Disorders

Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Often Go Untreated for Parents on Medicaid

trl7 months ago05 mins

Some Context: Experts say bad situations can often be reversed with treatment. Both mental health and drug addiction crises have been roiling the country, and the effects of parental drug use and mental illness can quickly trickle down to their children. Public health experts say substance use disorders can incapacitate a previously diligent parent and…

More Adolescent Boys Have Eating Disorders. Two Experts Discuss Why.

trl10 months ago014 mins

For decades, eating disorders were thought to afflict mostly, if not exclusively, women and girls. In fact, until 2013, the loss of menstruation had long been considered an official symptom of anorexia nervosa. Over the last decade, however, health experts have increasingly recognized that boys and men also suffer from eating disorders, and they have…