Misdiagnoses can prevent you from getting the help you need. We often find that post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder play a large role in the manifestation of an illness. Learn about the relationship between trauma addiction and how misdiagnoses can skew the picture and how this picture can become clearer when the right diagnosis is in place.
If you found this interesting you may also want to have a look at the full free video series on trauma based treatment models here.
Self-harm can be seen as an attempt to cope with problems, release emotional pain or distract you from reality. It includes any act of self-injury that is intentional. Often there is deep emotional distress or trauma at the root of self-harm. The act is carried out to temporarily release painful emotions, but the sense of…
Dr Neal Barnard shares some poignant insights into his late fathers battle with Alzheimer’s and the powerful role that nutrition plays in physical and mental health and wellbeing. We have written a number of articles about gut health for recovery and the importance of maintaining healthy routines that can help to alleviate stress, anxiety and depression. In…
Healthcare professionals often describe anxiety as an impending sense of doom that is not necessarily linked to an actual event. Unlike the feeling of nervousness we sometimes experience when confronted by challenging situations, anxiety can actually cripple an individual’s ability to act at all. Sometimes, anxiety can lead to a panic attack that triggers heightened…
Stigmas around drug addiction cause society in general to vilify illicit drug users. However, stigmas cause people to ignore the fact that far wider-reaching addictions exist in over the counter medications and prescription medications. Remember at some stage most illicit drugs start off as legal over the counter medications. To highlight this we scoured the…
Since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit South Africa Recovery Direct we have had to substantially increase our online service offering to accommodate for the demand. This has resulted in the implementation of our psychoeducation programme here and as well as a number of telehealth services and therapy sessions conducted over skype, zoom and Whatsapp for…
Brazepam is the trade name for Bromazepam which is a benzodiazepine based medication. Brazepam is frequently sold as Lexomil and Lexotan in South Africa as a prescription drug used for many anxiety, panic disorders, insomnia related symptoms. Facts on anxiety, panic disorders, insomnia medications Brazepam is prescribed as a schedule 5 controlled substance classed as…