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Why AAC? AAC treatment facilities help people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds overcome addiction and learn to cope with stressors without returning to drug or alcohol use. After completing treatment at AAC, our alumni have fewer symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, and suicidal thoughts-a complete turnaround for both patients and their family members. I […]

American Addiction Centers Releases Findings from its First Patient Outcomes Study American Addiction Centers (AAC) is breaking new ground in addiction treatment with the release of its first patient outcomes study. AAC is joining the ranks of only a handful of national treatment centers to measure outcomes and publicly share the findings. Utilizing three years […]

Understanding Relapse Individuals recovering from any kind of addiction often experience at least one relapse, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Relapse can be especially dangerous for someone who has abstained from drug use for a long time. Those who have been in recovery for a lengthy amount of time will lose […]

Stage models of development have been extremely popular in the fields of psychology and sociology for decades, and they have been used to explain how many types of attributes progress over time. One of the first psychological stage models of human development came from Sigmund Freud where he outlined his famous stages of human personality […]

Physical vs. Psychological Dependence The notion that behavior can be separated into mutually exclusive components, such as mental or psychological aspects of behavior and purely physical aspects of behavior, is not sustainable given the current understanding of behavior. All psychological and emotional processes have a physiological basis, and all complicated behaviors (behaviors that are not […]

The answer may not be simple. There are many factors to consider when making, what might be, an emotional decision, and legal ramifications may follow so it’s important that you understand all aspects when choosing to evict an addicted individual from your home. The Formal Legal Process for Evictions Eviction means expelling someone. Property owners […]

What is Codependency? As described in an article from Psych Central, codependency defines a relationship in which one partner has extreme physical or emotional needs, and the other partner spends most of their time responding to those needs, often to the detriment of the codependent partner’s life, activities, and other relationships. Codependency can result in […]

What is the FMLA? The Family Medical Leave Act is a federal law that was passed by President Clinton in 1993. The law aimed “to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families” by providing Americans with job stability and access to employer-provided healthcare during times of personal or family health crises. […]

Statistics on Drug Abuse and Treatment in Davidson County and Greater Tennessee The 2016 Tennessee Behavioral Health County and Region Services Data Book (“the Tennessee Data Book”) includes extensive data from the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS) by county and for the state overall. The following statistics for Davidson County […]

The connection between drug addiction, alcoholism, and violence crosses many thresholds (individual psychology, public health, and domestic violence, to name a few), and is vitally important in understanding the scope of how controlled substances can affect people. Statistics on Substance Abuse and Violence Drug-related violence statistics include the following:3-7 In 2016, alcohol caused approximately 90,000 […]