Can Light Therapy Treat Mental Illness? Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentDecember 31, 2014Light therapy has been used for a number of health problems over the last few decades. In fact, even a hundred years ago some physicians recognized the power of light to help treat physical illnesses and infections.
Women Who Reduce Drinking Before Treatment Have Better Outcomes Addiction Recovery, Addiction TreatmentBy Lucida TreatmentDecember 27, 2014Women who reduce their alcohol intake before entering treatment have a better chance at successful treatment, a new study finds.
Mindful Meditation: A Tool for Recovery Addiction RecoveryBy Lucida TreatmentDecember 23, 2014It’s widely accepted that America’s first contact with “mindfulness” came in the form of a speech given by Indian guru Swami Vivekananda to the World Conference on Religions held in Chicago in 1893. Vivekananda was on a mission to bring the spiritual practices of his homeland to America—and he succeeded. His speech sparked an interest…
Holidays Put Women Under the Most Stress Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentDecember 19, 2014In the years during which women rarely worked outside of the home, they did most if not all of the housework, cooking and childcare. These days, although both men and women typically work full-time jobs outside the home, women still do the majority of housekeeping, meal preparation and looking after the children.
Is Depression Addictive? NewsBy Lucida TreatmentDecember 16, 2014The co-occurrence of depression and addiction is not unusual. Many people experience both illnesses at the same time because they feed on each other. If you are prone to depression, for instance, you might feel compelled to drink or get high in an attempt to feel better or to hide from your depressive moods. If…
Dual Diagnosis Treatment Reduces Aggression Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentDecember 12, 2014Significant numbers of people diagnosed with serious mental illness also have co-existing problems with substance use disorder (substance abuse and/or substance addiction). Evidence shows that the simultaneous presence of these two problems increases the odds for aggressive or violent behavior. In a study published in July 2014 in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, researchers…
Estrogen and the Hormonal Link to Addiction NewsBy Lucida TreatmentDecember 9, 2014Men and women react differently to drugs due to physiological differences. An important factor affecting drug abuse and addiction is the hormone estrogen. Research into the biological and physiological factors affecting addiction has been limited, but is growing. Most recently, a study led by an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota found an important…
Managing Emptiness With the Illusion of Control: Women and Addiction Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentDecember 4, 2014Grace had been raised by a family with tightly held traditional values—her father was the lord of the house; she and her mother were to be subservient to her father and to make him proud by being demure women who represented their class and their breeding with utmost perfection. She sought her father’s approval above…
Women and Drinking: Know the Health Risks Alcohol AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentDecember 2, 2014If you’re a woman and you drink alcohol, you need to know some important facts about women and drinking. Women are at a greater risk for both mental health and physical health problems from drinking. Women should drink less than men because they metabolize alcohol more slowly. Women are triggered by different factors than men…
Maternal Mental Illness More Than Just Depression Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentNovember 28, 2014Postpartum depression has been a recognized condition for years. In fact, the Greek physician Hippocrates recognized the symptoms as early as the 5th century B.C. However, many of the long-accepted truths about this illness are being questioned by new research. In addition, the latest studies are revealing that maternal mental illness can take forms other…
