Substance Abuse Archives | The Gooden Center Southern California Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Center Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:45:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 205612346 How To Cope When A Family Member Has A Drug Or Alcohol Addiction https://www.goodencenter.org/how-to-cope-when-a-family-member-has-a-drug-or-alcohol-addiction/ Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:33:51 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49908 If your loved one is struggling with a substance use disorder, you’re far from alone. In fact, an estimated 18.5 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. Millions of us struggle with pain pills, booze, and even illegal street drugs. Unfortunately, most of us also never get help. When we do, it takes [...]

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]]> 49908 Can Mindfulness Help Me Recover from Opioid Addiction? https://www.goodencenter.org/can-mindfulness-help-me-recover-from-opioid-addiction/ Sat, 12 Jun 2021 14:43:31 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49814 Mindfulness has gained a lot of popularity in western medicine and in popular discourse over the last decade. Once, a relatively small movement built around Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBTR), mindfulness has moved into treating clinical anxiety and depression, aiding chronic pain recovery, and into substance use disorder treatment. In fact, mindfulness is increasingly touted [...]

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]]> 49814 The Connection Between Homelessness & Addiction https://www.goodencenter.org/the-connection-between-homelessness-addiction/ Mon, 10 May 2021 14:09:29 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49757 Homelessness has reached near epidemic proportions in parts of the U.S., with an estimated 580,000 people living on the streets in 2020. Living without shelter exposes us to disease, illness, assault, rape, and other forms of violence. But, more often, it also exposes us to increased instances of drug and alcohol abuse and therefore to [...]

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]]> 49757 What is Vyvanse? https://www.goodencenter.org/what-is-vyvanse/ Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:04:26 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=49113 Vyvanse is an amphetamine drug, officially known as Lisdexamfetamine. This drug is officially sold as Vyvanse, Tyvense, and Elvanse, but is not available as a generic drug. While first approved by the FDA in 2007, Vyvanse has skyrocketed to become one of the most popular prescription drugs in the country. Vyanse is primarily used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) [...]

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]]> 49113 Men’s Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment https://www.goodencenter.org/mens-issues-in-substance-abuse-treatment/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 14:54:17 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=48978 Today, more than 18.4 million U.S. adults are addicted to a substance. Of those, men outnumber women at a rate of almost 2-1. 10.8% of all men have a substance use disorder vs. 5,8% of all women. That’s important, considering women are also almost twice as likely to seek out help. 33.1% of all [...]

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]]> 48978 Marijuana and Schizophrenia – Is There a Link? https://www.goodencenter.org/marijuana-and-schizophrenia-is-there-a-link/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:24:26 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=48945 Marijuana is increasingly legalized and accepted in the United States, but some suggest this could be increasing psychosis-related mental disorders including schizophrenia. While schizophrenia is a complex mental health disorder, heavily linked to genetics, there is significant evidence showing a potential link to cannabis use. This link is also genetic dependent, with most studies [...]

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]]> 48945 The LGBTQ+ Community and Substance Use https://www.goodencenter.org/the-lgbtq-community-and-substance-use/ Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:27:15 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=48591 The LGBTQ+ community has a long-documented history of heavy substance use and abuse. Today, an estimated 4.5% of the U.S. population identifies as LGBTQ+, but over 7 million LGBTQ+ persons struggle with substance use disorders including addiction to alcohol and drugs. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer persons are more vulnerable and more susceptible [...]

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]]> 48591 Long Term Effects of LSD https://www.goodencenter.org/long-term-effects-of-lsd/ Wed, 27 May 2020 13:17:50 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=47540 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, which is naturally found in ergot. Ergot is a grain fungus that was historically used [...]

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]]> 47540 The Connection Between Mental Illness and Substance Abuse https://www.goodencenter.org/the-connection-between-mental-illness-and-substance-abuse/ Wed, 20 May 2020 22:39:02 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=48437 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 substances such as drugs or alcohol, 36.7% of individuals with a pre-existing mental illness are [...]

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]]> 48437 10 Symptoms of Depression https://www.goodencenter.org/10-symptoms-of-depression/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 17:41:39 +0000 https://www.goodencenter.org/?p=47497 Major depression is one of the most common disorders in the United States, affecting some 17.3 million people each year, or 7.3% of all U.S. adults. Major depression is defined as a period of at least two weeks, during which a person experiences a depressed mood, loss of interest in former activities and pleasures, [...]

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