alcohol and drug problems

Drug Abuse: How Bad Did the Problem Become?

Heather shares the extent of her alcohol and drug problems and describes how this habit affected her daily life. For more information on addiction visit www.empowher.com
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What Would You Do in This Situation?

Question by Sunshineonarainyday: What would you do in this situation?
I work at a non profit. This is a coed facility and I am the women’s program manager at the facility. I manage 8 women that live at the facility while they are receiving treatment services for alcohol and… Continue reading

ADHD: An Overview

ADHD: An Overview

ADHD is neither a “new” mental health problem nor is it a disorder created for the purpose of personal gain or financial profit by pharmaceutical companies, the mental health field, or by the media.  It is a very real behavioral and medical disorder that affects millions… Continue reading

Those at Risk of Suicide

Those at Risk of Suicide

Some of them are lucky enough to survive suicide and drug overdose:  singer Courtney Love (oxycontin), character actor Gary Busey (cocaine), young actress Lindsay Lohan (cocaine and pain killers), and just recently, comedian Owen Wilson (sleeping pills) and rock babe Amy Winehouse (mixture of… Continue reading

Suicide: The Final Straw

Suicide: the Final Straw

Some of them are lucky enough to survive suicide and drug overdose: singer Courtney Love (oxycontin), character actor Gary Busey (cocaine), young actress Lindsay Lohan (cocaine and pain killers), and just recently, comedian Owen Wilson (sleeping pills) and rock babe Amy Winehouse (mixture of heroin, cocaine,… Continue reading

The Symptoms and Reality of Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is also known as manic depression. Bipolar disorder is a psychological disorder that effects a person’s mood. The mood swings are very extreme with a manic (high elation) phase and a very deep depressive phase. There is estimated to effect approximately 1% of the adult population. There is… Continue reading

Tamea Sisco

In 1990 one of us published with his colleagues a paper suggesting that a specific genetic anomaly was linked to alcoholism (Blum et al. 1990). Unfortunately it was often erroneously reported that they had found the “alcoholism gene,” implying that there is a one-to-one relation between a gene and a… Continue reading

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