Alcoholism and Mental Illness
HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter
Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:
- Drinking Alcohol Doesn't Resolve Mental Health Symptoms
- Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
- From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
- Stand Up for Mental Health
- Latest Mental Health News
Drinking Alcohol Doesn't Resolve Mental Health Symptoms
Unfortunately many people drink alcohol to manage their troubling mental health symptoms. Feeling depressed? Drink. (How Depression Can Lead to Alcohol Abuse and Addiction) Feeling anxious or irritable? Take a shot or two to calm down.
When you engage in substance abuse and have a mental health disorder, and some 4 million Americans fall in that category, it's not unusual for the end result to be an addiction and mental health problem. It's so common, there's even a name for it, "dual diagnosis".
Of course, alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction can really mess up your life. Before it gets to that point, you should discuss your mental health symptoms with your doctor or therapist. If you already have an alcoholism issue, there are various alcohol treatment programs available. (Different Alcohol Treatment Programs Work for Different People)
Related Articles Dealing with Real Change
- Alcoholism Symptoms: Warning Signs of Alcoholism
- Drinking Too Much Alcohol? How Much Alcohol is Too Much?
- Take an Online Alcoholism Test
- Short-Term, Long-Term Effects of Alcohol
- Alcohol Abuse Treatment: Treatment for Alcoholism
Your Thoughts
Today's Question: Have you used alcohol or drugs to manage your mental health symptoms? How did that start? We invite you to participate by commenting and sharing your feelings, experiences and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.
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Share our Stories
At the top and bottom of all our stories, you'll find social share buttons for Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest and other social sites. If you find a particular story, video, psychological test or other HealthyPlace feature helpful, there's a good chance others in need will too. Please share.
We also get many inquiries about our linking policy. If you have a website or blog, you can link to any page on the HealthyPlace website without asking us beforehand.
Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:
- Yoga for Better LGBT Mental Health
- 5 Ways to Improve Your Child’s Mental Health
- Telling Others You Suffer From Anxiety and Panic
If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.
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Mental Health Experiences
Share your thoughts/experiences with any mental health subject, or respond to other people's audio posts, by calling our toll-free number (1-888-883-8045).
You can listen to what other people are saying by clicking on the gray title bars inside the widgets located on the "Sharing Your Mental Health Experiences" homepage, the HealthyPlace homepage, and the HealthyPlace Support Network homepage.
If you have any questions, write us at: info AT healthyplace.com
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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
We want to welcome a new blogger to HealthyPlace. Gabe Howard is co-authoring the "Anxiety-Schmanxiety" blog with Tanya J. Peterson. Drop by, check them out and say hello. On all our blogs, your comments and observations are always welcomed.
- Relapse Prevention for Alcohol Addiction (Mental Health Treatment Circle Blog)
- Five Things To Do To Feel Better From Depression Now and Fresh Air and Sunshine Can Help Relieve Depression (Coping with Depression Blog)
- Pay Attention to What Anxiety Isn’t – Ignoring Anxiety and About Gabe Howard, Author of Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog (Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog)
- Is There a Miracle Medication for Bipolar Disorder? (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
- Isolation: A Double-Edged Sword For The Mentally Ill (Recovering From Mental Illness Blog)
- What’s the Best Treatment for Symptoms of PTSD? and Psychotherapy, Religion, and Brain Effects of Trauma – Part III (Trauma! A PTSD Blog)
- Being Stuck in a Rut Can Harm Your Self-Esteem (Building Self-Esteem Blog)
- The Military and Mental Health Stigma (Surviving Mental Health Stigma Blog)
- Substance Abuse Recovery Means Living One Day at a Time (Mental Health for the Digital Generation Blog)
- How to Help the Children of Veterans with Combat PTSD (Understanding Combat PTSD)
- Abusive Relationships: Devil You Know vs. The Devil You Don’t (Verbal Abuse and Relationships Blog)
- Self-Harm and Self-Acceptance: Yes, This is About “Frozen” (Speaking Out About Self-Injury Blog)
- Just Lighten Up: Mental Illness Stigma and Parenting Blogs (Mental Illness in the Family Blog)
- Understanding Your Loved One’s Psychiatric Care (Your Mental Health Blog)
- You’re Parenting a Mentally Ill Child but You’re Only Human (Life with Bob Blog)
- How I’m Going to Stay Sober for Today and video Three Yoga Poses for People with Borderline Personality Disorder (More Than Borderline Blog)
- Yes I Sometimes Feel Stuck in Eating Disorder Recovery and Comparison, Competition, and Eating Disorders (Surviving ED Blog)
- As Society Degrades Some Mental Illnesses Now “Normal” (Funny in the Head: A Mental Health Humor Blog)
- Effects of Colds on Adult ADHD (Living with Adult ADHD Blog)
- The Bliss Two-Step – Take the Lead to Fulfill Your Happiness (Living A Blissful Life Blog)
- The Time Has Come to Say Goodbye (Bipolar Vida Blog)
- Schizophrenia Poetry About Aliens (Creative Schizophrenia Blog)
- Finding LGBT Friendly Mental Health Care for the Uninsured (The Life: LGBT Mental Health and Relationships Blog)
Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.
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Stand Up for Mental Health
Thousands Have Joined the Stand Up for Mental Health Campaign
But we still need you. Let others know there's no shame in having depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, trichotillomania, OCD, ADHD, schizophrenia or any other mental illness.
Join the Stand Up for Mental Health campaign. Put a button on your website or blog (buttons for family members, parents, mental health professionals and organizations too). We also have covers for Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
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Latest Mental Health News
These stories and more are featured on our mental health news page:
- UCL And Max Planck Society Invest €5m To Open World's First Computational Psychiatry Centre
- Women With PCOS May Suffer Psychiatric Complications, Menstrual Irregularity
- First Stem Cell Model For Bipolar Disorder Could Lead To New Treatments
- Suicide More Likely In Frequent-Attenders At Gps
- The Powerful Benefits of Arrogance and Spite.
- Deficit Schizophrenia Patients Show Reduced FA In The Left Uncinate Fasciculus
- 'Autism Rates Soar 30% In 2 Years,' CDC Say
- Fund-Raising Can Be Fun, And Good For You.
- Reasons For Substance Use Vary Among Mental Health Patients
- An Under-Recognized Issue That May Be On The Rise: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
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APA Reference
Staff, H.
(2014, April 2). Alcoholism and Mental Illness, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, April 16 from https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/alcoholism-and-mental-illness
