Reading Time: 2 Minutes Treatment for PTSD includes both medication management and psychotherapy approaches. Many individuals may have co-occurring disorders with substance abuse, and as a result, it is imperative to treat both the substance abuse disorder and PTSD. The two medications that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sertraline (Zoloft) and paroxetine (Paxil), […]
Month: June 2019
PTSD Awareness Month
Reading Time: 3 Minutes The month of June is dedicated to raising awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the general public. Initially, in 2010, the United States Senate designated June 27th as National PTSD Awareness Day but to raise further awareness; in 2014 the Senate designated the full month of June for National PTSD Awareness. The number does […]
Signs, Symptoms and Warning Signs Associated with Trauma
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Emotional and psychological trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shattered your sense of security, making you feel helpless in a dangerous world. Traumatic experiences often involve a threat to life or safety, but any situation that leaves an individual feeling overwhelmed and isolated can be traumatic, even if it doesn’t include physical […]
Falling Into Old Patterns After Treatment: What To Do in the Event of a Relapse
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Drinking after sobriety or using drugs after kicking the habit can be extremely discouraging; especially after you have successfully completed a drug and alcohol addiction treatment program. You may feel like you have not only let yourself down but you have let everyone around you down. Keep in mind that the relapse itself is not […]
History of the Opioid Crisis
Reading Time: 3 Minutes The opioid epidemic has been ravishing through the United States of America since the 1990s and it has been worsening over the years. According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, the number of individuals who have died from opioid overdose since 1999 has nearly quadrupled, and in 2014, the most recent year for […]