Change is possible in all areas of life and addiction can be beaten, according to a piece in Psychology Today.
In fact, according to the stats, more people beat their addictions than
do not. It's good to have an antidote to all that fatalism on World
Mental Health Day.
Speaking of the aformentioned special day, Fighting Monsters has done a good round up of WMHD resources. Is it worrrying that WMHD sounds a bit like WMD? Probably not.
The most exciting WMHD resource of all, however, is Community Care's top ten comedy clips from YouTube - always a pleasant way to pass an hour.
Also interesting to note that transcranial magnetic stimulation, in which a device is placed on the scalp which induces electric currents in the brains of patients using magnetic fields, has this week been cleared for use in the USA on adults with severe depression. It will be interesting to see if such devices begin to replace drugs, as it appears they have less side effects and is probably cheaper in the long run. Obviously it doesn't tackle the causes, if you believe in the social model.
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