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Guest Post: The Difference Between Mental Health & Mental Illness by Amelia Blackwater

Bipolar Bandit

Substance abuse disorders ex. drug addictions. McLean Hospital. . * Eating disorders ex. anorexia or bulimia. Mood disorders ex. depression or bipolar. Personality disorders ex. borderline personality disorder. Psychotic disorders ex. schizophrenia. Trauma-related disorders ex. Sources: NIB.

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Alcohol and the Immune System — What You Should Know

Gateway Foundation

Without rapid hospital treatment, septicemia can lead to sepsis, which is life-threatening. If you find it challenging to limit or stop your alcohol intake, it may be time to seek help for alcohol addiction. Contact Gateway Foundation for Help With Alcohol Addiction.

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All You Need To Know About Social Work Articles

Social Work Haven

Walsh explores the role of social workers in mental health settings, such as hospitals, clinics, and community agencies. It covers topics such as helping elderly individuals access benefits, understanding age-related illnesses, addressing elder abuse and developing end-of-life plans. Addressing substance abuse and addiction issues.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. This includes defending individuals’ rights and addressing issues such as poverty, mental health, domestic violence, disability rights and substance abuse.

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“Maybe we're just too damn intrusive": Tracing the take-the-child-and-run mentality that has endangered Massachusetts children for more than a century

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

First, in more than two-thirds of all Massachusetts cases, no substance abuse of any kind is even alleged. Second, all substance use isn’t opioids. There is no breakdown of how often the substance at issue is one that is now legal in Massachusetts: marijuana. That, too, fails for several reasons. the White House.

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What I Learned About Navigating the Mental Health System

Beautiful Voyager

I was entrusted to a mental hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont at age fifteen. This would be the first of many unsuccessful psychiatric hospital stays. Don’t get me wrong, I think these facilities treating addictions are important. My family and I had been exhausted by my violent and drastic mood swings.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2024, part two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

When family police agencies try to treat substance addiction as a moral failing instead of as a disease, some of us have said: Well, you wouldnt treat cancer as a moral failing, would you? Heres the bad news: The real problems at DCS are way worse. Of course not. Except in North Carolina, that is. (Of