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Guest Post: The Difference Between Mental Health & Mental Illness by Amelia Blackwater

Bipolar Bandit

Substance abuse disorders ex. drug addictions. *Mood disorders ex. depression or bipolar. Personality disorders ex. borderline personality disorder. Psychotic disorders ex. schizophrenia. Trauma-related disorders ex. How does Mental Health & Mental Illness Intersect?

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Homelessness is a journey that starts in the family

Stop Abuse Campaign

We naturally associate things like drug addiction and the symptoms of psychotic mental illness with danger. Mental illness is common among homeless people, but the most common diagnoses include substance abuse and mood disorders. The ACE study shows that childhood trauma increases the risk of addiction and mental illness.

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The Truth About Why Your Brain Drives Your Behavior and Addiction

Pure Recovery California

Richard 38, had gone to twelve addiction treatment programs and failed every one of them. Addiction is a chronic brain disorder and not simply a behavior problem involving alcohol, drugs, gambling or sex, experts contend in a new definition of addiction. “Many behaviors driven by addiction are real problems.

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Homelessness is a journey that starts in the family

Stop Abuse Campaign

We naturally associate things like drug addiction and the symptoms of psychotic mental illness with danger. Mental illness is common among homeless people, but the most common diagnoses include substance abuse and mood disorders. The ACE study shows that childhood trauma increases the risk of addiction and mental illness.

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What I Learned About Navigating the Mental Health System

Beautiful Voyager

Don’t get me wrong, I think these facilities treating addictions are important. Considering that the National Institute of Health states around half of the people who experience mental illness in their lives will also suffer a substance abuse disorder at some point, dots need to be connected here.

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It’s Time for a Change in How We Design, Develop, Test and Disseminate Empirically Supported Treatments

Society of Clinical Psychology

One is the sheer volume of people in need of some type of mental health or substance abuse care. The problem is that our current annual rate of onset of DSM-5 Axis I disorders is estimated to be around 27%; approximately 1 in 4 Americans develop a mental disorder or addiction in any one calendar 12 month period. References.