ARE YOU GETTING A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP? According to recent poles 40 million Americans may have chronic insomnia, with problems related to falling asleep and staying asleep or waking up to early in the mornings. In fact, more than 100 million Americans do not get a full 7 ñ 8 hours sleep every night. Last year over 26 million prescriptions …
Are you an emotional eater?
ARE YOU AN EMOTIONAL EATER? We go out to eat to celebrate a birthday, anniversary, promotion, etc. Or we entertain around dinner parties and holidays. At church functions, there are socials and potluck meals. You name it and somehow it all revolves around food. Yes it has a role in our lives of comfort and entertainment. Culturally and instinctively we …
Are You a Binge Eater?
ARE YOU A BINGE EATER? Ever wonder if you have a serious problem with binge eating? In a recent issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter, I read a feature article about the treatment of bulimia and binge eating. Bulimia is defined as 2 or more episodes of binge eating (consuming a large amount of food in 2 hours or …
Anxiety Symptoms
ANXIETY SYMPTOMS Anxiety is a part of everyday life in the new millennium. But for people, it expresses itself much worse than for others. Anxiety symptoms that go beyond the typical expressions of unease and nervousness should not be ignored. While many people can expect to suffer an anxiety attack at some point in their life, recurring episodes of extreme …
America’s Sleep Epidemic: Some Helpful Tips
AMERICA’S SLEEP EPIDEMIC: SOME HELPFUL TIPS If you feel tired while reading this short article, it is already happening to you… An estimated 100+ million Americans have occasional sleep problems, of which 40 million have so-called “sleep disorders”, and over 75% of the population is walking around deprived of sleep on a daily basis. Studies show it only is getting …
Am I Lazy?
AM I LAZY? Is the reason that there has been an increase in obesity due to the fact that adults in today’s society are lazy? Are we all just a bunch of lethargic couch potatoes that don’t do anything but sit around and eat all the time? I say no. Instead we are a product of our revolutionary, technological society. …
Alcohol And Drug Abuse In Mental Health
ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE IN MENTAL HEALTH Alcohol abuse is overrated, while drug abuse is underrated. The DSM manual suggests that substance abuse there are differences in the definition of drug and alcohol use. To confuse matters worse the law has its own version of who is an alcoholic or drug addict. Some of the symptoms that help professionals determine …
Adultery as Sexual Addiction: Should You Stay Married?
ADULTERY AS SEXUAL ADDICTION: SHOULD YOU STAY MARRIED? Often the spouse or partner of a persom with sexual addiction person intuitively knows of the addiction and the struggle his/her partner has with the behavior. The partner often “feels for” his/her partner and is in a great quandary about staying in the marriage or leaving the marriage. If you are a …
Addiction Treatment Centers Using Experiential Therapies
ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTERS USING EXPERIENTIAL THERAPIES Life is experience. Substance dependence overtakes a person’s ability to make her own decisions to experience life, and life is no longer actively participated in. Therefore, in overcoming addiction, it is vital to learn to re-experience life. This lesson helps a treatment center resident reintegrate into the world after therapy is through. Experiential therapy …
Addiction; Desperate Maladies Require Desperate Remedies
ADDICTION; DESPERATE MALADIES REQUIRE DESPERATE REMEDIES An addiction is an uncontrollable strong craving for something, or to be abnormally dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming. There are many types of addiction, the most common are alcohol addiction, narcotic addiction, and drug addiction; also known as substance dependence. Drug addiction is the compulsive use of drugs, to the …