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...
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Sexual 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...
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By 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...
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By 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....
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By 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...
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Aging 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...
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Sometimes 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...
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You 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...
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Beliefs 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,...
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By 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...
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