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Considering Color Therapy: Green for Go, Yellow for Caution, or Red for Stop?

In previous blog entries, we have examined various kinds of therapy. Different individuals in different situations benefit from different approaches to therapy. Many people benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), for example. Others see improvement by participating in recreational therapy. Still others get benefits from narrative therapy. And in some cases, family systems therapy can …

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Medication and Therapy: When It Comes to Mental Health

Addiction, Mental Health / By Rob Cline

Medication and Therapy: When It Comes to Mental Health, Think ‘Both/And’ – Not ‘Either/Or’ Often, it seems like most everything in life is about making a choice between one thing and another. You can go to the concert or the game on Friday night, but you can’t do both. You can go on that dream …

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The Mental Health Be-Attitudes: Be Sober, Be Resilient, Be Present

Addiction, Mental Health / By Rob Cline

Many, many factors contribute to an individual’s overall mental health. Issues from childhood can play a part. Heredity is often in play. Traumas experienced as an adult can reshape a person’s mental landscape. All in all, mental health is a quite complex topic that largely resists efforts to simplify it or explain it easily. That, …

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As the Year Winds Down, Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Can Rise Up

Addiction, Alcoholism, Families in Recovery, Mental Health / By Rob Cline

For many people, the last few months of the year are something to look forward to. Baseball fans get the playoffs and the World Series. Football fans can get their fill of professional and collegiate competition. Pumpkin spice is suddenly in everything imaginable. And a variety of holidays—Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more—give many people a …

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Whether Man-Made or Natural, Stimulants Can Really Stimulate Trouble

Addiction / By Rob Cline

Many drug users are chasing a sense of euphoria and energy. Maybe they are hoping to find a way to overcome depression or grief in their life. Maybe they are just bored with their daily existence. Maybe they want to set their inhibitions aside so they can enjoy a party or talk to someone they …

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Out of Options When It Comes to Opioids? We Can Help.

Addiction / By Rob Cline

Your use of opioids or painkillers probably started in a completely innocent manner. Maybe you were suffering with chronic pain or had major surgery. To help you manage the pain, your doctor may have prescribed an opioid. Your physician (and probably your pharmacist as well) no doubt urged you in no uncertain terms to strictly …

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Not Always Like the Movies: Realities of Military Service Can Lead to Difficulties

Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental Health / By Rob Cline

As the release of the long-awaited Top Gun: Maverick has amply demonstrated, many people have an appetite for exciting stories about the military. That’s understandable. After all, movies like Top Gun and its sequel are bursting with heroism and bravado and amazing feats of derring-do. Viewers get to imagine themselves as part of that group …

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Finding Support Groups – Why, How, and Where to Get Started

Addiction, Recovery / By Sandy Baker

Any person impacted by addiction faces a life-changing, complex situation. But there’s no need to face it alone. With the help of professionals and local support groups, it’s possible to get the help you need to make it through the active addiction phase and onto a healthy future. Why You Can’t Do It Alone Why …

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Three Well Known Drugs Can Lead to Innumerable Problems

Addiction, Recovery / By Rob Cline

Codeine, Tramadol & Xanax There is a good chance you have heard of at least one (and possibly all three) of the following pharmaceutical drugs: Codeine: often used to treat coughs, this drug can also be helpful for pain management Tramadol: a painkiller that is generally considered less dangerous than other opioids Xanax (alprazolam): an …

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More Than a Phase: How to Help If Your Child Has a Mental Health Disorder

Addiction, Mental Health / By Rob Cline

Your Child and Mental Health “It’s just a phase.” The phrase “It’s just a phase” must rank particularly high on the list of parental diagnoses of their children’s behavior. If you have children, the odds are pretty good that you’ve said it. If you were a child (and you were, weren’t you?), the odds are …

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Considering Color Therapy: Green for Go, Yellow for Caution, or Red for Stop?

Medication and Therapy: When It Comes to Mental Health

The Mental Health Be-Attitudes: Be Sober, Be Resilient, Be Present

As the Year Winds Down, Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Can Rise Up

Whether Man-Made or Natural, Stimulants Can Really Stimulate Trouble

Out of Options When It Comes to Opioids? We Can Help.

Not Always Like the Movies: Realities of Military Service Can Lead to Difficulties

Finding Support Groups – Why, How, and Where to Get Started

Three Well Known Drugs Can Lead to Innumerable Problems

More Than a Phase: How to Help If Your Child Has a Mental Health Disorder

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