Tag Archive for: treatment

Chronic Pain and Opiate Addiction
Addiction, Chronic Pain, Opiates, TreatmentTreating Chronic Pain and Opiate Addiction
Back in the late 1990s OxyContin (oxycodone) burst on the pharma scene as a wonder pain reliever for treating chronic pain. Over the next few years, dosages incrementally went from 10 mg pills to the…

Rehabs that Accept Couples
Addiction, Couples, Rehab3 Reasons Why Rehabs that Accept Couples Benefit Recovery
Sometimes there really can be too much of a good thing. What may have started out as innocent partying during the early heady days of a budding romance has, over time, evolved into…

PTSD and Addiction
Addiction, Dual Diagnosis, PTSD, TreatmentThe Link Between PTSD and Addiction
The deep-seated emotional effects of having experienced a life-altering trauma will often result in the use of coping techniques to help soothe the pain. Those who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder…

EMDR Substance Abuse
Addiction, Modalities, Substance Abuse, TreatmentUtilizing EMDR For Substance Abuse and PTSD Treatment
While there is widespread agreement that addiction is a chronic relapsing disease, the factors that underpin the addiction are so varied that it is difficult to understand why the disease…