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New treatment approaches offer hope April 17, 2017 Approximately two million Americans are hooked on prescription opioids or heroin, and an overdose of pain pills kills 91 people every day. [...]

By Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S I’ve spent the past 25 years providing clinical treatment to sex addicts and their families, while also training therapists and documenting the clinical evolution of [...]

March 6, 2017 | Articles, Therapy By Danielle Sukenik, LMFT, EAGALA Certified, Equine Therapist at The Ranch Some imagine equine-assisted psychotherapy is about galloping through the woods with [...]

Heroin and fentanyl deaths are now eclipsing deaths from prescription drugs like oxycodone. Sarah Frostenson@sfrostensonsarah.frostenson@vox.com Apr 1, 2017, 10:00am EDT The crackdown on opioid [...]

Dear A Way Out, I can not thank you enough for your financial and emotional support through this trying period in my life. A year ago I had given up on life. I felt overcome with hopelessness and [...]

By Robert Jimison, CNN Updated 2:22 PM ET, Mon April 3, 2017 A higher percentage of men and women over 60 are binge drinking, a study says Regular drinking in older women is increasing more [...]

Atypical depression is the name for a specific form of major depression (major depressive disorder). Doctors and mental health experts call it “atypical” because it produces certain symptoms that [...]

With HFAs, the consequences of their drinking or using are not always obvious to the casual observer — at least for a while. The high-functioning addict may face hangovers and other physical [...]

Not all opioid antagonists come in a bottle. Some behavioral healthcare providers are fighting the scourge of opioid abuse by equipping colleagues, patients, families and community partners [...]