Alcohol Addiction & Sleep
Alcohol is a depressant to the Central Nervous System that causes the brain to slow down. However, that doesn’t mean that it helps your brain get a good n...
Month: October 2021
Addiction and Adolescents
What is addiction? Addiction is characterized by an uncontrollable urge to engage in behaviors that are pleasure to someone, but can have extremely negative neu...
Addiction is a disease
What is addiction? Addiction is the compulsive seeking of an addictive substance or act despite horrible consequences. In addiction there is a loss of control, ...
A foreign perspective on Schizophrenia
I think it’s one thing to be health condition but, it’s another to be able to get the help that you need. I grew up in an area that used to see ment...
How to Humanize Mental Illness
Mental illness is a rising phenomenon in our society, and it is something that as a society we have failed to appropriately address. People with mental illnesse...
Back to the Future… Please…
Figure 1; Picture Provided by Me Alright, before you go any further in this blog post please just know that the information provided might make for an uncomfort...
The Drug Paradox
The Power of a Pill Treating individuals with addiction is not as easy as telling someone to simply “stop taking a drug.” There are many reasons this claim is p...
Understanding Schizophrenia to Gain Empathy
Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a chronic disorder affecting how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. Around 1% of the United States population is diagnosed with...
Learning about Schizophrenia
There are many types of illnesses that a person can have with some of these being mental illnesses. One prominent mental illness the public should learn more ab...
Psychotherapy Treatment for Patients with Schizophrenia
Wnt and GSK3 Signaling Pathways Role in Schizophrenia The etiology of schizophrenia is still unknown, but researchers today know more about this disease than in...