{"id":15359,"date":"2023-11-06T21:54:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sleepy-visvesvaraya.209-59-154-116.plesk.page\/?p=15359"},"modified":"2023-11-06T21:54:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:54:07","slug":"common-mental-health-disorders-associated-with-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kynetdesign.in\/watergap\/2023\/11\/06\/common-mental-health-disorders-associated-with-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Mental Health Disorders Associated with Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental health and addiction often go hand in hand. In some cases, mental health symptoms are treated with drugs and alcohol. In other cases, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/substance-use-and-mental-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">neurological changes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> brought about by a mental health condition encourage and reward harmful behavior like drug and alcohol consumption. If you are struggling with mental health and addiction, you can find treatment with dual diagnosis services.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental Health Disorders Associated with Addiction<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several common mental health disorders associated with addiction. Symptoms are often managed or masked with sleeping pills, benzodiazepines, alcohol, and cocaine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Depression<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depression is the most common mental health disorder that affects roughly half of adults around the world. Depression comes in many forms, like major depressive disorder, seasonal affective disorder, or postpartum depression. While the causes can be different, symptoms for the different types of depression are often the same:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mood changes like anxiety, discomfort, guilt, hopelessness, and apathy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Problems with sleeping such as insomnia, restless sleep, excessive sleepiness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issues with eating<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agitation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irritability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social isolation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loss of appetite<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Problems with concentration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excessive crying<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Severe weight gain or loss<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repeatedly reviewing the same thoughts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>PTSD<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health disorder that manifests after exposure to traumatic events. Nearly a third of individuals will develop PTSD at some point in their lives after exposure to a minimum of one traumatic event, but often an average of two or three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is characterized by symptoms such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flashbacks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nightmares<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insomnia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elevated resting adrenaline<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hypervigilance\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Anxiety<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anxiety disorders come in several forms and might be specific to phobias involving individual circumstances or items, social phobias, panic attacks, or generalized anxiety. Some examples of common symptoms include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nervousness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restlessness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irritability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Problems sleeping<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweating<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaking<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headaches<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pins and needles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Bipolar Disorder<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bipolar disorder is a mental health disorder that comes in several iterations, all of which are categorized by distinct manic or depressive episodes. These mood disorders are characterized by significant changes that can last weeks or months at a time without treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The depressive episodes often look exactly like major depressive disorder symptoms, while the manic episodes are full of hyperactivity, elation, irritability, and irrational behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2945875\/#:~:text=As%20mentioned%20previously%2C%20the%20most,bipolar%20patients%20is%20unipolar%20depression.&amp;text=An%20incorrect%20diagnosis%20of%20unipolar,episodes%20and%20trigger%20rapid%20cycling.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bipolar disorder is often misdiagnosed as depression<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There are several reasons for this, but namely, people who struggle with bipolar disorder often seek medical treatment during a severe depressive episode, and as such, a doctor prescribes medication that helps deal with depression but not the converse manic episodes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without the right type of diagnosis or medication, individuals might think that their treatment isn&#8217;t working and turn to drugs and alcohol as a form of self-medication.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>ADHD<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ADHD is characterized as a mental health disorder where an individual struggles with symptoms from hyperactivity, inattention, or both.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several forms of medication for ADHD, but all forms of medication are more effective when used in conjunction with behavioral therapies and organizational skills. When individuals don&#8217;t get that, or they don&#8217;t get a diagnosis at all, they are more likely to struggle with mental health disorders associated with addiction because they self-medicate to cope with specific symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Schizophrenia<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schizophrenia is a psychotic mental health disorder that can involve hallucinations and delusions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several subcategories of schizophrenia are often misdiagnosed, like schizoaffective disorder. Individuals who don&#8217;t know they have a mental health condition or who have been misdiagnosed are more likely to struggle with mental health disorders associated with addiction because they self-medicate when symptoms arise.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Personality Disorders<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are actually three main categories and ten subtypes of personality disorders, but all of them have strong correlations between mental health and addiction, as individuals might be misdiagnosed or undiagnosed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dual Diagnosis Mental Health and Addiction Treatment<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to treat co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders is to use dual diagnosis services at Water Gap Wellness Center. Our facility provides top-of-the-line mental health services with outpatient treatment for addiction at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We offer several evidence-based therapies, including cognitive behavioral therapy, which can help you identify harmful automatic thoughts, or talk therapy, which can help address harmful behaviors. We also offer several forms of holistic care that can provide coping mechanisms for managing mental health disorder symptoms and overcoming cravings and triggers with addiction. Our care options include <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/watergapwellness.com\/treatment-services\/outpatient\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">outpatient mental health services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/watergapwellness.com\/treatment-services\/intensive-outpatient\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mental health intensive outpatient program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental Health and Addiction Treatment at Water Gap Wellness Center<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental health disorders and addiction often go hand in hand because people don&#8217;t have the correct diagnosis or they don&#8217;t have any diagnosis at all. In these cases, individuals are more likely to turn to drugs and alcohol to self-medicate, but with dual diagnosis services, you can find treatment. Contact Water Gap Wellness Center today to learn more about mental health and addiction. We are a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/watergapwellness.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pennsylvania mental health program and treatment center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offering individualized care.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health and addiction often go hand in hand. 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