Addicts Will Always Find a Way to Get High Drug AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentSeptember 2, 2014Are addiction vaccines the “magic bullet” we’ve been looking for to reduce the damage drugs do to society? Can the new “abuse-resistant” forms of prescription painkillers help stem the tide of the prescription drug abuse epidemic? Writing for PsychCentral, Elements Behavioral Health’s CEO David Sack, M.D. argues that the answer to both is an emphatic… Details
Legal Pressure Reduces Domestic Violence by Problem Drinkers Alcohol AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 30, 2014Along with intimate partner violence, domestic violence is one of the terms commonly used to describe various violent acts that take place between people involved in sexual relationships. The presence of alcohol abuse and/or alcoholism (alcohol use disorder) is a known factor in boosting the risks for this type of violence. In a study published… Details
What Explains the Link Between Cannabis Use and Social Anxiety? Drug AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 22, 2014People affected by significant social anxiety often use marijuana or other forms of cannabis. In turn, people with anxiety problems serious enough to qualify for an official diagnosis of social anxiety disorder often also have cannabis-related problems that qualify them for a diagnosis of cannabis use disorder. In a study published in June 2014 in… Details
Depression Without Sadness? Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 20, 2014Depression is more than feeling sad and blue. In fact, a person can be depressed without feeling especially unhappy, and sadness doesn’t always indicate depression. According to the Mayo Clinic, signs and symptoms of depression other than sadness that may point to depression include:
Molecular Discovery May Aid in Treating Depression Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 18, 2014Though it has become widely publicized in the U.S. due to awareness campaigns, depression remains a serious problem for those who experience its debilitating symptoms. More people are seeking treatment, but they may not see immediate improvement. Antidepressants typically require approximately two weeks to begin making an impact on the patient. However, in many cases,… Details
Untreated Mental Disorders Are Just as Deadly as Smoking Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 14, 2014Most of the developed world has made concerted efforts to discourage tobacco use. A practice that once engulfed the planet has now, in many places, become socially taboo. In the U.S., warnings about the dangers of smoking appear on every pack of cigarettes, and tobacco use among younger people has gone down. When the public… Details
Suicide Prevention: Angels Among Us Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 12, 2014By Edie Weinstein, MSW When someone makes a choice to end their life, it is a decision that has a ripple effect, not only impacting the one with the implement of destruction in their hand, but those in their immediate circles and beyond.
Saying No to Addiction Treatment? Addiction TreatmentBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 4, 2014It is incredibly difficult to come to the realization and to make the admission that you need to get help for substance abuse or addiction. There are so many excuses and ways in which we try to deny our problems. We claim we can control it. We say we can stop any time we want,… Details
Bipolar Disorder Patients Often on Multiple Prescriptions Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentJuly 28, 2014Diagnosing bipolar disorder can be a long process. Physicians may only see a patient on days when they are in a low mood, and they may only catch the depressive part of the disorder. Likewise, if a physician only sees the mania in the patient, they may mistake the disorder for anxiety or another mental… Details
Prenatal Drug Use May Become a Crime Drug AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentJuly 22, 2014To what extent drug-abusing pregnant women should be held accountable in the eyes of the law has been an ongoing debate for decades. In some states, women may be prosecuted for homicide if the baby is stillborn because of drug use, for child endangerment if the child is born with significant defects, or even for… Details
