How to talk to kids about their first adolescent psychiatry visit at Shanti Recovery and Wellness

Learn helpful tips for parents on how to prepare your child for their first psychiatric visit, ensuring a comfortable experience.

Addiction Treatment Doesn’t Meet the Needs of Neurodivergent People: Here’s Why

Neurodivergent people, including Autistic people and those with ADHD, are more likely than neurotypical people to experience substance use disorder. The connection between neurodivergence and SUD is real, and it shapes how addiction treatment needs to be approached. Most treatment programs weren’t built with this in mind, and the gap shows up in outcomes. Those […]

Neurodiversity and Addiction: Is There a Connection?

  Have you seen the popular ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) content trending on TikTok recently? Perhaps you’ve heard that so many people recently diagnosed with ADHD are being prescribed stimulant medication that we’re facing an Adderall shortage in the United States. It’s 100% true that we’re diagnosing more people with […]