Born Schizophrenic: Forever Schizophrenic?
Born Schizophrenic Picture yourself at 6 1/2 years old, no responsibilities or cares in the world. Now, imagine for a moment that you spend almost every single...
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The Stigma of Schizophrenia: How Society Misrepresents Mental Illness
By Cullen Knowles When people hear the word schizophrenia, Hollywood movies about deranged serial killers and lunatics often come to mind. A recent example is t...
What’s Wrong With the Current Medication for Schizophrenia?
What Is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder in which affected patients experience a wide range of symptoms, categorized into positive or negati...
Can Your Doctor Test You for Schizophrenia?
Would you want to know if you have schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a neuropsychiatric disorder that affects about 1% of the general population as well as...
The Capstone of My College Career or the Cornerstone of Something More
The first day of Neurochemistry. The last first day of college as it happened to be. I was a senior chemistry major and all I could think was here we go another...
Neurochemistry: The Cherry on Top of My Concordia Experience
I would like to formally thank the people that pushed me towards taking Neurochemistry as my capstone experience to be the cherry on top of my entire Concordia ...
My Neurochemistry Capstone Experience
Neurochemistry wasn’t exactly my first choice for a capstone course (just hearing the name sounds scary and intimidating), however I had heard great things abou...
Autism: Could It Really Be? a Zinc Deficiency?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that autism is present in 1 in 68 children and is almost four times more prevalent in males than ...
Everyday I’m BREWing
Coming out of high school we all know how tough it is to decide what you want to do with your life or where you want to go. Being from Mesa, Arizona I only kne...
Am I Smarter for Going to a Fancy Pants School, or Did I Blow a Bunch of Money for Nothing?
Waiting till the last moment to reflect on my college education, in true Gus McCarthy fashion, I think my time spent at Concordia was worth the extra buck. &nbs...