STEP Inc
(617) 720-0153
www.stepboston.org
131 Beverly Street
Boston MA 02114

Rehab Locator

Substance abuse treatment services
Services Provided: Substance abuse treatment
Type of Care: Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups: Men, Criminal justice clients

Comorbid Drug Abuse and Mental Illness

When two disorders or illnesses occur simultaneously in the same person, they are comorbid. Surveys show that drug abuse and other mental illnesses are often comorbid. Six out of ten people with a substance abuse disorder may also suffer from another form of mental illness. The high prevalence of comorbidities does not mean that one condition causes the other, even if one appears first. Drug abuse can cause a mental illness. Mental illness can lead to drug abuse. Common risk factors cause drug abuse and mental disorders.

Skin Conditions

Here is a glossy of terms for skin conditions. Atrophic means thin. Wrinkled and blistered skin is fluid-filled. Bumps and crust or scabs indicate the formation of dried blood, pus or other skin fluid over a break in the skin. A cyst is a deep lesion that contains pus. Excoriation is a hollowed-out or linear area covered by a crust. Hives or wheals entail a pink swelling of the skin. Lichenification describes skin that has thickened. A macule is a smaller version of a patch or a flat discolored spot. A nodule or papule is a solid, raised bump. Raised bumps describe bumps that stick out above the skin surface whereas a patch is flat, and discolored. A pustule refers to a pimple, which is an inflamed lesion that looks like a pink bump. Scales are dead skin cells that appear as flakes or dry skin. A scar is fibrous tissue that has formed after a skin injury.

West Hollywood

West Hollywood has borders to north of the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles and to the east by the Hollywood District of Los Angeles. To the west is the city of Beverly Hills, and on the south is the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. The irregular border of the city is in the city logo and developed from the unincorporated Los Angeles County areas that had not become part of the surrounding cities. West Hollywood benefits from its very compact urban form containing small lots, a mix of land uses and a walkable street grid. Commercial corridors include nightlife and dining areas that exist on the Sunset Strip, along Santa Monica Boulevard, and the Avenues of Art & Design along Robertson, Melrose and Beverly near the Pacific Design Center. Major residential neighborhoods in West Hollywood include the Norma Triangle, West Hollywood North, West Hollywood West, West Hollywood East and West Hollywood Heights. The city breaks down 11 preferential parking zones, which further define residential areas. Major intersecting streets provide amenities within walking distance of adjacent neighborhoods. West Hollywood is a city of Los Angeles County, California.