Big Pharma Complacency and the Drug Crisis
Factors influencing the ongoing drug crisis range from how accessible drugs have become over the years to how often they are prescribed in doctors’ offices across the county. Some may fail to consider the pharmaceutical company’s influence in today’s day and age. For years, there has been speculation that pharmaceutical policies neglect to properly serve…
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Relationships Between Sport-Related Injuries and Addiction
Research often focuses on the causations of addiction regarding our genetics, environmental influences, and general upbringing. We focus on the prevalence of suffering from addiction, based on how common it is within our family, peer pressure, or a number of other factors. One thing that we almost always fail to consider is if it is…
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Addiction, Domestic Violence, and Mutual Causality
It’s common for addiction to be accompanied by a number of co-occurring mental disorders. It’s just as common for addiction to accompany many other struggles. For example, those suffering from addiction or substance use disorder (SUD) may also be experiencing interpersonal issues with family members, trouble holding a job and fulfilling financial responsibilities, and severe…
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Peer Pressure and Drug Use
We’ve discussed how cultures, and their ethnic or cultural norms, can affect addiction regarding why people start misusing substances and why they continue to do so even when a problem is present. Television programming often portrays underage drinking and smoking as the status quo. Teenagers and young adults will often experiment to gain approval from…
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Opioid Addiction in California
The United States has been experiencing an opioid epidemic for years now. This epidemic has led to hundreds of deaths by overdose, numerous hospitalizations due to overdose, and millions of individuals suffering from addiction across the nation. While some of these people seek treatment, recover, and amend their lives, many unfortunately don’t. Several reasons may…
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Supporting Others on Their Path to Recovery
There are several resources available to those who are struggling with addiction. Treatment programs, relapse prevention curriculums, and self-help groups are a few examples. Unfortunately, there are times that people are in so deep that they can’t accept there’s a problem, let alone look for resources for themselves. If someone you know and love is…
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Cultural Influence on Addiction
While there is not necessarily one specific thing that causes someone to suffer from addiction, many factors can make addiction more common for different individuals or groups of people. Some of these most common factors include biological, environmental, and psychological factors. There is, however, another factor that can have a substantial effect on addiction; cultural…
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Self Help Groups in California
There are a lot of positive results correlated with surrounding yourself with individuals who are trying to better themselves. For someone interested in getting into shape, that may include surrounding themselves with people who prioritize working out and eating right. People who have a resolution of increasing the number of books they read each year…
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California Suicide Rates
Suicide has been an ongoing national issue for decades. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) provides us with three distinct definitions to keep in mind when discussing suicide. They define suicide as a “death caused by self-directed injurious behavior with intent to die as a result of the behavior.” A suicide attempt is described as…
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Addiction and the Holidays
For most people, there are several reasons why the holidays may be a difficult time of year. Tense relationships with family members, unhappy home situations, or a lack of a home situation or family all together can make the holidays the complete opposite of a holly, jolly environment. It seems like before we’ve even entered…
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