Archive for June, 2009

Addiction Disease: A Neurological Disorder

Friday, June 26th, 2009

For those who have trouble calling addiction a disease. Addiction is a neurologically based disease. For many years recovery specialists have compared alcoholism or addictions to a physical disease: like diabetes. In reality addictions are more closely related to a neurological disorder like Tourette’s Syndrome* than they are to diabetes. If the problems you suffer [...]

Trauma and Addictive Behavior: Treating both

Monday, June 15th, 2009

There is an interconnection of trauma and addictive behavior, often becoming an unending cycle. Emotional and psychological pain so often lead to self-medicating, which leads to more pain, and inevitably more self-medicating, and so on. The research connecting trauma and addiction, provides support for the specialized trauma therapy in addition to 12 step addiction treatment.

Qualified Mental Health Professional in Treating Substance Abuse: Clinical Director Mandi Duggan

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Unity Recovery Center would like to welcome our newest addition to the team. As of June 08, 2009 Mandi Sjogren Duggan will be the new clinical director for our addiction treatment facility. Mandi Sjogren Duggan LPC, LMHC, NCC comes to Unity Recovery Center, Inc. with a diverse background in addiction and clinical management. She began [...]