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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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Haunted Past: Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Anyone who has dealt with traumatic life events can probably attest to the havoc they can wreak long-term. It does not always take much to cause severe trauma, either. Traumatic events can cause and worsen a number of mental illnesses, including anxiety disorders, depression, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), all of which have…
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How Is Your Relationship With Food?
Believe it or not, food is something that many people struggle to have healthy relationships with. That does not necessarily mean individuals will develop eating disorders; it just means that many of us are working to find a balance, whether eating less, eating more, or just maintaining what some may refer to as a healthy…
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Service Animals and Mental Health
Over the years, we have seen different kinds of treatment methods discovered, researched, and implemented. Some have certainly been a success, while others have proven the opposite. One effective method that has been successfully implemented into treating mental illness, especially throughout the past decade, has been the use of service animals. Before use for mental…
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