by Lucas Fernandez | Apr 28, 2022
Opioid addiction is a serious health issue in the United States. In particular, opioid addiction can change the way a person thinks or behaves, leading to potential criminal activity, broken relationships, and severe depression and anxiety. Worse, opioid addiction is... 
by Lucas Fernandez | Nov 19, 2021
As the medical world learns more about substance use disorders and how they impact individuals, treatment continues to advance in new and interesting directions. One of the most promising approaches that health care providers are now exploring focuses on harm... 
by Lucas Fernandez | Jul 6, 2021
It’s a big step just to decide that you’re ready to pursue recovery from substance addiction. Whether you’re currently in recovery from opioid addiction or any other form of substance dependence, you may not know where to begin. After all, there’s a wide variety of... 
by Lucas Fernandez | Mar 4, 2021
Substance dependency issues continue to affect individuals around the globe. Here in the US, the opioid epidemic has become a severe public health crisis inflicting devastating and widespread damage. One of four hospital admissions in the US involves a substance abuse... 
by Lucas Fernandez | Aug 26, 2020
In the not-so-distant past, mental health disorders were surrounded by a haze of stigma—people perceived to be experiencing mental health disorders were often treated differently than peers. They encountered additional roadblocks to living a normal life in the... 
by Lucas Fernandez | Jul 1, 2020
What Is Medication Assisted Treatment? A person experiencing a substance use disorder often experiences altered brain chemistry. As the brain becomes accustomed to the effects of a particular drug, it changes and becomes dependent on that chemical change. It can take...
