Archive for December, 2009
Cocaine Addiction Helpline
Posted by Compulsive Disorders US Team | Filed under Compulsive Disorders
I realized today that I have an addiction, so I called a cocaine addiction helpline. I don’t know what came over me, but I had nowhere else to turn and it was the only way I knew how to help myself. I’m 16 years old and I started using alcohol three years ago. It’s gotten [...]
Patients With Bipolar and Unipolar Depression Show Similar Response to Electroconvulsive Therapy (Psychiatric Times)
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More info…Results of a large study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health showed that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) might be equally effective in both patients with unipolar depression and those with bipolar depression. obsessive compulsive disorder
Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
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The drug addiction problem is answered through the institutions that provide help in treating addicts and helping them live normally again without the drugs. Addiction treatment centers are institutions planned to aid alcoholics and addicts cure physically, mentally and spiritually, and to discover themselves again in a drug and alcohol-free environment.
Bipolar in Loved Ones Now Easier to Help Manage
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Bipolar Living
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Everything happened so suddenly. The thoughts racing through my head at a hundred miles an hour. Suicidal thoughts that would not seem to leave me alone. This was not me. I grew up in a normal family, I’m in a band, I’ve got a great girlfriend. Why am I suddenly sleeping all day and having [...]