Addiction: Risk Factors for Relapse
Relapse prevention skills are important for living a happy life in recovery. In order to learn these prevention skills, one must know what the risk factors for ...
Month: October 2020
Wait… Do I have an Addiction?
Are you an addict? I know, the term “addiction” is quickly associated with a sour taste in our mouths, but it is quite more diverse than with substances as many...
Are Oreos More Addictive Than Cocaine? Unwrapping Food Addiction
A recent study found that rats equally prefer Oreos and cocaine over control substances (rice cakes and saline). Not only that—the same brain regions are activa...
Addiction: Why Not Just Stop?
Are You Addicted? Everyone, take a moment to pull out your cellphone, go into your settings, and look at your daily average screen time. I’ll give you a moment ...
Addiction Awareness: Binging vs. Chronic Use
Addiction is a term that almost everyone seems familiar with. People can be addicted to a variety of things, whether it be substance use like alcohol or pills, ...
Addiction’s Conviction
Addiction has ravaged the population for countless years. Currently, there are nearly 21 million Americans with at least one addiction, yet only 10% receive tre...
How Tracking Your Menstrual Cycle Can Help Combat Drug Addiction
How is Drug Addiction Defined? Drug addiction can be defined as the inability for an individual to control or regulate compulsive seeking out and use of drugs. ...
Is Schizophrenia Heritable?
Introduction When I think of a hereditary gene, I often think of physical appearances such as eye and hair color. If both parents of a child have brown eyes and...
Unwrapping Schizophrenia: It’s More Than Hallucinations
Have you ever met someone who has schizophrenia? Odds are, probably not, but if you were to ask someone what schizophrenia is, they generally would respond with...
Schizophrenia: Painting a Picture of Signaling and Cognition
Imagine if a skyscraper were constructed in such a way where they needed constant maintenance, and if they did not get it would be there natural state to collap...