Author Archives: Alta Loma

Experiencing Anxiety During a Doctor’s Appointment

Going to the doctor can lead you with heavy anxiety symptoms like sweating, racing heart, and high blood pressure known as white coat syndrome. The longer you wait in that waiting room, the higher the chances can be that someone with anxiety avoids or delays the appointment out of fear. By having someone come with […]

What are Advertising Tricks That Fuel Shopping Addiction?

Shopping addiction is when you tend to spend too much money at the mall or online that you end up in a financial hurdle with no clue how to stop. Part of the reason why shopping addiction is fueled is because of the advertisements to sales you do not want to miss. By being aware […]

What Different National Suicide Prevention Organizations Are There to Support?

How Do You Repair Relationships After Addiction?

Suicidal deaths are continuing to rise up. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 47,000 people died by suicide in 2017. By supporting organizations that are constantly looking for more preventative methods to stop suicide rates from rising, you are breaking the stigma of suicide prevention and doing something about it. […]

How to Deal with Loneliness When Living Alone

It is possible that you wanted to live by yourself in your new apartment because you wanted to achieve independence. It is not until the week has passed living in the new place that you realized just how depressed you have become because of your loneliness. By finding ways to occupy your time and keeping […]

Why Are Lots of New Mothers Committing Suicide?

It is normally said that when your child is born, it should be the greatest moment of your life. However, according to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, new moms were examined 12 months after giving birth with 300 who died between 2010-2012 in California- with suicide being the seventh leading cause. By having […]

Preventing and Coping with Workplace Suicide

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that the U.S. suicide rates are the highest since World War II. In the workplace, it is said in a Forbes article that 270 U.S. employees killed themselves at work in 2013. It is important that the workplace, as well as employees, are aware of the signs […]

How to Watch Your Mental Health in the Fall

Summer is over and a new season has started. Maybe you have gone back to school or it is another business season and you are feeling stressed. It is important to be in check with your mental health this fall to avoid your mental illness symptoms going out of control. Pay Attention You may have […]

How is Telemedicine Addiction Care a Solution for the Opioid Epidemic?

Telemedicine is when you care for the patient remotely when the patient and the physician are not in the same physical place as each other. Not everyone lives in an area where they have access to physicians or treatment centers that specialize in addiction. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Workit […]