Understanding the Voices
What is the cause of schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a commonly known mental illness that is caused by improperly controlled signaling in the brain. There are m...
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Expectation v. Reality: The Blurred Truth of Schizophrenia
On your walk home today, you witness two feathers floating to the ground. You can imagine the crispness of their hollow shaft and the softness of their feathers...
Born Schizophrenic: Forever Schizophrenic?
Born Schizophrenic Picture yourself at 6 1/2 years old, no responsibilities or cares in the world. Now, imagine for a moment that you spend almost every single...
A Glimpse Into Schizophrenia
Dear King Phillip Came Over For Good Soup. This is a common mnemonic for memorizing the order of taxonomy: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus,...
Let’s Consider the Questions
Did You Know… 43.8 million Americans experience mental illness each year. And of those, about half a million Americans suffer from Schizophrenia each year, whic...
Into the Brain of Schizophrenia
One day, I arrived at work and saw a patient pointing up into space talking about the lights that he could see dancing around and the voices he heard talking to...
The Beautiful Mind of Schizophrenia
A Beautiful Mind tells the story of a mathematician, John Nash, and his journey with schizophrenia. This movie gives a Hollywood look into the devastating effec...
Let’s Talk About Parkinson’s
I’m sure you’ve heard about Parkinson’s Disease, but do you actually know what it is or the implications behind it? If you’re like me before I took neurochemist...
The Quiet Epidemic
Drug overdose is an epidemic in this country. According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine it took the lives of over 52,000 people in 2015 alone. Tha...
Dementia Sucks
If you have a family member that suffers from some form of dementia, you’ll know that the title of this blog is extremely accurate – dementia really sucks for e...