Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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Pride, it’s more than a celebration! It’s survival!

Pride celebrations are an essential part of LGBTQ+ culture and have taken place annually in the United States for over 50 years. These…

Jun 6, 2023

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Crisis in Youth Mental Health: A Focus on Suicidality Among LGBTQIA+ Adolescents in the United…

Abstract:Youth Mental Health, LGBTQIA+, Suicidality, Mental Health Crisis, United States, Intervention Strategies

May 15, 2023

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Make better mental health your resolution in 2023

The last few years have been hard for many of us. As we think about resolutions, mental health may be a better fit rather than the gym.

Dec 31, 2022

Make better mental health your resolution in 2023

Dec 31, 2022

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

The many deaths caused by addiction.

In addiction, death happens in phases as a person’s life is eroded and changed into something unrecognizable.

Dec 30, 2020

Dec 30, 2020

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

American Reality: Election 2020

I am sad about the expectation that I had for America’s character. A chance for us to right the many wrongs that have been inflicted…

Nov 4, 2020

Nov 4, 2020

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Alcohol use soars in the age of COVID

New data indicates that through the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic, adults have sharply increased their consumption of…

Oct 25, 2020

Oct 25, 2020

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Peer Workers: The life of the opioid crisis

The need for a robust workforce that can effectively work with individuals living with substance use disorder has never been greater.

Feb 21, 2020

Peer Workers: The life of the opioid crisis

Feb 21, 2020

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Confessions of a positively depressed person

Have you ever felt broken? So broken, that no matter what you did or said, nothing would ever fix that brokenness? A lot of people do.

Feb 16, 2020

Confessions of a positively depressed person

Feb 16, 2020

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Stop letting the Dentist shove opiates down your throat.

Dentists are among the most frequent prescribers of opioids in the United States, second after family physicians.

Feb 12, 2020

Stop letting the Dentist shove opiates down your throat.

Feb 12, 2020

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

I loved my mom; she loved opioids.

The musings of an adult-child who grapples to understand his mother’s addiction to opioids which caused him to grow up in foster care.

Jan 20, 2020

Jan 20, 2020