Behavioral Health Information for Women

Courtesy of Addiction Treatment Magazine.

There are many publications out there that are geared toward women readers, supplying them with information and resources for their various questions in a feminine voice in an environment made up of peers. This is essential for women, as there is an inherent need in the female mind to bond and create a connection with the topics she is involved in. When it comes to issues of behavioral health and issues related to treatment for drug abuse, Addiction Treatment Magazine provides clear, concise, informative, and entertaining articles in a manner that beckons to female readers.

Answering some of the tough questions, such as: "How to deal with a drug addict boyfriend," Addiction Treatment Magazine crafts articles on a very real level, and deals with subjects that are not as widely covered in other recovery magazines, such as: "The prevalence of Robitussin addiction."

This magazine has news topics and articles that will engage any type of reader, and is not meant just for medical professionals or those involved in the treatment of addiction. Stop by addictiontreatmentmagazine.com today and give it a read.

http://www.addictiontreatmentmagazine.com/

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Drug Treatment Programs For Women

Women and men are built differently in many ways; so it is no surprise that women's brains and bodies are wired differently when it comes to addiction. When it comes to drug addiction detox and drug addiction rehabilitation, women have special needs that must be addressed for their own safety and well-being.

There are many drug addiction treatment centers that are out there in the United States. Lately, we have seen a growing number of facilities and programs that are geared directly toward women specifically. This is due to the new research that shows how much more sensitive women are to drugs and alcohol, and how sensitively they react to detoxification.

Drug addiction counseling for women is also a growing business, as the mental issues that can develop from the use of drugs and the withdrawal from them is much more acute and common in women. Thankfully, these new insights into women and the effect of drugs and addiction are adding great new options for those women afflicted.

Breast Implants: a Source of Confidence

Not many people would consider breast augmentation surgery a form of mental therapy, but the truth is that it offers more psychological benefits than traditionally perceived.

A good majority of women say that the appearance of their breasts is very important to them. Of those women, many admit that their moods, self esteem, or self image has been negatively affected by breast appearance. Why?

The female breast is more than just a simple body part, it is also a symbol of womanhood. When this symbol is a bit smaller than a woman would like, or if their appearance bothers them, their psyche can be affected.

Surgeons at Rocklin Cosmetic Surgery perform thousand of breast augmentations in Sacramento every year. These physicians see first hand how breast size can directly effect the mind through a woman's self image. Rocklin's surgeons see how a woman's self worth increases dramatically from consultation to procedure to post-operative check-ups. The difference in perception of self worth for these women is quite clear. With a new look at her breasts, a woman can quite easily feel more confidence and self esteem, and quite often begin to lead a healthier life through diet and exercise after the operation.

This outcome is not limited to breast augmentation surgery though; other procedures such as liposuction and cellulite treatment has produced similar results, having patients adopt healthier lifestyles to maintain the confidence boost that was offered by the initial surgery.

Overcoming Emotional Eating

You can call it by a number of different terms: compulsive eating, binge eating, emotional eating...

What ever moniker it falls under, the underlying condition is still the same: overeating as an emotional response to either negative self image or negative feelings about oneself. When this is the case, one must be very discerning when choosing a weight loss program, as their are underlying issues causing the increase in weight.

By only working on weight loss, and not addressing issues such as depression or low self esteem, you are really only dealing with the symptoms of a problem and not addressing the problem itself. Inversely, Hungry Heart, offering weight loss programs for women and men, understands the relationship between psychological issues and the symptomatic weight gain.

Hungry Heart's multitude of programs combine light psychological therapy with healthy diet and exercise in order to conquer yo-yo dieting and instill a healthy lifestyle that is easy to continue for years to come. This is a true way to treat the problem.

To learn more about the specifics of their techniques, or to browse through the different program options, visit the official Hungry Heart website at:
http://www.hungryheart.org/

Cheap Makeup Mistake

I recently have talked to some other women who have been friends of mine for years. They live in a part of the country that has been hit very hard by the downed economy and are looking to scrimp and save anywhere they can. One friend in particular has started to by certain makeup and beauty products at 99 cent stores and off of clearance racks lately.

She has been using these discount beauty products for about six months now, and was horrified to see what it has done to her skin. It began with simple dryness, so she moved on to some other cheap brand names. The new ones she was buying had the opposite effect and left her skin oily and prone to breakouts, (She has had clear skin her entire life).

All this reached a breaking point one day when she took a long hard look at herself in the mirror. Inspecting every inch of her face, she saw extensive damage and got a sinking feeling in her stomach. She called me to explain her worry, to which I calmed her down quickly and got her breathing again.

What had happened was that the makeup and beauty products were older (not quite past the use buy date, but not new by any means), and nearly everything was imported from China. We did a little digging into the ingredients listed on some of the products and found a wealth of information on the ingredients. Most was from certain health websites stating side effects that can arise from too much exposure to one certain chemical. Other listings said another ingredient was banned in several countries (legal in US and Mexico) as studies had shown that it was a carcinogenic (cancer-causing) chemical.

My friend immediately discontinued the use of any makeup whatsoever, and instead spent her small monthly makeup budget on cleansing and repairing products for her face and skin. She has a natural beauty and really does not need to wear makeup, but had habitually worn makeup most of her life.

Now, she has decided to go "au naturale" for good, using only natural and organic skin care products. After about three months (half the time it took to do the damage), her skin has a new healthy luster to it, and she even feels healthier as well.

The lesson to this story is to remind women that they all hold a natural beauty to them, and perhaps instead of spending the money to cover up a few imperfections for a small amount of time,  by stepping-up and spending the money on a few trusted and all-natural repairing products, we can focus on long-term restoration of natural beauty.