Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Intimate partner violence continues to be an ongoing crisis among Americans, and for many women who suffer from abuse at the hand of a partner, this can lead to substance abuse or addiction. Violence Can Occur in Any Relationship When most people think about relationship abuse, they [...]
Contributor: Staff at The Camp Recovery Center Keeping kids safe from drugs is an age-old challenge that parents, teachers, and caregivers have been up against for years. And while there’s always been the risk that an adolescent might discover drugs, the ways kids access them continue to evolve. Today’s battleground? Social media. Now that smartphones [...]
Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center The opioid epidemic remains at crisis levels, with nearly 50,000 Americans dying from opioid-related overdoses in 2019 [1]. And while experts often point to powerful synthetic opioids such as fentanyl as the source of this public health emergency, the state of a person’s mental health can also [...]
Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center It’s common to think of a person who is struggling with addiction as someone who is waging an individual battle against this disease. We see this image time and again in popular culture, with one person hitting rock bottom and then beginning the difficult climb toward recovery [...]
Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center America is facing an overdose epidemic, and it isn’t just due to opioids. Overdose deaths involving methamphetamine, or meth, have nearly tripled among adults ages 18-34 in the U.S., from 5,526 in 2015 to 15,489 in 2019 — a 180% increase [1,2]. From 2011 to 2018, deaths involving [...]MEDICAL ADVICE DISCLAIMER: The service, and any information contained on the website or provided through the service, is provided for informational purposes only. The information contained on or provided through this service is intended for general consumer understanding and education and not as a substitute for medical or psychological advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All information provided on the website is presented as is without any warranty of any kind, and expressly excludes any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.