Awareness Starts with Knowledge (ASK)

Dual diagnosis outpatient and inpatient treatment.   Outpatient Best self   Locations | Best Self | Your BestSelf begins here (bestselfwny.org)   Spectrum   Spectrum Health & Human Services • WNY Mental Health and Addiction Counseling (shswny.org)   Horizon Health Addiction Rehab & Mental Health Services | Horizon Health | WNY (horizon-health.org)   Endeavor Health Services Endeavor Health Services - Your Wellness, Our Mission (ehsny.org)   Evergreen Health Elmwood Location | Evergreen Health | Medical, Supportive And Behavioral Health Services In Buffalo (evergreenhs.org)   ECMC clinical services Behavioral Health – Health Services | ECMC Hospital | Buffalo, NY   Inpatient   Brylin Mental Health Care - BryLin Hospital   Bradford Olean General Hospital/Bradford Regional Medical Center (brmc-ogh.org)   McPike McPike Addiction Treatment Center | Office of Addiction Services and Supports (ny.gov)   Norris John L. Norris Addiction Treatment Center | Office of Addiction Services and

Awareness Starts with Knowledge. Listening openly from every angle can offer a sense of acceptance and understanding. Addiction, Recovery and Mental Health: A Podcast by WAISMANN METHOD® Opioid Treatment Specialists on Apple Podcasts

What comes first?  Substance use?  Or Mental Health issues? Learn more about the connection between the two. The Substance Use And Mental Health Connection | Co--Occurring Disorders & Dual Diagnosis - Bing video

Awareness Starts with Knowledge Mental health disorders and addiction are connected in several ways 1 2 3 4 : ·            A mental health disorder can be considered a risk factor for drug use, which may lead to addiction. ·            Drug use can trigger the development of a mental health disorder. ·            Once both issues are co-occurring, they are likely to perpetuate one another. ·            Mental health disorders may make someone more prone to addictive behaviors. ·            Substance abuse disorders and mental health conditions frequently co-exist, as people turn to addictive substances to self-medicate, and those substances cause and aggravate existing mental health symptoms. ·            Some mental health disorders are well-known for aggravating substance use. ·            Similarly, the changes in the brain produced by certain drugs can worsen specific mental illnesses.   How Mental Health Disorders and Addiction are Connected (addictionblog.org)