Posts Tagged ‘substance use’
Start Here: A Beginner’s Guide to Common Teen Mental Health Issues
If you’re a parent with a teen, you’ve probably wondered about their mental health from time to time. Are they doing ok? Happy enough? On social media too much? Too stressed? These are the kinds of questions keeping parents around the world up at night. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 10 to 20 percent…
Read MoreWhy Is Meth So Dangerous?
There are so many drugs out there being used recreationally, and each one has their own set of dangers. Any time you ingest some type of controlled substance without a doctor’s supervision to know exactly what it is that you are taking, the potency of the drug, as well as the amount and frequency, you…
Read MoreWhat is Therapy in Treatment?
As you are looking into treatment for mental health or substance use issues, you probably have a lot of questions. For example, what is therapy in treatment? Therapy consists of talk therapy or perhaps other types of therapies that are helpful in the healing process. Your therapist is licensed and trained, and many of them specialize…
Read MoreHow Marijuana Impacts Our Mental Health
The legalization of marijuana in so many states has made the drug incredibly popular and even more accessible. There are so many different ways to ingest it, and it has become very normalized. However, we forget that marijuana is still illegal for anyone under the age of 21. There are a lot of reasons for…
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