One of the purposes of in-patient addiction rehab is to remove the person from his or her environment. That’s because being exposed to those well-known harmful associations, including friends, is one of the biggest causes of relapse.
Experts may disagree on how long in-patient rehab should be – one month, three months, six months — but none of it matters, if the addict reconnects with the old influences after being discharged. This environmental factor (friend, acquaintances, associations […]

Physicians, and health professionals in general, are reluctant to seek professional help for addiction problems and mental illness. Though many people have gone on to have healthy careers, despite some of these issues, there is still fear of public scrutiny that prevents people from reaching out.
There’s also concerns about having to make disclosures to regulatory bodies, suffering loss of income having a license revoked. However, mental illness affects at least […]