Education & Awareness

Addiction alters brain activity, leading to personality changes. Find out the different ways addiction can affect you and what you can do to reclaim your life.

When stress becomes overwhelming, the body responds. Learn about the four different trauma responses and how to explore these behaviors.

When it comes to addiction, what you say matters. Learn about what language stigmatizes addiction and creates further harm than help.

The sordid relationship between the FDA and JUUL Labs has resulted in a slew of policies and press releases due to the rise of teen vaping.

For many who experience a trauma, the shock and hurt dissipates with time. Others, however, may turn to substances and develop addictions.

Long-term alcohol use impacts your physical health. Learn about alcoholism's negative effects on the brain, heart, liver, and other organs.

Create boundaries with a loved one to protect your mental health and give structure to their recovery. Learn the essential steps.

Having to maintain at least a six feet distance between ourselves and others can leave us feeling lonely or isolated. For those in recovery, these feelings can be the beginning of a downward spiral. In this article, clinician Matthew Fields explains the very important difference between physical and social distancing, as well as how to stay connected to others while protecting yourself against COVID-19.

What exactly is PTSD, the symptoms, causes, and its link to addiction? Learn more here and how Mountainside can help.

It only took three years of heavy drinking for Lance Juracka to die from alcohol-related liver disease. He was 36. Ian Whitcomb was just 30 when he was diagnosed with advanced-stage cirrhosis of the liver. Rachel Martin was 38 when doctors told her she could die within the month as a result of her drinking. […]

By the end of this year, 40 states will have legalized some form of marijuana consumption. But what does this mean? Is marijuana safe?

Some people claim that alcohol — in moderation — is good for your health, but is that true? Learn what recent studies have to say.