Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Blog
How to Successfully Navigate the Holiday Season if You’re Alone
The holiday season can be joyous for many but can be triggering for individuals who are alone, who recently lost a...
Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)
Pervasive Developmental Disorder Pervasive development disorders, now formally called autism spectrum disorders are a group of childhood disorders characterized by problems...
The “Halloween Scaries” and Bullying
As we approach Halloween, many individuals will dress up in costumes as an innocent ploy to mock and bully mental health...
Horticulture Therapy for Mental Illness
May is Mental Illness Awareness Month, which is dedicated to raising awareness and breaking down the stigmas for mental health disorders...
Oxycodone Abuse and Addiction Treatment
Next Steps for my Oxycodone Abuse? Oxycodone is the powerful primary ingredient in many painkillers prescribed to people suffering from moderate...
The Connection Between Eating Disorders and Self-Injury
Eating Disorders and Self-Injury Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorders, bulimia nervosa or orthorexia seldom occur independently of...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder: More Than a Tantrum
Updated 4/21/25 Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) as a recurrent pattern...
Nutrition and Substance Abuse
Proper nutrition and hydration are key to the substance abuse healing process because they help restore physical and mental health and...
Four Ways Mental Health is Commonly Shamed
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and since 1949, organizations across the United States have been actively trying to promote awareness...