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...
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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...
Can Stress Affect Your Genome?
In the world we live in today, stress is all around us. In the past, the stress response from our brains was important in aiding to our survival from danger, bu...
Trauma is Changing the Brain
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder The National Institute of Mental Health define PTSD as, “a disorder that develops...
Food for Thought: The connection between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s
Both Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes are products of insulin resistance. Type 2 diabetes has insulin resistance in the peripheral organs, muscle an...
Bridging the gap between Alzheimer’s disease and type II diabetes
100 million American adults either have type II diabetes or prediabetes (if left unregulated will lead to type II diabetes in 5 years). It is estimated that 5.7...
“Grandma… it’s October”: What is happening to our relatives with Alzheimer’s Disease?
We all know someone who has been affected by Alzheimer’s disease: maybe a neighbor, a family member, or even a teacher/mentor. Alzheimer’s is a terrible disease...