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Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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Jun 6, 2023

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…

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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May 15, 2023

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

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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Dec 31, 2022

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.

Make better mental health your resolution in 2023

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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Dec 30, 2020

The many deaths caused by addiction.

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

The many deaths caused by addiction.

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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Nov 4, 2020

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…

American Reality: Election 2020

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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Oct 25, 2020

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…

Alcohol use soars in the age of COVID

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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Feb 21, 2020

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.

Peer Workers: The life of the opioid crisis

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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Feb 16, 2020

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.

Confessions of a positively depressed person

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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Feb 12, 2020

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.

Stop letting the Dentist shove opiates down your throat.

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

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Jan 20, 2020

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.

I loved my mom; she loved opioids.

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

Aaron Matthew Laxton, LCSW

I am a psychotherapist who writes about mental health, addiction, recovery and the impact of substance use from personal experience. Views are my own.

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