Your childhood doesn't have to control your adult life. Millions of adults carry invisible wounds from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that happened before age 18. These traumatic events — from abuse and neglect to [...]
When alcohol leaves the system unaided by a medical detox protocol, it can trigger a devastating cascade in the brain. Delirium tremens kills up to 37% of untreated cases. Delirium Tremens (DTs) and metabolic [...]
Cyclical depression, or ‘recurrent depression,’ can occur, abate, and recur throughout a person’s life. It may be difficult to self-diagnose, since emotions shift. Cyclical depression can overlap with depression and anxiety that take other forms, [...]
The role of co-occurring mental health disorders in the development of addiction cannot be understated. Understanding mental health and how it relates to substance abuse is key to finding the right help for a long-term [...]
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), or ‘sociopathy,’ is a mental disorder characterized by a lack of empathy for others, especially with regards to their personal rights. Considering symptoms of ASPD involve violent activity, awareness is key [...]
By sheer coincidence, everyone seems to have this idea that the grass is greener over there. It is not specifically over there, but on other people’s lawns that we either know or we think we [...]
The reality of life now is people are spending more time indoors than outdoors and are not getting nearly enough Vitamin D or other health benefits from being in nature. There is a symbiotic relationship [...]
People in academia share a simultaneous denial and pride in their addiction as the profession does little to dissuade this idea. Self-medicating has become the norm for academics when they socialize and just as a [...]
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a type of anxiety disorder that affects both thoughts and behaviors. OCD can begin with requiring things to be neat and orderly, even perfectionistic, but it may also become a [...]
Often the term ‘depression’ is thrown around in conversation every day but many people do not know this term has many meanings. Some people are very loose about how they use the term and, when [...]
