Emotional & Mental Health Articles

The road to recovery from addiction is never easy. Can horse therapy help you get through the tough times, find purpose again, and stay clean?

Diagnostic labels can sometimes be arbitrary — and some people who are actually autistic may end up with the label of Borderline Personality Disorder instead, especially if they have suffered traumatic experiences.

Autism and bipolar disorder aren't even in the same chapter of the DSM-5, and at first glance seem to have very little in common. Yet, there is a deeper connection than you may think.

The symptoms of social (pragmatic) communication disorder will look deceptively familiar to anyone who knows anything about autism — but it's a whole diagnosis of its own.

Flashbacks, hypervigilance, nightmares, and aggression may be the most recognized symptoms of PTSD, but this trauma-related anxiety disorder can also lead to emotional numbing — the inability to experience positive emotions.

Can Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) help addicts find motivation to reduce and even quit abusing alcohol and drugs? Let's take a peek at what this approach is all about.

Can a powerful magnet help addicts reach remission? Transcranial magnetic stimulation is an exciting prospect, but much more research needs to be done before this treatment can be considered anything other than experimental.

Treatment programs for addictions to drugs and alcohol — often called "rehab" — can be conducted on an impatient or outpatient basis. What is the difference, and how do you know what you need?

All of us have experienced sadness, disappointment or a feeling of being lost and not knowing which step to take next in our lives. Some of us deal with the pressure by using and abusing different substances, and it sometimes spirals out of control.

Around half of people suffering from schizophrenia will also develop a substance use disorder at some point in their lives. Find out why, and how this dual diagnosis is managed.