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Explore mental health and addiction guides, recovery information and practical support for individuals and families from THE BALANCE. Topic hubs provide clinical ownership; the collections below connect related questions across diagnoses and life stages.
Crisis Support, Self-Harm and Mental Health Safety; Recovery and Relapse Prevention: Continuing Support; Family Support for Mental Health and Addiction; Children and Adolescents: Mental Health and Addiction Support; Perinatal Mental Health: Pregnancy, Postpartum and Family Support; Older Adults: Mental Health, Addiction and Support; Neurodevelopmental Support: Care That Fits the Person.
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Bring triggers, early warning signs, coping actions and support contacts into a plan you can return to.
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Loneliness
With the fast pace of this life, we pass by hundreds of people during our day. Most remain unknown, faceless; humans are busy creatures…
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Buprenorphine Withdrawal
Buprenorphine can cause physical dependence and withdrawal, but prescribed treatment for opioid use disorder reduces cravings and overdose risk. Do not stop it abruptly.…
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Fentanyl: Dependence, Addiction and Overdose Safety
Learn how pharmaceutical and illegally manufactured fentanyl differ, how to recognize an overdose, and what evidence-based opioid use disorder treatment can involve.
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Zac Efron on Sobriety: A Dated Public Account
Zac Efron discussed sobriety in a 2016 interview. Understand the limits of public accounts and how to assess alcohol or substance-use concerns.
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Buprenorphine: treatment benefits, formulations and safety
A guide to buprenorphine for opioid use disorder and selected pain indications, with formulation differences, monitoring and continuing-care considerations.
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Borderline Personality Disorder: Symptoms, Assessment and Treatment
Understand BPD symptoms, diagnosis, evidence-based care and how to seek support without stereotypes or assumptions about a person’s character.
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Malcolm Gladwell: Reading Popular Psychology Critically
A guide to Malcolm Gladwell’s books on success, judgment and social change, with practical questions for evaluating stories and scientific claims.
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Clenbuterol
Clenbuterol is generally not advised for human use, but it is used in some countries as a treatment for asthma and other respiratory syndromes…
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Life with Panic Disorder
More often than not, we can’t explain what’s going on with our minds. Emotions, thoughts and some happenstances are really intricate that we fail…
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Dan Siegel
Profile of psychiatrist and author Dr. Dan Siegel, covering interpersonal neurobiology, mindsight, and key books. Published by THE BALANCE.
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Khat: Stimulant Effects, Health Risks and Support
What khat is, how its stimulant effects can affect health, signs of problematic use, and how to seek respectful, individualized support.
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Midlife Crisis
Midlife" occurs usually between the ages of 30 and 60, only off by a few years. A widespread assumption about this phase of life…
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