substance use Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:22:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 substance use Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Giving Support to a Mentally Ill Family Member https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/giving-support-to-a-mentally-ill-family-member/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/giving-support-to-a-mentally-ill-family-member/#respond Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:04:29 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=19348 When a loved one is diagnosed with a mental illness, it can throw the whole family into a tailspin, rife with self-doubt, suspicion, guilt, and helplessness.  How we respond to the illness of a family member can make all the difference to their recovery and the rebuilding of the family’s foundations. Through many years of practice, we have evolved some ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/giving-support-to-a-mentally-ill-family-member/feed/ 0 19348 Adult Onset ADHD Symptoms – What Do They Mean? https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/adult-onset-adhd-symptoms-mean/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/adult-onset-adhd-symptoms-mean/#respond Sat, 04 Nov 2017 23:46:13 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=14827 Adult onset ADHD symptoms – symptoms of inattentiveness or hyperactivity that are present in adulthood but did not exist to a clinically significant degree in childhood – have been the subject of much controversy in the research literature in the last three years. Until recently,  it was understood that ADHD had to have its onset in childhood. In other words ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/adult-onset-adhd-symptoms-mean/feed/ 0 14827 Online Recovery Resources https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/online-recovery-resources/ Thu, 16 Feb 2017 17:56:06 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=12433 Accessing Online Recovery Resources from Afar Recently I had a patient relocate to Spain who had been in recovery from alcohol for one year. She was very concerned about leaving her recovery community and was surprised to learn that she could continue to access support online from afar. Initially she was skeptical about accessing support online. However, after trying out ...

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]]> 12433 Marijuana Use and Mental Health – 2022 Update https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/marijuana-use-and-mental-health/ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:30:53 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=11223 In the summer of 1996 proposition 216, California’s Compassionate Use Act, essentially legalized marijuana use with a prescription by a physician (“medical marijuana”) and in 2012, Colorado passed Amendment 64 (which legalized marijuana use in Colorado without any requirement for a prescription) – all of a sudden we were conducting a population based study of the impact of marijuana use ...

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