Author: Paul Courtney

The old question of the chicken and the egg and which came first applies to this conundrum. Recent studies suggest that depression and addiction recurrently go hand in hand. There is a strong correlation between depression and addiction and the problem is often approached in 2 different ways. Some conventional psychiatric treatment procedures focus on treating depression as the root cause contributing to the drug or alcohol abuse problem, Others consider depression as a symptom typically revealed after a person gets addicted into substance abuse. As an addict travels along the ever descending road, whilst experiencing their high, they...