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How to Talk With Patients About Substance Use Disorder

Gateway Foundation

When a patient with substance use disorder (SUD) visits, it’s essential to talk to them in a way that shows sensitivity and empathy while avoiding stigmatizing language. Use People-First Language Patient communication in substance use disorders starts with people-first language. Let your patients choose how they are described.

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SUPRs — Illinois’s State-Funded Program for First-Time Rehab Clients

Gateway Foundation

The Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR) division of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides funds for qualified treatment and recovery support centers. Thanks to SUPR grants, Illinois can expand and improve its substance use disorder treatment efforts.

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How do we know when posttraumatic stress disorder is getting better?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes a great deal of mental and physical distress, and can significantly reduce a person’s quality of life. Ideally, treatment response definition should also take into account a range of functional and quality of life outcomes (e.g., The failure to meet the treatment response criteria.

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Can You Leave Rehab Before Your Program is Done?

Gateway Foundation

People progress through treatment at varying rates, but research has shown the longer you stay in treatment, the better outcomes for your long-term health and recovery. Every step of the treatment process keeps you safe, teaches you crucial life skills, and increases your chances for a lasting recovery.

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Continuing Care After Addiction Treatment in Chicago

Gateway Foundation

Addiction recovery lasts long after the initial treatment, which means your care must continue as well. In the second stage, you begin continuing care — the range of outpatient addiction treatments that support your ongoing recovery. Building confidence in your ability to maintain your recovery.

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Loneliness and psychosis in clinical practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

However, this approach is rapidly changing as accumulating evidence shows that loneliness—the distressing feeling that our social relationships are not meeting our needs – has substantial negative impacts on mental and physical health and recovery. For people with psychotic disorders the situation is much worse.

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Am I Depressed? Depression Symptoms, Causes, Therapy

Stop Abuse Campaign

According to the Mayo Clinic , “depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest…it affects how you feel, think, and behave, and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems.” . Clinical Depression (AKA Major Depressive Disorder). Manic Depression (AKA Bipolar Disorder).