Sleep and Mental Health
Most adults under the age of 65 need 7-9 hours of sleep each night. But, according to the CDC, 1 in 3 Americans don’t get enough sleep, with national averages hovering at about 6.5 hours per night. That’s important [...]
Why Employers Need to Talk About Mental Health in the Workplace
Nearly one in five U.S. adults struggles with mental illness, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, OCD, and more. These disorders are a fact of life for over 45 million Americans, but our conversations, work processes, and treatment of them [...]
OCD and the Drive for Success – Is Residential Treatment the Answer?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder affects some 2.3% of the U.S. adult population but until recently, has been poorly understood and poorly treated. Individuals with OCD have traditionally been handed medication and some support, but otherwise left to fend for themselves, [...]
Long Term Effects of LSD
What is LSD? LSD, known on the street as acid, is such a strong hallucinogen that the doses taken are very small – typically just several micrograms. The chemical lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesized from lysergic acid, [...]
The Connection Between Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
Today, some 18.5 million Americans struggle with a substance use disorder. A further 46.6 million Americans suffer from one or more mental health disorders. Most importantly, while 15.7% of the general population is likely to abuse or rely on [...]