The Top 5 Things You Need to Know About a Concussion
1. It’s more than just a “simple hit” to the head A concussion can occur from a traumatic brain injury that ultimately affects brain function. These...
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Contract for Injury?
In the past few years, there has been controversy surrounding concussions in the National Football League (NFL). It all began to snowball in 2002, where Dr. Ben...
Its Never “Just a Concussion”
Not a simple brain bruise Concussions are serious brain injuries resulting from an impact to the head. This “sloshing” of the brain induces a change in neuroche...
Anyone can be an Addict: Understanding the Science behind Addiction
Addiction, a topic that is not always heavily discussed, yet more likely than not most people reading this know someone who deals with addiction. Many people be...
Rewards Gone Rogue: Drugs and your Brain
Addiction occurs when a person is physically and mentally dependent on a specific substance. Most the time, the substance is a drug. Drug addiction has always b...
Why It’s so Difficult to Stop Addiction
Society has developed this harshly negative perspective of people we would refer to as “addicts.” They are frequently viewed as people that chose their addictio...
Drug Addiction: Can it really happen to anyone?
Imagine yourself surrounded by a group of people wanting to try drugs in order to “fit in” and “be cool.” They ask if you want to try some and you feel pressure...
The Misconceptions of Schizophrenia
People with Schizophrenia, just like many mental disorders, are portrayed by the general public as being deranged and having erratic behaviors. There is no effo...
Fighting the Voices in Your Head: Understanding the Reality of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness
Imagine a world in which you live with hearing voices that only you can hear-constantly putting thoughts into your mind that aren’t real. Voices that end up con...
Grounding Schizophrenia in Reality
The media characterizes schizophrenia by portraying individuals as violent, unpredictable, and crazy, driven to madness by the voices in their own heads, a crea...