Source Spend enough time in the right (or wrong) places online, and it's amazing to see how quickly people take sides. When it comes to health issues, you will see the anti-vaxxers and the pro at each other's throats. You see mental health skeptics battling with survivors, conventional vs. alternative as well. It's easy to start thinking "What has happened to us as people? … [Read more...]
What Alternative Therapies Are Effective for Eating Disorder Treatment?
Eating disorders affect as many as 24 million men and women in the United States aloneand are the deadliest of all mental illnesses. One-fifth of people who develop anorexia will die from related complications like heart problems or suicide. Conventional treatments for eating disorders include a combination of nutritional and psychotherapies, support groups and even … [Read more...]
Writing Therapy for Depression
The plethora of websites, blogs, and e-journals developed by people suffering from depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions is perhaps evidence for a phenomenon that writers have known for centuries: writing therapy. Recently supported by research studies and mental health specialists alike, writing is increasingly being recognized as a supplemental or … [Read more...]
Alternative Health Therapies
Today, there is a drug for almost every ailment, ache, or pain. It seems like medicine has become the quick fix for what ails us, but more and more patients and practitioners are turning back to alternative health therapies which have been around for centuries. Alternative health therapies are non-conventional treatments used for ailments and chronic conditions. Usually these … [Read more...]