Alcoholism was declared a disease by the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association in 1955.
But awareness of that concept grew slowly.
People didn’t stop laughing at drunk acts like Dean Martin and Foster Brooks until after Betty Ford opened her chemical dependency treatment center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., in 1982.
Ford, who died Friday at age 93, helped create a new sobering reality for America by lending her name, energy and experience as a recovering addict to the center.
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When Michael Whitehead started losing weight almost three years ago, it seemed like a good thing.
“I was overweight and made fun of for most of my life. Relentlessly,” said the Fairfield County teen. “But then I became extremely obsessive.”
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Insurance will sometimes cover the cost of treatment at Casa Palmera if your plan has chemical dependency and/or mental health coverage for residential treatment. We are in network with Aetna, and can work with other insurance companies depending on the specifics of your plan. Casa Palmera may be able to work with your insurance company even if your coverage is not through Aetna, should you have a plan that includes out of network benefits. If you would like us to verify your coverage and check for chemical dependency and/or mental health residential benefits, please contact our Admissions Department at (888) 481-4481.
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“I should have died,” said Vic Avon. “I reached a very dangerously low weight.”
Vic had a deadly disease. And he says the world was a scary place when he was diagnosed with anorexia five years ago.
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Frustrated by the high relapse rate of traditional addiction treatments, scientists are working on a strategy that recruits the body’s own defenses to help addicts kick drug habits.
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Like other overweight teens, Erin M. Akers longed to be slender.
Unlike other girls, she discovered that she possessed a powerful weight-loss gimmick, a secret reward for being diagnosed at age 10 with her detested disease, type 1 diabetes.
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British scientists using human stem cells say they have found out how antidepressants make new brain cells — a finding that should help drug researchers develop better and more efficient medicines to fight depression.
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At the peak of her eating disorder, Stephanie Covington Armstrong threw up 15 times a day. Any food in her stomach made her uncomfortable, and it was only when she vomited that “everything was right with the world,” even if only five minutes until she would do it again.
It was like crack, she said. Drugs and alcohol seemed messy but binging and purging offered that same high; the kind of high that would take away the self-hatred that constantly weighed her down.
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Many American adolescents suffer from an eating disorder and struggle with related psychiatric disorders, including suicidal tendencies, new research reveals.
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Nearly 2 percent of female middle school students in Japan were found having eating disorders that require professional help in a survey in 2009 and 2010, according to health ministry data made available to Kyodo News on Tuesday.
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