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The term “roofied” is commonly used to describe the act of drugging someone’s drink with Rohypnol, a powerful sedative, often with intentions of committing sexual [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

When you’re struggling with a mental health condition or a substance use disorder (or both), you’re dealing with a relatively fragile and highly influential psyche.  [...]

Domestic violence is a traumatic experience, and as such, it results in there being both short- and long-term effects that the victim undergoes.  It is [...]

When you imagine domestic violence, it’s likely that your mind goes towards women victims. While women are the vast majority of victims of domestic violence [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“Get over it. Suck it up. You’re fine. Man up.” Though mental health awareness is currently at an all-time high in the United States, the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This is part three of the three-part series, Trauma-Informed Addiction Treatment and Research-Based Interventions. Read part two, The Relationship Between Trauma and Substance Abuse In the past [...]

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 [...]