Reading Time: 4 Minutes Mental illness formally referred to as mental health disorders, is extremely common among adults and children in the United States. Unfortunately, although improved, there is still a stigma associated with mental health disorders, creating barriers to treatment. Mental health disorders range from mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders to […]
Month: August 2021
Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction in Newport Beach
Reading Time: 4 Minutes Drug Addiction Treatment in Newport Beach Drug addiction is chronic compulsive drug use that affects the individual’s brain, body, and environment. Addiction rewires the brain, making it extremely difficult for the individual to stop using the drug of abuse, even if they desire to quit. Uncontrollable drug use often results in harmful consequences that include […]
The Brain in Addiction Recovery
Reading Time: 4 Minutes Our brains are composed of millions of brain cells (neurons) that communicate with each other to send signals throughout our body via neural pathways. As we continue to develop and learn in infancy and childhood, our neural pathways change, a term known as neural plasticity. At approximately 25 years of age, our neural pathways are […]