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The Drug Overdose Epidemic Affects All Communities
As a country, the overdose epidemic continues to change and worsen. It is now driven by fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, methamphetamine, and...
DPS Staff
Jun 10, 20223 min read


The Difference Between an Addiction and a Compulsion
Addiction and compulsion are not synonymous, despite people's tendency to use the terms interchangeably. There is a significant...
DPS Staff
Jun 3, 20223 min read


10 Co-Parenting Communication Tips
To co-parent successfully, you need to maintain peaceful, consistent, and purposeful communication with your ex. However, when your...
Katherine Elder, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
May 27, 20226 min read


What Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT?
What is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? A type of talk therapy (psychotherapy) is known as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). During a...
DPS Staff
May 20, 20224 min read


8 Facts and Myths About Opioid Pain Medication and Addiction
Opioids were involved in 47,600 overdose deaths in 2017 and 46,802 deaths in 2018. In 2020, overdose deaths increased significantly to...
DPS Staff
May 13, 20224 min read


10 Ways to Observe Mental Health Awareness Month
Did you know that May is Mental Health Awareness Month? Since 1949, mental health activists and experts across the country have held this...
DPS Staff
May 6, 20224 min read


What Should You Do With Your Unused Medications?
“Besides their substantial lifesaving importance, medications can also be disastrous when inappropriately taken and managed,” Ebrahim, A....
DPS Staff
Apr 29, 20223 min read


How to Co-Parent Successfully
Co-parenting successfully is a loaded topic. There are so many opinions, intentions, and dynamics. It is hard to keep co-parenting on...
Katherine Elder, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
Apr 22, 20224 min read


The Differences Between Illicit and Pharmaceutical Fentanyl
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid more potent than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, notes the CDC. In the U.S., it contributes...
DPS Staff
Apr 15, 20224 min read


What's The Difference Between Anxiety and Depression?
These are two of the most common mental health problems, but they can have different effects on individuals. Below is a brief description...
DPS Staff
Apr 8, 20224 min read


16 Simple and Effective Ways to Cope and Relieve Your Stress
Every April since 1992, Stress Awareness Month has been observed. Finding healthy ways to cope with our stress and get through these...
DPS Staff
Apr 1, 20226 min read


5 Signs of a Healthy, Effective Co-Parenting Relationship
No matter the status of your relationship with the other parent of your child (married, dating, separated, or divorced) your child will...
Katherine Elder, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
Mar 25, 20224 min read


9 Reasons To Give Therapy a Try
A number of misconceptions exist about talking to mental health professionals. In fact, there’s a stigma that talking about your emotions...
DPS Staff
Mar 18, 20225 min read


The Opioid Epidemic: How to Protect Your Family
An opioid is a drug derived from the opium extracted from poppies or a synthetic version of it. Various types of opioids exist, such as...
DPS Staff
Mar 11, 20224 min read


How Do I Ask For Time Off From Work To Go To Therapy?
The idea of calling off work for being sick can be frustrating since it’s often frowned upon, or even not permitted, in our current work...
DPS Staff
Mar 4, 20225 min read


How to Set Co-Parenting Boundaries With Your Ex
As stated by Tara S. Peris & Robert E. Emery in Redefining the Parent-Child Relationship Following Divorce: Examining the Risk for...
Katherine Elder, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
Feb 25, 20228 min read


How Does the Opioid Crisis Affect Public Health?
In 2016, Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General, recommended that the country needs to start treating addiction more effectively, “Not as a...
DPS Staff
Feb 18, 20224 min read


The Psychological and Physical Benefits of Love
There are many ways to define love. Generally speaking, love is whenever there is a deep feeling of affection, that’s also accompanied by...
DPS Staff
Feb 11, 20224 min read


7 Tips For Dealing with Continued COVID-19 Pandemic Stress
From individuals who continue to show up every day for their communities to those working at home with blurred lines between personal and...
DPS Staff
Feb 4, 20224 min read


The 6 Most Common Co-Parenting Conflicts (And How to Resolve Them)
There’s no problem that has not already been solved. According to research, co-parenting is crucial for a child's mental health and helps...
Katherine Elder, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
Jan 28, 20225 min read
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