Category Archives: Women’s Health

What Is Schizophrenia?

Friday, April 13th, 2012

According to the Mayo Clinic, schizophrenia is “a group of severe brain disorders in which people interpret reality abnormally.” This is a chronic, lifelong condition that affects one percent of the American population. This mental illness often brings about serious symptoms like hallucinations, delusions as well as disordered thinking and behavior. People commonly mistake schizophrenia for multiple personality disorder or split personality disorder. This is understandable because the word schizophrenia does translate to mean “split mind.” But what the term split mind really implies is a mental and emotional severance from the usual internal balance. Read More

The Prevalence of Sexual Abuse

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Sexual abuse is defined by the American Psychological Association as unwanted sexual activity, with perpetrators using force, making threats or taking advantage of victims not able to give consent. The month of April, 2012 has been designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, so we here at Destination Hope: The Women’s Program felt this was a perfect time to bring this issue out of the dark and into the forefront of relevant conversation where it belongs. Read More

Tips to Promote Healthy Nutrition in Recovery

Monday, March 26th, 2012

The role of nutrition in recovery is an understated one. As we said in our last nutritional blog, addicts right off the bat are very regularly malnourished. Whether you’re choosing to spend your money on illicit drugs instead of food or you’re avoiding eating to refrain from killing your buzz, addicts with poor nutritional habits are a dime a dozen. While this is the norm when dealing with someone with an active addiction, it’s destructive behavior that must be broken in the recovery process. We cannot nourish our minds without nourishing our bodies, and this is where the role of nutrition in recovery really comes into play. Read More