Children’s Mental Health Is Suffering In recent years, mental health has been a growing area of discussion; the beginnings of a global acceptance to what has previously been overlooked or pushed aside. Of particular concern, especially in America, is the state of children’s mental health. While COVID-19 turned the world as we knew it upside…
Study Finds Alarming Surge in Negative Alcohol Experiences During College While it is no mystery that drinking alcohol during one’s young adult and college years carries harm, it isn’t always understood the extent of that harm, the frequency of it, and the long-term unwanted effects that result from it. A recent study that followed 1,700…
Research Suggests a Link Between Pandemic Drinking and Alcohol-Related Deaths A unique drug, alcohol is known to be an unhealthy substance that carries both short-term and long-term harm, yet the substance is socially accepted and normalized within American society. New research shows how alcohol-related deaths spiked 26% during the pandemic. In the same year, overall…
The Challenge Of Honesty Whether people are being dishonest about whether they have been exercising, eating healthy, or taking their medications as prescribed, many are not honest with the professionals that they have put their trust in to provide health care. Disclosing drug or alcohol abuse is no different, and if anything, it adds an…
Alcohol Is the Cause of One in Five Young Adult Deaths An alarming new study shows that not only do more Americans lose their lives from alcohol-related causes each year than drug-related causes, but an increasing number of those who die are young-to-middle-aged adults. These findings suggest that the American people need to start viewing…
The Connection Between The Holiday Blues And Substance Abuse Whether it is deciding to break open the gifted bourbon from a grateful client, sipping Aunt Sue’s holiday eggnog all evening on Christmas eve, or having more than a few cocktails at the never-ending string of holiday parties, we know that this season of comfort and…
New Study Shows Doctors Prescribing Lower Dosage Opioids A study out of Canada shows that many doctors are now prescribing less potent doses of opioid pain relievers for post-surgery pain. While this is certainly a step in the right direction, advocates say doctors should also recommend nonopioid pain relief options as an effective alternative. And…
Nitazenes, A New Drug with Fentanyl–Like Potency Hits the Streets In Tennessee, four times as many fatalities were recorded for nitazene overdoses in 2021 than in 2020, with some experts saying nitazenes are as potent or more potent than fentanyl. Further, naloxone does not always work to counteract the effects of nitazene overdoses, exacerbating risks…
