Nestled in the tranquil Virginia suburbs of Washington DC, New Paradigm Recovery emerges as a beacon of hope in the realm of addiction treatment. Our clinicians and leaders have a keen understanding of the unique challenges faced by individuals in the Washington metropolitan area. Because of this, our addiction treatment center in the Washington DC […]
It’s a familiar picture these days: people are struggling to make appointments with primary care physicians and specialists, “with doctors saying demand is higher than ever at a time when an increasing number of providers are leaving the field.” The problem is “leaving patients sicker and in need of more intensive care down the road,” […]
Washington, DC and its surrounding metro areas are home to a diverse workforce of government and military contractors, government employees, private-sector executives, lawyers, and other professionals whose work lives can be exceptionally demanding. Whether self-driven to climb the organizational ladder or simply doing what it takes to maintain high-paying jobs that support the high cost […]
“Trauma is a pervasive fact of modern life,” Peter Levine wrote in his 1997 book Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma. “Most of us have been traumatized, not just soldiers or victims of abuse or attack. Both the sources and consequences of trauma are wide-ranging and often hidden from our awareness.” For Levine, the key to […]
Examining its Alarming Prevalence and Lasting Consequences Washington, DC has a childhood trauma problem. As DC MAP (Mental Health Access in Pediatrics) reported in September, “nearly 23 percent of children aged 0-17 experience two or more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) or traumas” in DC. This can impact their overall health outcomes and well-being. “ACEs can […]
Trauma, Addiction, and Healing & The Criticality of Individualized Diagnosis and Treatment The Trauma-Addiction Connection In his influential 2009 book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Hungarian-Canadian physician and author Gabor Maté argued that most addictions are primarily driven by unprocessed trauma rather than stem from moral turpitude or lack of […]
What is holistic mental health: Holistic mental health is an approach that considers the entire person in the pursuit of well-being, integrating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Unlike traditional mental health practices that might focus solely on alleviating symptoms of mental illness, holistic mental health aims to address the root causes and promote overall […]
“America is in its insecure-attachment era,” proclaimed Faith Hill in The Atlantic in April. “Discomfort with intimacy seems to be on the rise—and no one’s quite sure why.” Some time ago, social psychologist Sara Konrath found that narcissism rates seemed to be increasing among Americans and empathy decreasing, Hill reported, so about a decade ago, […]
Understanding Treatment Duration and Effectiveness How long is rehab for alcohol? Rehabilitation for alcohol addiction varies in duration and effectiveness, depending on the treatment phase and program intensity. Typically, the journey starts with detoxification, which lasts from a few days to a week, ensuring a safe withdrawal process under medical supervision. Detox Length Alcohol detoxification […]
Every day, excessive alcohol use kills more than 380 people in America. New data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in October show that alcohol misuse was responsible for more than 140,000 deaths in the United States each year during 2015–2019. By comparison, the annual number of drug overdose fatalities for those years […]
