Drug addiction can impact more than the individual. It could also affect your family and friends, damaging relationships and breaking trust within your closest circle. They will see you at your worst and hope you get help, but even patients who have sought help can...
The Seeking Safety model is a modern treatment developed by Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D. beginning in the 1990s. It is an evidence-based and trauma-focused treatment for substance abuse caused by co-occurring traumas, such as PTSD, as a result of experiences in both...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy that was originally developed to treat borderline personality disorder. DBT has since been shown to be effective in treating a variety of other mental health conditions, including substance...
Therapy vs. Treatment. Many people confuse these two terms or use them interchangeably. However, there’s a distinction between the two. Therapy is mainly used to mean rehabilitation while treatment is used to mean cure. Sometimes these two terms are used as synonyms...
Uppers or downers –these are street or slang names used to group different drugs according to the effect they have on the body. Stimulants are uppers while depressants are downers. In this article, we will answer the question is cocaine an upper or a downer? Cocaine...
Cocaine abuse is widespread across the country. This drug is known to have adverse effects on an individual’s brain, such as personality changes, and in some cases, it only takes one use to become addicted. This is because cocaine works on the dopamine pathways in the...
