Addiction Treatment News: Good Diet & Recovery Linked
New Study Finds Link Between Good Nutrition and Addiction RecoveryThe Mental Health Foundation has found that food can have lasting and powerful effect on one’s sense of well-being, often felt immediately. A good diet, therefore, can play an integral role in the treatment of such mental health disorders as depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, and others. Mental […]
CASA: Substance Abuse & Addiction Cost US Taxpayers Billions
Recently, The National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) released a new report detailing the costs of substance abuse and addiction to local, state, and federal governments in the US. The 287-page report, Shoveling Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State, and Local Budgets, is the first to […]
Laughter Therapy for Addiction
Recently, ‘laughologist’ Albert Nerenberg has been receiving a great deal of attention for his documentary Laughology, premiering earlier this month at Toronto’s HotDocs. At Heritage Home, we have been lucky enough to work with Albert regularly with our laughter therapy sessions. Although perhaps a more experimental and non-traditional form of addiction therapy, all of our […]