Ana Moreno on Miami 3D NewsBy Lucida TreatmentMay 10, 2014Ana Moreno of Lucida Treatment Center discusses common elements of addiction and Lucida’s unique approach to treating substance abuse and mental health. Treatment programs at Lucida are based in the understanding that addiction is not a condition that can be treated by simply focusing on the addiction. In actuality, addiction is a symptom of a… Details
Misdiagnosis Huge Problem for Bipolar Patients Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentApril 30, 2014Bipolar disorder is a severe psychiatric disorder. It is a chronic and disabling condition and was ranked as the sixth-leading cause of disability by the World Health Organization in 1990. The illness involves significant economic cost, and comes with a greatly increased risk of mortality—people with bipolar disorder are 20 times more likely to commit… Details
Dr. La Riche Featured in Key Biscayne Magazine NewsBy Lucida TreatmentApril 5, 2014Our very own Christopher La Tourette La Riche, MD is currently featured as a “Key Player” in the April 2014 issue of Key Biscayne Magazine. Dr. La Riche is a board-certified psychiatrist, award-winning psychotherapist and board-certified addiction psychiatrist. Dr. La Riche received his medical degree from the Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico where… Details
EtG Alcohol Tests Keep Recovering Alcoholics Honest Alcohol AddictionBy Lucida TreatmentApril 1, 2014Relapse is the term addiction specialists use to describe the reinitiation of substance intake after a drug or alcohol user begins the recovery process. Generally speaking, people who relapse repeatedly have significantly reduced chances of ultimately achieving long-term substance abstinence. In a study published in January 2014 in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism, a team… Details
Advances in Understanding How SSRIs Work Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentMarch 27, 2014The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 20 million Americans experience depression significant enough to warrant medical treatment, and 11 percent of those over 12 years of age are given antidepressants. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most widely prescribed antidepressants in the nation. But the drugs are not without their… Details
Lucida Treatment Center Featured in Brickell Magazine NewsBy Lucida TreatmentMarch 24, 2014Catherine Willner, senior vice president-Florida for Elements Behavioral Health, is featured in Brickell Magazine, which is distributed throughout Palm Beach, Dade and Broward counties. Willner addressed the importance of Latin families seeking addiction treatment from providers who understand both the Spanish language and culture. Traditionally, Willner noted, world-class treatment has only been available in English,… Details
Drugs and Spring Break NewsBy Lucida TreatmentMarch 14, 2014Florida is one of the stop destinations for Spring break because of the beaches, but it’s also one of the places where kids use a lot of drugs such as Molly (ecstasy). One young woman (Maria) talks about how she was first offered drugs for free, when you ask for more that’s when they start… Details
Suppressing Emotions in PTSD May Make Symptoms Worse Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentJuly 28, 2013Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has gained more attention since the first Kuwait/ Iraq invasion some 20 years ago. During the intervening years, as war efforts have expanded into Afghanistan, the number of men and women dealing with this intense anxiety disorder has risen too. Soldiers with PTSD have been affected by a traumatic experience in… Details
Bipolar Women and Men on Different Planets Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentJuly 7, 2013Women with bipolar disorder experience this mental health condition differently from men. For one example, women are more likely to have rapid cycling bipolar disorder. This means having more frequent and quick changes in mood. We also have more complicating factors when it comes to the symptoms of the disorder. Women have more changes in… Details
Irritable? Anxious? Those Are Signs of Depression Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentJuly 2, 2013Depression comes in many forms and levels of severity. Everyone has a different way of showing it. For some people, it creeps up on them slowly and over a long span of time, which would make it more difficult to detect outward changes.
