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Podcast: Hot Topics!
Episode: The Intersection of Addiction and Mental Health
Description: Welcome to Hot Topics! In this episode, host Gabrielle Crichlow explores the intersection of addiction and mental health with guest Larissa Valeriano. They delve into the connection between these two issues and discuss how substance use often serves as a coping mechanism for underlying mental health issues. Larissa emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive treatment approach that addresses both addiction and mental health simultaneously, rather than treating addiction as a temporary solution.Larissa highlights the development of negative core beliefs stemming from unmet emotional needs and how these beliefs can lead to negative thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, including...