Addiction Blog
How to Dispose of Leftover Prescription Medications
Do you have medications in your cabinet that were prescribed ages ago, but never used up? The best time to dispose of these pills and ...
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Study: One Alcoholic Drink Per Day Ages Your Brain
It has long been known that drinking in excess has a negative effect on your body and can decrease brain and liver functioning, but a ...
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Alcohol Withdrawal Timeline
Binge drinking is a prevalent health problem throughout the United States, due to a combination of factors such as the easy availability of alcohol and ...
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What Is Binge Drinking?
Alcohol is so culturally acceptable and widely used that many people underestimate its potential for abuse. However, despite its somewhat innocuous reputation, alcohol is a ...
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Anxiety at Work
While some amount of stress is inevitable in daily life, many professionals in high-pressure careers face consistently high stress levels. Anxiety can make you dread ...
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How to Deal with Trauma from Work
When troubling events occur at your place of employment, how do you deal with trauma from work afterwards? To the average layperson, “workplace trauma” means ...
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Providence Treatment, PNAP Launch New Support Group for Nurses
Providence Treatment has partnered with the Pennsylvania Nurse Peer Assistance Program (PNAP) to launch a new support group. The aim? To provide support for nursing ...
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Drug Overdose Deaths Reach All-Time High
In October 2017, opioid addiction—mostly due to indiscriminate prescription of painkiller medications—was declared a public health emergency in the United States. By March 2020, an ...
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Gender Differences in Binge Drinking
As the holidays approach, with family gatherings and office parties planned for the upcoming weeks, it is even more important to understand the effects of ...
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How Does Alcohol Affect the Liver?
Drinking can affect your health in many ways. Alcohol can impact the brain, the stomach, and the heart, among other organs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
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