News & Announcements
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Save the Date! The Many Faces of Addiction 2013 , 01.05.13
The Many Faces of Addiction 2012 Symposium Presented by Bellwood Health Services will be held on October 3 & 4, 2013.
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Exercise for Recovery , 30.04.13
As a physical health instructor working with individuals overcoming addiction, I have seen first-hand how exercise can have a positive impact on mood and energy levels....
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Trauma Addiction and Mood: Self-Regulation for Recovery , 31.10.12Addiction Can Be a Coping Method for Trauma. Not knowing how to manage the emotional and physiological stress that may be experienced after a traumatic event, many people turn to addictive substances and behaviours as a means to cope with their discomfort and pain. |
The Emotional Meaning of Money , 31.07.12Read Edith Townsend’s article on The Emotional Meaning of Money, published in the Summer issue of Moods Magazine, 2012. Edith Townsend is a therapist in Bellwood’s Problem Gambling Program and works with people suffering with compulsive shopping, shoplifting, spending, and most recently, Internet addictions including video game addictions. |
Bellwood's Medical Director discusses Oxycontin on CBC Metro Morning , 03.04.12
Listen to Dr. Weiss, Medical Director, at Bellwood Health Services discuss the health concerns surrounding the ban on Oxycontin and the implications it will have on Canadians struggling with addiction.
Details www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2012/04/03/need-more-resources/ |
Global TV Interviews Bellwood , 09.03.12
Penny Lawson, Manager Family Program and Specialized Services at Bellwood is interviewed by Global Toronto News. Here she discusses how women suffer from sex addiction too and the stigma behind this.
Details www.globaltoronto.com/video/women+suffering+sex+addiction/video.html?v=2200017495&p=2&s=dd#family+health |
Bellwood Social TV is launched! , 31.01.12
Bellwood Social TV is a monthly video news bulletin that delivers concise, high value content regarding addiction and recovery, metal health and healthy living.
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Sexual Addiction Among Women Real and Growing: Psychologists , 05.01.12Thursday, January 5, 2012 The women spend hours online looking at pornography or looking for sex. Some fantasize about being sexual in public. Others cruise bars looking for anonymous encounters with strangers. Tolerance builds and things get boring, so the women have to engage in ever-riskier or more frequent behaviour to get the same "hit," or even just to feel normal.
Details news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/05/sex-addiction-growing-among-women-psychologists/ |
Latest Newsletter - ‘Shop Until You Drop?’ When Retail Therapy Gets Out of Control , 15.12.11 |
Summertime, and the drinking is easy , 27.07.11Written by: Marilyn Linton, QMI Agency Linda Bell, CEO of Bellwood Health Services is interviewed and talks about social drinking versus problematic drinking in the summertime. Details www.chealth.canoe.ca/columns.asp?columnistid=7&articleid=32050 |
