Many women have fallen down the rabbit hole of drug use to stay skinny, stay awake, get some sleep, and avoid having a total mental breakdown. Now imagine if you are a female celebrity. Your entire life occurs in the spotlight, and the normal societal pressures and prejudices women face are amplified to a ridiculous…
Depression is America’s most common mental health disorder, and alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the nation’s most common serious substance abuse problem. Given these facts, it’s not surprising that depression and alcoholism frequently overlap. Unfortunately, the result can be more severe than depression or alcoholism alone when this happens. If you’re affected by both conditions,…
Roughly one-quarter of all women in the U.S. will experience diagnosable mental health issues annually. A smaller but significant percentage of men are also affected. However, mental health problems in women are not always the same as those in men. And when they are the same, they often produce different symptoms. A mental health treatment…
Alcohol and depression are often linked. Depression may cause a person to drink more alcohol, and drinking alcohol can make a person’s depression worse. Alcohol may also make it more challenging to recover from depression. Alcohol and depression have a symbiotic relationship, as they feed off of each other. A person who abuses alcohol may…
If you’re a woman with substance problems, there’s a good chance that you also have certain additional mental health issues. When addiction and other mental illnesses occur together, you have a dual diagnosis. Women affected by this combined condition often develop it for different reasons than men. In addition, they often have different treatment needs.…
Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes a person’s mind to shift. This affects your mood and energy levels. It becomes challenging to carry out daily responsibilities and causes problems with relationships of every nature. Also known as manic-depressive illness, it is a genetic disease. Moods can be highly elevated, where you’ll feel incredibly…
People with binge eating disorders eat excessive amounts of food in a short amount of time. However, unlike people with bulimia, they don’t follow up these binges with food purging. The disorder is more equally distributed between men and women than bulimia or anorexia. Still, women are more likely to be affected than men. If…
On any given day, roughly one out of every five U.S. adults experiences the effects of a mental illness. However, these illnesses are not equally distributed among women and men. In fact, there are some crucial differences between the genders. For women, these differences can significantly impact mental health treatment outcomes. That fact is key…
When your safety, health, or dignity has been compromised, you can experience a long-lasting negative impact. In turn, you may suffer from anxiety, depression, or a trauma-related mental health condition like PTSD. As a result, you may end up turning to drugs or alcohol to self-medicate the symptoms of your condition. This dramatically increases the…
Trauma is a widespread issue for women in the U.S. In fact, you have a roughly 50% chance of living through a traumatic experience in your lifetime. While it is intuitive to focus on the emotional impact of trauma exposure, the effects of trauma in women and men can also be physical. You may quickly…