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- Alternative and Complementary Treatments
- Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions: A Conversation with the Nation’s Leading Expert Kenneth Minkoff, M.D.
- Does alcoholism or drug abuse trigger a mental health condition and/or does a mental health condition trigger alcoholism or drug abuse?
- How can I know whether a health care provider is using an effective approach to treatment? Where can I find health care providers who are trained in these approaches? What questions should I be asking about the treatment I am receiving to ensure it is effective?
- How often do young adults living with a mental health condition experience a co-occurring substance use disorder? How does a co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder impact the lives of young adults?
- How should cultural competence and cultural sensitivity factor into the effective approaches used to treat co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions?
- In the co-occurring field, is there a focus on peer support and recovery focused services? What role do psychosocial interventions play? What recovery-based models exist and are emerging?
- What are effective approaches to treating a young adult with co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions? What are the key factors that make these approaches effective? Where can I go to find more information and materials on the most effective approaches in treating co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions?
- What can I do to help support friends or family members who are using and abusing alcohol and/or drugs? What can I do to support compliance with services and supports?
- What steps can I take if I have a mental health condition and am concerned that my drug or alcohol use is getting out of control? Should I avoid drugs and/or alcohol altogether?
- When we talk about dual diagnosis, what does that mean?
- Young adult lives tend to revolve around social drinking and substance use. What practical suggestions do you have for those dealing with the social pressures of drinking and drugs?
- Crisis Hotline Information
- Early Warning Signs of Mental Health Conditions
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD or ADHD
- Autism
- Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Major Depression
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
- Panic Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Social Phobia (Generalized)
- Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder)
- Managing Common Side Effects of Medications and Managing Symptoms: A Conversation with Ken Duckworth, M.D., Child and Adolescent Pyschiatrist
- How can I best approach the topic of sexual dysfunction with my health care provider?
- How can my friends or family support me when I am experiencing side effects from a medication?
- Is it ever okay to go off a medication if I am experiencing side effects?
- What are brain zaps?
- What are general strategies for approaching the topic of sexual dysfunction or hypersexuality with my partner?
- What are some strategies to help minimize sexual dysfunction related to medication use?
- What are the most common side effects in medication classes and how can they best be managed?
- What are typical sexual dysfunctions experienced by young adults within different medication classes (e.g., mood stabilizers, stimulants, antipsychotics, and antidepressants)?
- What mental health condition is hypersexuality most often associated with?
- What strategies can I use if I am experiencing hypersexuality?
- Medications and Treatment
- Information About Specific Medications
- Managing Common Side Effects of Medications and Symptoms
- How can I best approach the topic of sexual dysfunction with my health care provider?
- How can my friends or family support me when I am experiencing side effects from a medication?
- Is it ever okay to go off a medication if I am experiencing side effects?
- What are brain zaps?
- What are general strategies for approaching the topic of sexual dysfunction or hypersexuality with my partner?
- What are some strategies to help minimize sexual dysfunction related to medication use?
- What are the most common side effects in medication classes and how can they best be managed?
- What are typical sexual dysfunctions experienced by young adults within different medication classes (e.g., mood stabilizers, stimulants, antipsychotics, and antidepressants)?
- What mental health condition is hypersexuality most often associated with?
- What mental health condition is hypersexuality most often associated with?
- What strategies can I use if I am experiencing hypersexuality?
- Questions to Ask Your Health Care Provider
- Mental Health Conditions: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Co-occurring Disorders
- Medications Studied and Used in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
- Side Effects of Medications Used to Treat Borderline Personality Disorder
- Suicidality and Self-harming Behavior
- Theories of Origins and Pathology of Borderline Personality Disorder
- Treatment
- What are the Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder?
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis and Integrated Treatment of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorder
- How often do people with severe mental health conditions also experience a co-occurring substance abuse problem?
- What are the consequences of co-occurring severe mental illness and substance abuse?
- What are the key factors in effective integrated treatment?
- What does effective integrated treatment entail?
- Why is an integrated approach to treating severe mental illnesses and substance abuse problems so important?
- Eating Disorders
- Major Depression
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Can OCD be effectively treated?
- How do people with OCD typically react to their disorder?
- Is OCD commonly recognized by professionals?
- Is heredity a factor in OCD?
- What are other examples of behaviors typical of people who suffer from OCD?
- What causes OCD?
- What is behavior therapy, and can it effectively relieve symptoms of OCD?
- Who Gets OCD?
- Will OCD symptoms go away completely with medication and behavior therapy?
- Panic Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Tourette's Syndrome
- How does Tourette’s syndrome affect the education of a child or adolescent with Tourette’s syndrome?
- How is Tourette’s syndrome diagnosed?
- What are the benefits of seeking early treatment of Tourette’s syndrome symptoms?
- What are the symptoms of Tourette’s syndrome?
- What is the course of Tourette’s syndrome?
- What treatments are available for Tourette’s syndrome?
- Tourette's Syndrome
- Peer Support Services
- Pyschosocial Interventions
- Questions and Answers: Young Adults and Schizophrenia
- Self-Harm FAQs
- Stages of Recovery from a Mental Health Condition
- Suicide Prevention
- How many young people make serious suicide attempts or commit suicide?
- If a young adult attempts suicide, what interventions should be sought?
- Is there some way that family or other adults can identify a young adult at risk?
- Is there some way that suicide can be prevented in young adults?
- References
- What leads to suicide in young adults?
- What to Expect During Therapy
- Pages
- Educate Yourself
- Mental Health Conditions: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment
- Tourette's Syndrome
- What are the benefits of seeking early treatment of Tourette’s syndrome symptoms?
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