop degenerative cognitive diseases such as dementia, Lou Gehrig’s disease, and Parkinson’s...
Read MoreSometimes I look around my house and all I see are projects. The light fixture in the living room needs to be rewired, leaves are clogging the rain gutters, and...
Read MoreYou said it. You meant every word, and you intended to do what you said that you would do. But, it didn’t happen. What did happen? What is the most...
Read MoreBeliefs are meanings about ourselves, other people, and the world we have come to trust and rely on. We develop these deep beliefs out of what has happened to us,...
Read MoreOn July 2, my 86-year old mom transitioned from this world to the next,so I now have another angel on my shoulder. She lived a very big life with many...
Read MoreBy Ben Gallaway LISAC, CSAT Shame is an emotional experience that was, until the past few decades, so neglected it might have been considered psychology’s stepchild. Research identifies shame as...
Read MoreI work with a rental car agency that gets me good deals. When I began to use the agency I phoned in an order to the owner, who is a...
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