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Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.

Burnout entails mental and physical exhaustion, and leads to a severe lack of fulfillment. This condition is often caused by overwork.

Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.

Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.

It's possible to abuse any drug, even prescribed ones. If you crave a medication, or regularly take it more than directed, you may have an addiction.

Stress is a natural reaction to challenges, and it can even help you adapt. However, chronic stress can cause physical and mental health issues.

Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.

During outpatient rehab, patients attend a structured treatment program while continuing to live at home.

In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.

After rehab, some people stay in a transitional living situation before returning home. These programs offer structure, education, and community support.

These structured living environments help people transition out of rehab. Residents have more freedom than they do during rehab, but still follow certain rules.

Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.

Non-12-Step philosophies veer from the spiritual focus of the 12-Steps and instead treat the disease of addiction with holistic or secular modalities.

Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.

A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.

This ancient practice can be mental, emotional, and even spiritual. In meditation, you focus your attention on the present moment without judgement.

Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.

This stage-based therapy helps patients address their realities and behaviors while inspiring healthy change, primarily in regulating emotions.

Guided interactions with trained horses, their handler, and a therapist can help patients improve their self-esteem, trust, empathy, and social skills.

Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.

Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.

Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.

Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.

Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.

Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.

This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.

Burnout entails mental and physical exhaustion, and leads to a severe lack of fulfillment. This condition is often caused by overwork.

Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.

A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.

Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.

Codependency is a pattern of emotional dependence and controlling behavior. It's most common among people with addicted loved ones.