Although not everyone who experiences trauma in their life will develop an addiction, there is evidence to suggest that trauma—especially childhood trauma—may increase the likelihood of addiction later in life. In some cases, addiction may begin as a way to self-medicate or treat symptoms of a...
Trauma and addiction do not always go hand in hand, but the frequency with which the latter follows the former is hard to ignore. As we learn more about how to approach treatment for these overlapping concerns, we’ll be able to help the many individuals who struggle with them build the ...
This chapter examines addiction issues particular to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. This includes a description of the available epidemiological data on substance use and addiction in the LGBT community, as well as a discussion about unique psychosocial issues that LGBT people...
This compassionate mindset may allow adolescents to process the trauma of victimization in a healthier, less self-destructive manner, ultimately mitigating the negative effects on their mental well-being. Emotional flexibility, on the other hand, refers to the ability to adapt one’s emotional ...
Alexandra Katehakis Ph.D., MFT Sex, Lies & Trauma Attachment The Link Between Adult Attachment Styles and Sex and Love Addiction Is sex and love addiction really an attachment disorder? Posted September 6, 2011 Share Tweet Share Email ...
ContextThe relationship between mental illness and violence has a significant effect on mental health policy, clinical practice, and public opinion about
We argue also that the CRD p-factor hypothesis can be generalized to other mental health disorders, such as OCD, eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and food addiction and PD. For example, a form of CRD (REM sleep disorder) has not only been shown to precede the de...
and trauma theory. It also recommends gender-responsive, trauma-informed curricula to use for women's and girls' treatment services.Stephanie S. CovingtonJournal of Psychoactive DrugsCovington, S. (2008). Women and addiction: A trauma-informed approach. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs , 40 (5), ...
Link Prediction is defined as the process of preemptively identifying potential connections between nodes in a network, helping to forecast the growth pattern of the network based on its structure. AI generated definition based on: Computational Intelligence Applications for Text and Sentiment Data Analys...
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