Too Skinny….How Does It Happen?

Anorexia is a complex disease, with myriad causes that range from culture to environment to—as recent studies have shown—genetics. Having a predisposition for anorexia means that a simple decision to diet away those last five pounds triggers something (it’s unclear as to what) that could lead you down a slippery slope.  The drive to become

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Not Seeing Clearly

What are the contributing factors of an eating disorder?  Even the slimmest women have, on occasion, stood in front of the mirror and asked: “Does this dress make me look fat?”  No matter who you are at some point you have been your own worst critic.  Why do we do this to ourselves and what

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Want vs. Consequences

Relapse prevention is crucial to an addict’s recovery.  Relapse, although it doesn’t have to be, is a prominent feature of addiction, and one of the most painful.  Most people who struggle with addiction will have one or more relapses – the return to drug use after a drug-free period – during their ongoing attempts to

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At War With Alcoholism

In America, where there is an “epidemic” of mental health problems and alcohol abuse that have been reported in the troops returning home from war zones in recent years.  Overall, more than one in ten (13 percent) of the respondents said that they were drinking alcohol in quantities defined by researchers as hazardous, according to

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Take it or Leave it?

The best chemical dependency rehab is to not pick up at all.  This can be difficult because most people feel they can stop.  Interestingly this may be the case for some but not others… The science community has been researching the function of newborn neurons, to help understand their possible role in psychiatric and neurological

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