Substance Use Disorder Resources

Just Diagnosed? Here’s What You May Be Feeling  Stomach cancer accounted for most cancer deaths in the 20th century in America. In 2022, however, it only accounts for about 1.5% of cancer diagnoses. Though that’s good news, a diagnosis of stomach cancer still might leave you feeling anxious, uncertain, and […]

Improving Mental Health in the Workplace During our lifetimes, we’ll spend 90,000 hours at work. Since we spend significant amounts of time working, it’s no surprise that we also experience many things while we’re on the job. Some of those experiences are mental illnesses. About one in five U.S. residents […]

Mental Health Month Beginning in 2020, we’ve been facing health challenges. We could be Taking measures to avoid contracting COVID-19.Trying to recuperate if we did catch it.Helping our loved ones avoid catching it or heal from it. While the challenges are formidable, we’ve also faced mental health challenges. Mental Health […]

Men’s Health Month: Common Health Problems and How to Treat Them June is Men’s Health Month, and it’s essential that men focus on becoming — and staying — healthy. The goal of taking a whole month to focus on the health of men is to encourage education that helps males […]

  Halloween Can be a Trigger Halloween has become problematic for many minority groups, perhaps none more than those with a mental health issue. Take Halloween costumes. While African Americans, Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and others may consider costumes based on characters or types from their background as cultural appropriation […]

Addicted Doctors and Nurses Don’t Receive Much-Needed Drugs You have a medical condition, so you seek assistance to treat it. Problem solved, right? Not necessarily. If you’re a doctor or a nurse with an addiction, you may not receive the help you want or need. Why Are Addictions Harmful? Addicted […]

Many of us may be aware of how illicit substances affect the body. Whether a person takes alcohol, street drugs, or even prescription drugs, the explanation remains the same–the brain chemical composition changes. With continuous intake, one may be susceptible to drug tolerance, dependence, and finally addiction. These are attributed […]

Addiction to a substance can lead to addiction to other substances. Take alcohol and opiates for example. Consumption of alcohol, even in small quantities can result in dangerous situations. These two substances do not interact well with each other inside the body. Opiates Effects to the Body Opiates can be […]

Addiction is recognized worldwide as a major health problem. It has been listed among the biggest reasons for the poor quality of life and even numerous deaths alongside obesity and diabetes. However, there is no pill or one-shot solution to this problem. Several years of research and resources have gone […]