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Recognizing World Suicide Prevention Day

Friday, September 10th, is World Suicide Prevention Day. This annual event puts a spotlight on the ongoing crisis of suicide across the globe. It also serves as a reminder that suicide is a preventable cause of death. Depression, America’s most common mental illness, often plays a part in suicidal behavior. If you’re affected by this…

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Reasons to Join a Substance Abuse Support Group

When you’re recovering from drug or alcohol problems, you need all the help you can get to maintain your sobriety. Rehab programs provide the core of that help through formal substance abuse treatment. However, your recovery efforts should not stop there. Addiction experts recommend that you also enroll in a substance abuse support group. There…

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3 Benefits of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Addiction

Psychotherapy plays a crucial role in effective drug and alcohol recovery. A variety of different therapies options are usually available. One frontline option is an evidence-based technique called cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT. A cognitive-behavioral therapy program helps you make progress in three crucial ways. To gain the benefits of cognitive-behavioral therapy for addiction, you must…

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How Music and Art Can Promote Long-Term Recovery

When you’re recovering from drug or alcohol addiction, it helps to have a wide range of resources available. The main treatments used in recovery programs include both medication and psychotherapy. Today, there is also an increasing use of additional options, known as complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM. Paired with primary treatments, these options offer…

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What to Expect in Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment

Addiction and substance abuse disorders often go hand-in-hand with other co-occurring mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety. Alternatively, children and teens with untreated depression and anxiety may later develop an addiction to alcohol or drugs as a harmful coping mechanism. For such patients, their addiction therapy program must include co-occurring disorder treatment for…

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How to Increase Serotonin

Dopamine and serotonin are naturally occurring substances in your body that perform essential functions. Although they are very different chemicals, some people may use the terms “dopamine” and “serotonin” interchangeably. Some common drugs are designed to mimic the effects of dopamine or serotonin, and these drugs can be highly addictive. At Memphis Recovery Centers, our…

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Connection Between Mental Health and Addiction

Your mental health is an essential component of your overall health. Whether you or someone you love has struggled with mental health or addiction, it’s important to recognize that these two issues could be tied together. For some people, substance abuse impacts their mental health. For others, their mental health causes substance abuse as a…