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LGBTQ+ people experience substance use disorder at measurably higher rates than the general population — not because of anything innate, but because of chronic stress from discrimination, rejection…
Read ArticleA women’s-only rehab is a residential programme where every client is a woman, so treatment can address the…
Read moreTelehealth addiction treatment works well for mild substance use disorder, ongoing counselling, medication support and aftercare, and it…
Read moreYes, couples can go to rehab together, and that includes same-sex couples and unmarried long-term partners, not only…
Read moreSuboxone (buprenorphine with naloxone), naltrexone and methadone are the three medicines used for opioid use disorder, and they…
Read moreFentanyl is a synthetic opioid roughly 100 times more potent than morphine, so an overdose can happen at…
Read moreAddiction damages relationships by steadily eroding trust, distorting the roles people play for one another, and producing a…
Read moreFamily therapy in addiction treatment is a structured clinical intervention that treats the relationships around a person’s substance…
Read moreSobriety milestones — thirty days, one year, five years — are markers of continuous recovery time. They matter…
Read moreUntreated ADHD is a genuine risk factor for substance use disorder. Differences in the brain’s reward system, high…
Read moreAn adult child of an alcoholic (ACOA) is someone whose parent drank problematically during their childhood, and who…
Read moreGaming addiction — recognised by the World Health Organization as “gaming disorder” — is a pattern of impaired…
Read moreMen’s rehab describes a treatment setting where the therapeutic cohort is all male. Research shows men present with…
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