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    Mental Health and the LGBTQ+ Community

    752 words|3.8 min read|

    Members of the LGBTQ+ community face unique socioeconomic and cultural challenges that can put them at a higher risk of developing mental health issues, [...]

  • Young women struggling with depression and loneliness.

    The Dangers of Fentanyl Abuse

    787 words|3.9 min read|

    Fentanyl abuse has spiked in recent decades, leading to an increase in overdoses and deaths. This synthetic opioid, which is meant to be used [...]

  • The Importance of Life Skills: A Q&A with Sean Rhodes, Life Skills Specialist at Pyramid Healthcare Altoona Detox & Residential Treatment Center

    2419 words|12.1 min read|

    What type of life skills are important to teach to those in recovery? There's a plethora of different things that we teach. [...]

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    How to Help Your Loved One Avoid Substance Abuse

    760 words|3.8 min read|

    So you’re out to dinner with some friends and family, and notice one of your loved ones is ordering their third drink — while [...]

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    Common Stigmas in Mental Health and How to Increase Awareness

    773 words|3.9 min read|

    The way other people perceive us is important. Not only does it help us assess our own actions and behaviors, but it can guide [...]

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    Mood Disorders: Types, Causes and Symptoms

    793 words|4 min read|

    Do you experience a constant, underlying feeling of sadness?  Maybe you feel tired all day long; the kind of tiredness that doesn’t go away, [...]

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    Identifying Your Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms

    899 words|4.5 min read|

    Everyone experiences bouts of sadness, especially in response to tragedy, loneliness, stress, disappointment and the like. Experiencing sorrow in response to life’s difficult events [...]

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    A Closer Look at How Nutrition Affects Mental Health

    667 words|3.3 min read|

    Practicing positive self-talk, repeating affirmations, learning self-love, these are some of the most commonly thought of practices when it comes to ways to improve [...]

  • Close up shot of an Asian Chinese woman eating pan fried salmon with table knife and fork in cafe

    Why Your Nutrition is Key to Long-Term Recovery

    875 words|4.4 min read|

    “Food is thy medicine,” said Hippocrates, the ancient physician universally referred to as the father of medicine. If this statement was true thousands of [...]

  • Anxiety Disorder in Veterans

    905 words|4.5 min read|

    A 2013 study found that approximately 12 percent of veterans are diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, which is 4-to-6 times higher than the general population. [...]

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    Xylazine: What It is and How It Affects Humans

    665 words|3.3 min read|

    Overdoses are one of the leading causes of death in the United States, and now a new threat is rising fast: an animal tranquilizer [...]

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    The Different Ways Trauma Affects Our Lives

    720 words|3.6 min read|

    Trauma affects different people in many different ways. What might be a traumatic event for one individual might not be that intense of an [...]