5 Ways to Manage Your Holiday Expectations Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentNovember 25, 2014The holidays are tough on everyone, but they can be especially hard on someone dealing with depression or anxiety or substance abuse. An online poll taken by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America found that three-quarters of poll respondents reported feeling either “very anxious and/or depressed” or “just a little bit more anxious and/or… Details
Addiction Recovery in the Latino Community Addiction TreatmentBy Lucida TreatmentNovember 22, 2014By Jeanene Swanson Not all Hispanic-Americans are the same when it comes to drinking, says a study published in a recent issue of the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism. The study, led by Carlos F. Ríos-Bedoya, ScD, MPH, found that the risk of alcohol use disorders among Hispanics is different across different ethnicities — Mexican, Puerto… Details
Processed Food Fuels Binge Eating Eating DisorderBy Lucida TreatmentNovember 20, 2014White bread, donuts and pastries, potato chips, cookies and snack crackers. What do these all have in common? They could be fueling your food addiction. Processed foods are high in refined carbohydrates, fats, sugar and salt and are designed not just to taste good, but to feel good in your mouth. Processed food companies want… Details
Diabetes and Eating Disorders Eating DisorderBy Lucida TreatmentNovember 7, 2014In the last 15 years, a new eating disorder phenomenon has gradually earned more and more attention. The condition is formally known as ED-DMT1, for eating disorder and diabetes mellitus Type 1. The condition is also frequently referred to by the more informal name diabulimia. As both names suggest, this condition refers to the diagnosis… Details
New Treatment for Bipolar Depression May Yield Quicker Results Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentOctober 30, 2014Close to 6 million American adults live with bipolar disorder. The condition produces periods of frantic energy and optimism along with corresponding episodes of deep depression. The depressive episodes can be especially dangerous because the risk of suicide is high. Finding a mental health treatment that can offer relief in a timely fashion is vitally important.
Postpartum Depression Remains in Shadows Despite Awareness Efforts Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentOctober 28, 2014The stress and demands of a newborn can cause a new mom to feel “baby blues.” When a new mom doesn’t immediately experience elation she may wonder what’s wrong with her. It’s common for many women to take weeks or months to form a strong bond with their baby, but for some the symptoms can… Details
Depression in Older People Increases the Risk of Death Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentOctober 24, 2014Although young people are at high risk for depression perhaps because of the many physical and psychosocial changes they experience during adolescence and the teenage years, at the other end of life similar changes that take place. Older adults are at increased risk for depression, too.
Women With Strong Support Network More Susceptible to Substance Abuse, Study Finds Substance AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentOctober 22, 2014Women and men have gender-specific differences in their rate of susceptibility to substance abuse, as well as differences in the types of substances that function as abuse targets. Other known influences on substance abuse risks include genetic inheritance and environmental influences encountered by each individual. In a study presented Aug. 18, 2014, to the annual… Details
New Brain Scan Distinguishes Between Bipolar, Unipolar Depression Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentOctober 17, 2014Blood flow across different regions of the brain may help to distinguish between bipolar depression and ordinary “unipolar” depression, new research suggests. Although it’s a preliminary finding and a relatively small study, the existing difficulty in distinguishing between the two forms of depression and the invasive nature of positron emission tomography (PET scans) gives the… Details
Orthorexia On the Rise Among Young Women Eating DisorderBy Lucida TreatmentSeptember 25, 2014A form of disordered eating that’s been on the radar in recent years is paradoxical because it has to do with eating pure and nutritious foods. Orthorexia is an unhealthy preoccupation with eating healthy that’s also called “righteous eating.”
