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Self-Medicating with Alcohol and Drugs: How to Overcome Negative Coping Methods

If you’re living with a mental illness, such as depression or anxiety, the symptoms can make your life difficult. So, it’s natural to want relief. Self-medicating with alcohol and drugs may help take your mind off your condition and ease your symptoms for a little while. However, here’s why using substances to “self-medicate” can be...
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Dealing with an Addiction and Mental Health Disorder at the Same Time

A substance use disorder coupled with one or more mental health disorders can have serious consequences. In order to take hold, the rehabilitation process for individuals with a dual diagnosis in Ohio must be clinical, educational, and therapeutic. Those with co-occurring disorders will get specialized treatment from our board-certified medical and therapeutic experts, who will collaborate to appropriately diagnose...
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Is Addiction Genetic? Understanding Your Risk for a Drug or Alcohol Use Disorder

There is a link between genetics and addiction. In fact, some studies show hereditary factors make up about 50-75% of substance abuse and addiction. Here’s how to know if you’re at risk. Is Addiction Genetic or Learned? For a very long time, scientists, academics, and others debated the question of nature vs. nurture. They wanted...
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Drug Trends: Middle Point Ohio Overdose Deaths Increased

 By now it is evident that drug overdose deaths increased substantially due to a variety of issues surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. However, in Middle Point, Ohio, overdose deaths increased at a noticeably greater rate than in the rest of the country. Learn more about drug trends and how to find help for yourself or...
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What is Dual Diagnosis?: The Intersection of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

Navigating the complex terrain of mental health and substance abuse can be overwhelming, especially when they co-occur. In this comprehensive guide, we delve deep into the topic of dual diagnosis, shedding light on the various mental health conditions often linked with substance abuse, and why specialized treatment is imperative. Whether you or a loved one...
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How to Help Someone with Mental Illness

In any given year, one in five adults in America grapples with mental illness, making the need for mental illness help more crucial than ever. The task of assisting a loved one dealing with mental illness can often feel overwhelming. How do you approach them? What are the available mental health services? And what can...
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ADHD and Addiction

Researchers have identified a connection between ADHD and addiction, wherein having ADHD predisposes one to develop a substance use disorder, especially if their ADHD is undiagnosed or untreated. But while this connection is undeniable, the causes behind it are more complex. Keep reading to learn about the link between ADHD and addiction, and what you...
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How a Drug or Alcohol Addiction Affects Your Immune System

Consistent, prolonged, and excessive consumption of alcohol or drugs can weaken your immune system, making you more likely to get sick, struggle to fight off infections, develop sepsis, and are more prone to viral infections passed through blood or body fluids. Healing addiction and immune system weakness is possible.. Drugs affect your body in various...
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