Adaptive Behavior & PTSD Treatments
Adaptive behavior is described to be a behavior that allows an individual to cope with PTSD within their environment. It is also used to help with phobias, depr...
Category: Disease
Trauma: Is It Universal?
Given the trying times of the world today, we are all bound to endure and carry present or past traumas. The pandemic in which we live is a prime example of end...
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...
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...
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...
Schizophrenia: A breakdown
Schizophrenia is a neurodegenerative disease that over 2.6 million American have, although over 40 percent of them are untreated. While there are a lot of movie...
Schizophrenia ~ Reality vs Delusions in the Media
Signs and Symptoms of Schizophrenia can be categorized into three categories (Positive, Negative, and Cognitive). Below is a great diagram of the difference bet...
Insulin: not just about diabetes
Insulin – a hormone involved in more than just Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that affects how the body processes glucose. Insu...
Yes, it is that bad!
It is alarming at this point the growth rate of neurodegenerative diseases, in both young and older people. Take Alzheimer’s Disease, for example, it is h...