April 1st, 2017
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You can beat it!  The movie Manchester by the Sea ends with the main protagonist, Lee Chandler's hopeless statement, "I can't beat it ...", that reflects his depressed mood. What is it that he can't beat? Is it depression or alcoholism that's stopping him from living an enjoyable and meaningful life? Before the fire tragedy, Lee's lack of ambition and motivation in different sectors of his life might be an expression of a depressive state. He tries to numb these…

January 11th, 2017
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Another life lost! Substance use disorder is treatable, it very often presents with underlying psychiatric illness such as depression bipolar disorder that need to be treated. People often start using different dangerous drugs as self medication for those treatable conditions and risk developing dependence! Psychiatric illness is not a state of mind it's a medical illness that needs to be treated with treatment that was scientifically approved and found to be effective and helpful !!!Substance use disorder and psychiatric illness…