With mental illness, it’s often incredibly difficult to describe your experience. Finding the right words to describe the pain, loneliness, frustration, guilt, or joy that you feel can seem impossible. However, unique approaches to mental illness and addiction recovery that… Read More ›
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Do all Mental Illnesses Require Medication?
Medications are often used for people with mental illness because it helps them clear their mind and focus solely on their recovery. Some medications come with side effects, which can be particularly challenging, however. Side effects may include drowsiness, dizziness,… Read More ›
Dating Someone with Dependent Personality Disorder
A personality disorder is defined as a type of mental disorder in which a person has a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning, and behaving. Living with a personality disorder can affect every aspect of one’s life. Dating someone… Read More ›
How to Deal with Stigmatization of Mental Illness
While many of us are aware of the damaging effects that stigma can have, unfortunately there are many people that do not yet understand. Common misconceptions surrounding mental illness can easily take on the perceptions of heavy television viewers and… Read More ›
The 4 Strongest Evidence-based Programs for Addiction and Mental Illness Recovery
Programs with proven results provide peace of mind and clarity to any given treatment center program. Addiction and mental illness both require experts who care about the individual person, and are willing to individualize each component of the program to… Read More ›