Part 2 is all about how to support an older loved one who is depressed, as well as how Geriatric Depression is treated. 

Depression is a medical disorder that needs medical attention. While family and friends can assist in the search for treatment, they are unable to address a person's depression. 

When a person matures into the senior years of their life, they may develop feelings of sorrow and melancholy that derive out of the aging process. Depression in the elderly can occur, but it is not a natural component of the aging process. While most individuals go through bouts of sadness, depression is a medical illness that can be treated.

About the line drawn between a healthy and an unhealthy relationship with porn usage, withdrawal symptoms and treatment approaches - treatment options for porn addiction and when porn usage is considered harmful.

Seeing someone battle addiction is just like that - one day, they may be crying about how miserable their life is and they need to stop drinking or using and then the next day, they do not need any help and are sure they are only enduring some bad luck. This type of yo-yo thinking creates dishonesty that people who abuse substances will convince themselves that they are telling the truth regardless of any deceit.

The serious personal and interpersonal effects of excessive pornography that can help the reader comprehend its serious consequences and identify if any of these have been occurring in their life.

We are bringing you a series focusing on porn addiction and how it can be a detrimental activity that may have physical, psychological and emotional effects.

Apprehension creeps up, eroding your sense of self-worth and self-esteem. The next thing that happens almost unconsciously is that your misusing drugs and alcohol has progressed to the point where you are completely self-absorbed - with their only concern being how to obtain their next fix.

Solstice Pacific proudly offers trauma-informed care to all of its patients. Trauma-informed care is a paradigm in which patients receive services,  framed and grounded in the understanding of the impacts of trauma that affect our physical, psychological, and emotional well-being.

Due to the stigma that addiction has acquired, individuals who battle with addiction are often thought of as derelict, low-class or doomed.

A vacation is intended to be a time for you and your family to reward yourself and each other after a period of hard work, development, and change.

People with autism require as much structure and regularity in their daily routines as possible. Vacations are, by definition, a break from their everyday activities.

Solstice Pacific aims to provide practical solutions, each individualized to the specific needs of the people we serve. Even though our clients ultimately know what works and what doesn't, we are here to deliver early recovery and aftercare skills based on research and decades of psychiatric practice.