Quitting is Scientifically Hard
As many people know, alcohol and nicotine are extremely addictive, but the reason why is unknown to most individuals. Through my research, I was interested in w...
Category: Health
Nicotine in the Brain: Will E-Cigs be able to Solve the Problem of Smoking?
As we are all aware, smoking has some pretty severe possible side effects that result in physical changes inside and outside your body that could potentially ca...
Vapor or Smoke? Pick Your Poison.
In 1965, according to the CDC, 42% of American adults were considered regular cigarette smokers. Today, with the help of scientific publication and a large gove...
LTP and how learning effects abuse potential
There are numerous ways our brain “learns” and one of the main ways, and most common, is called long term potentiation (LTP). What happens is in cer...
Understanding Schizophrenia
When people think of brain disorders, they’ll think of the more common diseases but not schizophrenia. Parkinson’s Disease has Michael J. Fox and Mu...
Filling in the Blanks of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a disease of many known and many unknown variables. For researchers, the general public, people living with the disease, and their loved ones, ...
Let's Talk About Schizophrenia
The Treatment Advocacy Center states that 1.1% of the world population is affected by schizophrenia and it is estimated that 40% of people with schizophrenia go...
Stigma and Schizophrenia
Mental illness is an uncomfortable topic. Without the ability to talk about it, we can’t help but refer to people afflicted with serious psychological con...
What is Schizophrenia?
Psychological disorders have always been a topic of interest of the general public. Movies and television series commonly portray various types of mental disord...
Bulimia: From Impulsive to Compulsive Behavior
What is Bulimia? Bulimia Nervosa (BN) is an eating disorder characterized by a period of binge eating followed by a period of purging. Binge eating is defined a...