Posts Tagged ‘PTSD’
Honor Veterans Support Their Mental Health
One of the most important ways we can honor our veterans this Veterans Day is to support their mental health. And I mean SUPPORT as in doing the same kinds of things we do to SUPPORT a person’s physical health. We don’t question or shame or expect speedy results when a person seeks help and…
Read MoreWhy Treating ACEs Helps With Addiction Recovery
Treating ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) can go a long, long way to helping a person with addiction (aka, with a substance use disorder) succeed in long-term recovery. Why? Because of the role ACEs play in changing a child’s brain wiring and mapping, making that child’s brain more susceptible to the key risk factors for developing a…
Read MoreScreening for Mental Illnesses | Depression – Anxiety – PTSD – Bipolar
Screening for mental illnesses, such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and bipolar, just might give someone the insight they’ve needed to believe that what they’re experiencing is beyond their control. It may also save someone’s life from death by suicide. One in four Americans or nearly 60 million people are affected by mental illness every year.…
Read MorePTSD From the Family Members’ Perspective – June is PTSD Awareness Month
PTSD affects the entire family. Last week I ran this post, “PTSD Awareness Month – June 2012,” in which I shared HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ press release quote, announcing PTSD Awareness Month, “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder affects 1 in 29 Americans, from our country’s service men and women to abused children and survivors of rape, domestic violence…
Read MorePTSD and the Sleep Connection
PTSD and sleep – why is this connection important to understand? Given mental illness (of which PTSD is one) is one of the five key risk factors for developing an addiction and that sleep (the peaceful, restful kind) is one of the key things a person can do to heal their brain from an addiction,…
Read MoreVeterans, Suicide and the Substance Abuse Connection
Veterans, Suicide and the Substance Abuse Connection. It’s real, and it’s rooted in the brain changes caused by the mental health impacts of war – anxiety, depression, PTSD, for example. These impacts often cause a veteran (and any person with a mental illness, for that matter) to turn to drugs or alcohol to self-medicate the…
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