Why Concussions are the Worst Type of Injury
Concussions can happen to anyone at any time Whether you are an athlete or not, anyone can experience a concussion. Most of the time, concussions occur by falli...
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So What is a Concussion Anyway?
This is it. The moment you’ve been waiting for. You’ve invested blood, sweat, and tears to get here, and you’re excitement level is so high th...
Brain After Concussion
What are Concussions? Concussions are caused by force to the head causing a change in head motion andpossible skull deformation. Depending on the force, positio...
Concussions, CTE, & TBI Oh My
Over fall break this year, I had the opportunity to travel to North Carolina to visit the UNC Graduate School and shadow a Neuropsychologist at the UNC Rehabili...
Just Try it Once, Some Choices in Life are Less Forgiving Than Others
Addictive practices arise from similar chemical pathways in our brain. The development of these pathways is through exposure to substances or other uncontrollab...
Dopamine’s Story
As humans, we are driven to do what makes us feel good and those feelings are produced by chemical signals in our brain. We are trained to repeat experiences th...
Stress and Addiction – Enhancing Each Other
What is Addiction? Addiction is a condition that is caused by an individual using a substance or behavior for the rewarding effects that compel them to continuo...
Addiction – Its Not Just Once
At the end of class the other day a friend was telling me about her time working in an ER in which she helped many overdose patients. Almost all of them would s...
Addiction and Reward System: A Vicious Cycle
Figure: Addiction causes you to become dependent on an activity or substance and you can abandon all other parts of your life that are important to you. Eventua...
More Addiction, Less Treatment: Why?
Stigma and addiction. These two words go hand in hand. Many will try to deny that claim and pry those hands apart. I would argue that that is impossible. Addict...