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You may be thinking you have been giving back for as long as you can remember. You give to your family members, your friends, and your job. You donate your time volunteering. You help others in times of need. You are right! You have been giving back.But are you giving back in the right way? …

What is applied positive psychology? Each time something goes wrong in your life, something else is going right. Good and bad have always complimented one another. Yet, in our society, we tend to only focus on the bad. For example, researchers investigate the minds of serial killers. However, they spend hardly any time on investigating …

How do you control your emotions? You have heard the experts say you can control your emotions. It seems so easy when they say it. But trying to control them is something totally different. Those experts don’t feel the anxiety that creeps up on you in social settings. They don’t feel the rage you have …

When you are ready to seek treatment, you want to go to the best treatment center. The one with a great reputation. The one with the highest success rate. You have standards and expectations for the facility and the staff. They must both be upstanding and be equipped to provide the best treatment for those …

According to the National Institute on Mental Health, healthy lifestyle activities lead to psychological well-being. With tatistics showing one in 25 people still suffer from mental illnesses each year such as major depression, bipolar or schizophrenia, it is time we start implementing changes. Lifestyle changes do not have to be drastic or traumatizing. Even small …

Have you ever heard of wrap around services? The strategy has been around for a while, and we actually incorporate it here at Vantage Point Recovery, but it’s become more popular over the past few years so we thought we would share a little more information. Imagine this … Right after completion of a treatment …

Are you experiencing loss of sensation, confusion, or hallucinations? You may be experiencing amnesia depending on the severity of your symptoms. According to public health data in Los Angeles County, California, there are close to 150,000 residents suffering from Alzheimer’s. Amnesia is one of the most well-known symptoms of Alzheimer’s and dementia. Researchers report this …