Importance of Mental Health Awareness Month
Each May, those that struggle with mental health issues and their loved ones hope to bring awareness to mental health during Mental Health Awareness Month. Whether they have just finished…
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Getting Treatment for PTSD and Substance Use
There are many reasons why a person might choose to use drugs or alcohol. People often turn to them for social occasions, pain relief, experimentation, rebellion, boredom, or self-medication. In…
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Commonly Addictive Opioids
Opioid use has become an epidemic in America. Millions of Americans abuse prescription opioids and substances like heroin each year. Thousands of people die each year from opioid overdoses, which…
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National Screening Day Offers Help for Alcohol Addiction
In 1999, the first National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD) event took place. Over 50,000 people attended the events at 1,500 screening centers across the United States, where they received screening…
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The Benefits of Trauma-Informed Therapy for Women in Addiction Recovery
What Is Trauma-Informed Therapy for Women? If you are a woman carrying the weight of a past traumatic event alongside a substance use disorder, you are not alone, and effective…
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How Depression Impacts Women
Millions of women end up diagnosed with depression each year. Statistics show that millions of women end up developing this mental health disorder in their life. They are also twice…
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4 Year Anniversary Celebration for The Willows at Red Oak Recovery®
The Willows at Red Oak Recovery® is excited to announce that their clinically dynamic, trauma intensive substance abuse and mental health treatment program for young adult women is celebrating their…
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Which Type of Counseling Is Best for Addiction Recovery?
There are many parts to a recovery program for substance use disorder and addiction. As a result, no one type of counseling or therapy works best for everyone. In fact,…
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Could You Benefit from Gender-Specific Treatment?
Are you familiar with the term “gender-specific treatment?” It’s a term you may hear mentioned often in the recovery world. Generally, it describes drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs that…
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Do I Need Trauma-Informed Care?
Although they produce severe short and long-term emotional pain and mental distress, reactions to trauma are normal. Fear, paranoia, anger, isolation, anxiety, and depression are ways of dealing with a…
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