
Signs of Being Roofied: Recognizing and Recovering from Drugged DrinksĀ
804 words|4 min read|The term āroofiedā is commonly used to describe the act of drugging someoneās drink with Rohypnol, a powerful sedative, often with intentions of committing sexual [...]

The Best Types of Treatment for Trauma
696 words|3.5 min read|Trauma is a disturbing or highly distressing experience that often leaves a significant negative impact on the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health of an [...]

What Are the Best Practices for Trauma Treatment?
757 words|3.8 min read|Trauma can impact any person, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or socio-economic status. Those who have lived through a terrible event, like sexual assault or [...]

How Trauma Can Be a Trigger for Mental Health or Substance Use Issues
779 words|3.9 min read|When youāre struggling with a mental health condition or a substance use disorder (or both), youāre dealing with a relatively fragile and highly influential psyche.Ā [...]

5 Long-Term Effects of Domestic Violence
747 words|3.7 min read|Domestic violence is a traumatic experience, and as such, it results in there being both short- and long-term effects that the victim undergoes.Ā It is [...]
Domestic Violence Towards Men and Signs of PTSD
743 words|3.7 min read|When you imagine domestic violence, itās likely that your mind goes towards women victims. While women are the vast majority of victims of domestic violence [...]

Co-Occurring Disorders in Men: The Effects of Trauma
620 words|3.1 min read|Mental health and substance use disorders do not discriminate against age, race or social or financial status, and can affect men in all walks of [...]

A Quick Look Into the 6 Different Trauma Disorders
858 words|4.3 min read|Trauma affects everyone differently. For some people, trauma can impact them in a way that results in the development of a mental health condition. When [...]

A Closer Look at Menās Trauma and Mental Health
793 words|4 min read|āGet over it. Suck it up. Youāre fine. Man up.ā Though mental health awareness is currently at an all-time high in the United States, the [...]

What Does PTSD Look Like?
809 words|4 min read|Anyone who experiences a traumatic event can potentially develop post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. PTSD manifests itself in different ways in the different people it [...]

How Does Childhood Trauma Affect Adulthood?
980 words|4.9 min read|It's a fact of life that our childhood experiences shape who we are as adults. The language we learned, the neighborhood we lived in, the [...]

Knowing and Understanding the Five Stages of Grief in Coping With a Loss
875 words|4.4 min read|969, accomplished psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross identified five stages of grief an individual goes through when suffering a loss. They are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and [...]

The Connection Between Domestic Violence and Addiction
910 words|4.6 min read|Addiction tremendously changes behavior. If you or someone you know is struggling with a substance use disorder, you're sure to have noticed major changes in [...]

How Childhood Trauma Can Lead to Addiction
421 words|2.1 min read|When a child grows up experiencing some form of trauma, they can be left with many negative feelings and emotions. While some of the trauma [...]

Trauma-Informed Treatment: Research-Based Interventions
1052 words|5.3 min read|In the past decade, there has been a major shift in the methods of treating substance use disorders. As research continues to show addiction as [...]

Addressing Trauma’s Impact on Addiction
775 words|3.9 min read|Have you ever experienced some form of discomfort or stress in your daily life and immediately began searching for a way to make it better [...]
