Postpartum Depression Symptoms Similar to PTSD Mental HealthBy The Right StepJune 18, 2014New mothers and infants are associated with feelings of excitement, joy and love. But for those mothers who suffer from postpartum depression, childbirth can also mean mental health issues that overshadow child rearing, and share similarities to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Depression Comes in Many Forms Even Among Teens Teen DepressionBy The Right StepJune 17, 2014While many of us may talk about feeling depressed, what we often mean is that we are not as ‘up’ as usual. True depression is a lot more than feeling a little bit blue. When depression strikes teens it can affect nearly everything in their lives: how they are able to perform at school; parent/child… Details
Positive Recovery – The Best of Both Worlds Positive RecoveryBy The Right StepJune 12, 2014The recovery movement—Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and all the groups that have subsequently adopted AA’s model—has been helping people get sober since the 1930s. Positive psychology, while a young field within psychology, has been highly influential in treating substance addictions as well as many other illnesses since the late 1990s. Finding ways to blend the best… Details
Fighting Mental Illness Stigma in Children and Teens Teen Mental HealthBy The Right StepJune 11, 2014According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, mental illness is defined as “health conditions that are characterized by alterations in thinking, mood or behavior (or some combination thereof) associated with distress and/or impaired functioning.” Because mental illness is a long-term condition, these difficulties can persist year after year. When a young person… Details
Graduation and Alcohol Abuse: The Influence of Parents Teen DrinkingBy The Right StepJune 10, 2014Graduation is an exciting time in the lives of teens as well as in the lives of their parents. Like other important rites of passage, such as going to prom or getting a driver’s license, reaching the milestone of completing high school or college is often accompanied by intense feelings of excitement. For many teens,… Details
Long-Term Treatment Helps Alleviate Teen Depression Teen DepressionBy The Right StepJune 10, 2014Recovery time for mental illness depends on social factors, genetics, concurrent disorders and the type of treatment a patient is undergoing. The Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study, which was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, stresses that adolescents with major depression should have long-term treatment in order to fully recover.
Are You Using a Bad Habit to Help You Break Your Addiction? Addiction RecoveryBy The Right StepJune 6, 2014You’ve given up one addiction and you’re feeling good, but as you work to eliminate the grip of one compulsion in your life, perhaps you find yourself gravitating toward something else. Maybe you gave up drugs, but now you’ve picked up smoking. Or you’re glued to the Internet for hours a day. Or you’re eating… Details
How Does Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Affect Substance Use in Young Teens? Teen Drug AddictionBy The Right StepJune 4, 2014Young teenagers prenatally exposed to cocaine have increased chances of using any one of a number of substances by the time they reach age 15, according to the results of a study published in January 2014 in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The authors also identified two additional risk factors that increase the likelihood… Details
Study Explores Factors Predicting PTSD in Teens Teen Mental HealthBy The Right StepJune 2, 2014Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a diagnosis that is understood by the general public to be associated with exposure to large-scale situations, such as soldiers returning from deployment in combat zones.
Innovative Chronic Relapse Program Opens at The Right Step Hill Country NewsBy The Right StepMay 29, 2014Positive Renewal, an innovative substance abuse treatment program designed specifically for adults who have struggled with relapse, opens at The Right Step’s residential treatment center in the Texas Hill Country.
