How Stressful Memories Contribute to Anxiety
Think back to your most vivid memory. I would guess you can remember just about every detail about that situation. What time of day it was, where you were, what...
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School Test = Bear Attack
We are living in a higher state of anxiety than we were biologically made for. Our brains were made for us to remember stressful situations that would help us t...
Locking Away Mental Illness
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law a landmark piece of legislation titled the Community Mental Health Act (CMHA). Its purpose was to redirect fu...
Three Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Schizophrenia
Up until recently, my knowledge of the psychiatric disease, schizophrenia, was pretty limited, and I think many others can relate. All I really knew was ...
Stopping the Stigma of Schizophrenia
How common is schizophrenia and what are some of the symptoms? Schizophrenia is mental disorder that occurs throughout the world. It is estimated that about 1%...
Schizophrenics Are Violent
At least, that’s what the media will have you think. Many movies portray mental illness. I understand why—mental illness is different, and we don’t completely u...
Is Any of This Real? the Facts Behind Schizophrenia
Is Any of This Real? The Facts Behind Schizophrenia Many of us have seen movies or television shows that have portrayed someone with schizophrenia. However, the...
Schizophrenia Around the World
Mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, are not always well understood. Records of people with episodes and symptoms similar to schizophrenia date back to Egyp...
Do Concussions Cause Schizophrenia?
Short answer: no. Long answer: yes. Welcome to the complex world of gene-environment interactions. Concussions are not safe by any means; they might ...
Overprescribed and Undermedicated
A recent segment from the liberal-leaning news source Vox was titled “Do I have ADHD?”. A female in her twenties believed she indeed had the disorder, but had n...