Signs of Depression Checklist
Everyone gets down from time to time, but sometimes it’s more than just “the blues.” Sometimes, it can be clinical depression. Clinical depression affects more than 19 million Americans each year. It is a real illness that can be treated effectively. Unfortunately,...
Whose Appetite is it Anyway?
Boundaries with Food, Relationships and Our Bodies By Laura Maloch, RD, MS, Deborah Russo, Psy.D., Christine Engstrom, RD, MS “When chaos and disorder occur in expectations and boundaries in a child’s life on the outside the skills needed to teach children to organize...
Treating the Young Adult
Michael Fishman, M.D. and Lori Albert-Walker, MSW The Young Adults Program at Ridgeview Institute was created to address unique and specific issues in the lives of young people suffering from the disease of addiction. We define this population from ages 18 to 26,...
The Value of Geriatric-Specific Evaluation in the Care and Treatment of Senior Adults
Mallory Long, M.Div. Caring for older loved ones while managing career, marriage, and immediate family can seem daunting as caregivers experience the shift from having an independent, healthy parent or relative to a forgetful, depressed, and dependent relative. The...
The “M.D.eity” Syndrome
Help for the Impaired Health Professional by Paul H. Earley, M.D. & Michael L. Fishman, M.D. Gray pinstripe, his suit is immaculate. His bearing, too, at first seems flawless, and as he turns toward the counselor, the resemblance is marked, Marcus Welby, M.D....
The Disease of Addiction
Paul H. Earley, M.D. and Michael L. Fishman, M.D. The concept of addiction has moved from the fringes of our society into the mainstream of our lives over the past twenty years. In the 1970s you would never hear the average American say, “I’m addicted to my morning...
Substance Abuse? Not My Mom!
By Donna McGrane, RN, Ridgeview Institute Community Relations Representative Believe it or not, there is a growing epidemic for older adults – the incidence of substance abuse. Yes, Mom, Dad and Grandparents alike suffer from substance abuse including alcohol and...
Racing Against the Iron Clock – A Heroin Addict’s Story
By Scott Bradford Any addiction is your advertisement to yourself that you’re incomplete, you’re not enough. Because you can’t possibly find happiness within yourself, you’ve become dependent on something outside yourself. In your search for control of your emotions,...
Necessary Losses: Choices & Challenges in Helping Elders in Their Unique Lifecycle Stage
Nancy L. Kriseman, L.C.S.W. “We live by losing, leaving, being left and letting go, and sooner or later with more or less pain, we all must come to know that loss is indeed a lifelong human condition.” Judith Viorst, author of Necessary Losses No one is more familiar...
Intervention: The Beginning of the Beginning
By: Brian L. Moore, Ph.D. The last fifty years have seen a great deal of change in the way society views addiction. The American Medical Association determined that addiction is indeed a disease and efforts have been made to help people understand the nature of this...
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