
Anxiety and Depression: When They Co-Occur With Substance Use Disorder
Anxiety and depression are both mental health disorders that sometimes co-occur with addiction. Anxiety may make you feel restless, nervous, and like you can't stop worrying. Depression may make you feel sluggish and sad like life is never going…

Depression Symptoms and the Need for Addiction Treatment
Symptoms of depression can lead to an addiction to substances as a way to cope with feelings that are hard to identify. Also, an addiction to drugs or alcohol can lead to depression when you feel like you have no way out. Whether your depression…

Symptoms of Anxiety: Recognizing When Simple Worry Becomes Chronic
Symptoms of anxiety may mimic other disorders. Often, this feature makes it difficult to diagnose. Furthermore, when left untreated, anxiety can quickly make life feel unmanageable. If you frequently feel nervous, anxious, or worried, you may…

What is Neurofeedback Therapy?
Neurofeedback is a concept that has been around for decades. Over time, though, the improvement of technology has made this an innovative option for mental illness and addiction therapy. It is most effective in combination with other treatment…

How Does Teletherapy Work in Recovery?
The road to recovery can be a long one. The truth is, it isn't an easy one either. Thus, when battling addiction, any help along the way is appreciated. Even if that help is miles and miles away. Technology has enabled and improved the tools…

What are the Most Common Fentanyl Side Effects in Women?
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug that is 100 times more potent than morphine. It is often administered to patients before or after surgery to people in extreme amounts of pain, and those with a high tolerance to other opioids. Fentanyl is…

Women And Mental Health Issues
Due to the nature of mental health and drug abuse issues, many people are not forthcoming in stating their problem. The staff at AspenRidge Recovery in Lakewood, CO, offers an idyllic setting in which to achieve your spiritual and physical health.…

What is Psychotherapy Counseling?
It is human nature to want to let what’s inside of us out. Some let out aggression through violence, and some let being disappointed come out as an abrasive personality. While others reserve the need to express feelings by quashing them with…

Evidence-Based Treatment
What is evidence-based treatment? Evidence-based treatment is a treatment based on years of scientific research and observation. Tangible and measurable data back it. Therefore, it has a certain level of credibility based on previous results.…

Trauma and Addiction
It’s an unfortunate truth that we live in a world where people get hurt accidentally and intentionally. These events can leave a person traumatized on both a physical and emotional level. You can also draw a clear line between trauma and addiction.…