The Use of Psychedelics as Treatment for Addiction
Neurophysiology of Addiction The reasons why one person will become an addict while another person will not are still widely unknown. Genetic factors have an in...
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Addiction is a disease
What is addiction? Addiction is the compulsive seeking of an addictive substance or act despite horrible consequences. In addiction there is a loss of control, ...
A foreign perspective on Schizophrenia
I think it’s one thing to be health condition but, it’s another to be able to get the help that you need. I grew up in an area that used to see ment...
How to Humanize Mental Illness
Mental illness is a rising phenomenon in our society, and it is something that as a society we have failed to appropriately address. People with mental illnesse...
Back to the Future… Please…
Figure 1; Picture Provided by Me Alright, before you go any further in this blog post please just know that the information provided might make for an uncomfort...
Understanding Schizophrenia to Gain Empathy
Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a chronic disorder affecting how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. Around 1% of the United States population is diagnosed with...
Learning about Schizophrenia
There are many types of illnesses that a person can have with some of these being mental illnesses. One prominent mental illness the public should learn more ab...
Psychotherapy Treatment for Patients with Schizophrenia
Wnt and GSK3 Signaling Pathways Role in Schizophrenia The etiology of schizophrenia is still unknown, but researchers today know more about this disease than in...
Animal Behavior Regarding Schizophrenia
Different models have been used in order to determine whether an animal is showing signs of schizophrenia due to them being unable to self-report hallucinations...
Schizophrenia: How to Diagnose
Figure 1 What does it look like? Many people in today’s world don’t know or haven’t seen someone they know have been diagnosed with schizophre...