How Cocaine Impacts Mental Health
Addiction to any substance can have an impact on one’s mental health, and cocaine is no exception. Cocaine use comes with challenging physical symptoms, but mental health symptoms are also…
The Medical Risks of Self-Medicating
According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), self-medication is defined as "the selection and use of medicines by individuals (or a member of the individuals' family) to treat self-recognized or self-diagnosed…
Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders
For the millions of people in the world suffering from substance use disorders, many of them have mental health issues at the same time and don’t even realize it. In…
Getting Help with Co-Occurring Disorders
Every year, millions of people around the world suffer from substance abuse disorder. Unfortunately, many of them experience mental issues and substance abuse disorders simultaneously. Until the 1990s, people with…