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Can Stress Cause Addiction?
5th November 2021It’s a day-to-day feeling which affects people differently. Stress can be a mild feeling, fully manageable once the stressor passes. It can however be an engulfing feeling, diagnosed as chronic stress. For most, mild stress can be managed through positive coping strategies and management techniques. It can pass by without resulting in damages or further
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The Impact Substance Abuse Has On Our Mental Health
26th October 2021In most cases, positives are however abrupt, soon turning into negative consequences. Yet at the moment, drugs can offer elevating and rewarding feelings, for both individuals with and without pre-existing mental health issues. Drugs and alcohol tap into the internal reward circuit. The impact the central nervous system and how the brain communicates with the
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Social Media Addiction – Tips To Help
22nd October 2021Worldwide, 4.66 billion people log into social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, every single day. Though using social media has its pros, such as providing us with the ability to keep in contact with our loved ones, there are also many downsides to social media usage. As we spend an increasing amount of time
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How to Support a Loved One with Addiction
15th October 2021Watching a loved one deteriorate through drug and alcohol abuse can be extremely tough. An addiction is a highly engulfing condition, which can unpredictably impact health, behaviours, decisions, and actions. Due to this, it’s normal for your relationship and perceptions to change. Although your relationship may be damaged or may feel under pressure, and although
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5 Reasons To Live Life Free From Addiction
8th October 2021As a nation, we drink more alcohol now than ever before. Drug consumption has also drastically increased, with more than 1 in 11 adults admitting to taking drugs at least once a year. Sadly, consuming larger quantities of alcohol and administering drugs harms our physical and psychological health and contributes to an increase in the
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Gambling Addiction: The Signs And Symptoms
24th September 2021Compulsive gambling is recognised as a behavioural addiction, which is displayed through uncontrollable behaviours and physical choices. Whilst signs of behavioural addictions are physical, psychological associations, symptoms and problems are also common, especially through a gambling addiction. Gambling addiction is diagnosed where risky gambling activity takes its toll, even when consequences arise. For most, compulsive
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Is Addiction a Mental Illness?
17th September 2021You don’t have to go back too far to find a time when substance misuse and destructive behaviour patterns were seen purely as a matter of choice. People who developed a drug or alcohol addiction were generally seen as weak-willed or degenerate. Now with advances in medical science we are able to observe the actual
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Can I Go To Rehab With Depression?
10th September 2021Depression is a mental health condition that can develop autonomously through an emotional influence, can be pre-existing through genetics, or can be a co-occurring disorder through a dual diagnosis. Displayed through low, fluctuating, irrational and rollercoaster-like signs and symptoms, depression is a condition that can engulf day to day life, can cause behavioural and personality
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How To Help Someone With An Addiction
3rd September 2021Sadly, as substances are abused, addictions develop and obstruct the lives of thousands of people every day. When an individual becomes addicted to substances, it is in their best interest to secure professional treatment via a private inpatient rehab or an outpatient rehab. However, for many reasons, the number of sufferers that do so remains
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Looking After Employee’s Mental Health When Returning To The Office
27th August 2021Being aware of the mental wellbeing of your staff is important under any circumstances; however, as people return to the workplace post-lockdown, your staff’s mental health may be particularly vulnerable. Even in a pre-Covid world mental health issues was a massive contributor to people taking sick days from work. In fact, 37% of people who
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