Therapy and mental health are integral to addiction recovery. About half of people struggling with addiction have co-occurring mood disorders like depression and anxiety that impact drug or alcohol use. Unfortunately, mood disorders can often be untreated, undiagnosed, or misdiagnosed, leading many people living with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders to self-soothe with…
Mental health and addiction therapy are key tools for addiction recovery. Studies show that half of the people living with addiction also have co-occurring mental health disorders. Some of these mood disorders may be untreated, undiagnosed, or misdiagnosed. A lack of comprehensive mental health care, misdiagnosis, and undiagnosed can lead many people living with anxiety,…
Today, studies show that mental health is a key component to addiction recovery. At least half of people living with addiction also have co-occurring disorders. Some of these may be untreated and undiagnosed. For many, depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and other co-occurring disorders actually lead to drug and alcohol use as a form of self-medicating.…