If you or a loved one have developed a chemical dependency, it can be difficult to overcome the addiction without professional assistance. Since there are multiple factors that contribute to the development of a dependency on drugs or alcohol, willpower alone is not enough.
Many people who suffer from a chemical dependency are co-morbid, which means that they suffer from multiple medical conditions at the same time. Often, for a chemically dependent person, the addiction is paired with some form of mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or clinical depression.
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3 Signs Your Teen Needs To Speak To A Psychiatrist
Children go through all sorts of changes as they grow up. They deal with peer pressure and ever-changing hormones. What might be a perfectly happy, healthy teen could end up turning into something disastrous for one reason or another. Whether it be that they are stressed out from things going on in everyday life or because something happened to them that they couldn't control, the key is helping the child deal with it in the best way possible.
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Sketching And Doodling To Combat Depression
Traditional art therapy for the treatment of psychiatric disorders is nothing new, of course, but nowadays many people are finding that simply sketching and doodling are helping them cope with depression. Since groups of sketchers are cropping up all over and people can now easily share their art and thoughts online, some are finding that the quality of their lives is improving through engaging in these quick forms of art-making.
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Therapeutic Separation: An Overview
Therapeutic separation is a process that involves the separation of a couple for the purpose of strengthening their marriage. While the idea may seem counterintuitive, it's gaining traction in the world of marriage counseling and may be just what you need to make your marriage stronger than ever.
The Purpose of Therapeutic Separation
Marriage can be difficult and some days it may seem easier to call it quits than to continue on.
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