by [email protected] | Aug 23, 2021 | Addiction, Home Psychopharmacology
Addiction can take many forms (Drug addiction, alcoholism, pain medication addiction). People often self-medicate with chemically addictive substances. They also engage in behaviors such as gaming, gambling, and sex addiction (more accurately called compulsive sexual...
by [email protected] | Apr 21, 2021 | Addiction, Men's Health, Mental Health, Psychiatry, PTSD
What is Men’s Psychiatry? Is that a thing? Once upon a time, most men wouldn’t dare visit a psychiatrist. Better to suck it up and have a drink. Many of those same men have come to realize that strategy stops working. They may bounce from one vice to...
by [email protected] | Jan 10, 2020 | Addiction
Addiction refers to a condition in which you are dependent on a particular activity, substance, or thing. When you are addicted to something, you have a strong dependency, craving, or compulsion to get or do that thing. This can be an overpowering compulsion that...
by [email protected] | Oct 18, 2019 | Addiction
Many people who abuse drugs or alcohol have at least one type of mental illness. This is why treatment for the underlying mental illness is so important. Almost a third of people who are diagnosed with a mental illness also have substance abuse problems. Dealing with...
by [email protected] | Jun 22, 2018 | Addiction, Mind & Body
Dealing with addiction is very difficult. Many people are reluctant to address their addiction and detox from alcohol, opioids, and benzodiazepines because they perceive a significant inconvenience in going away to a program. These people are usually highly...
by [email protected] | Oct 3, 2017 | Addiction, Home Psychopharmacology, Home Psychotherapy, Medical House Call, Mind & Body, Psychiatric House Calls, Psychiatry, Visiting Psychiatry
It may seem obvious, but to stop an addiction, one has to stop using the addictive substance. Quitting a narcotics addiction, in particular, can be very uncomfortable, and the discomfort during the initial detoxification process often leads people to abandon their...
