Heroin is a powerful opiate that changes the way the brain works by causing mood changes, suicidal behavior, and dependence. According to the Advances in Psychiatric Treatment journal, 48% of heroin addicts have depression. Biological [...]
Being on methamphetamine can give you an initial high or a euphoria where you feel alert, joyful, energetic, or reckless. Because it is slow to metabolize, the symptoms can last for several hours. Meth addiction [...]
It is true that eating breakfast is the most important meal of the day because you should always start your day off with energy. Food will make an impact on your day physically, socially, and [...]
If you continue to think little of yourself, the chances are that you need to build your confidence as confidence will improve your chances of success greatly. Instead of using drugs or alcohol to build [...]
Many people who are transgender want to do something about the bodies that they feel do not match their gender of choice. Transitioning is the process of making certain changes in order to live as [...]
There have been a lot of memoirs about people battling their own addictions. This memoir, “Falling with Wings: A Mother’s Story,” is about Demi Lovato’s mother, Dianna De La Garza, coming clean about her family’s [...]
When someone is obsessively worrying that any minor physical problem can be a serious illness, you might have somatic symptom disorder which used to be known as hypochondria. This is having excessive and unrealistic worries [...]
Musicals have the power to get through an audience not just with their powerful dialogue but with songs that send a message of what the characters are feeling. If we can leave the show learning [...]
It can be hard to fall asleep when we have so many worries that we know we have to tackle. That stress can keep us up all night and make it harder for us to [...]
Doctors diagnose patients for depression based on the way someone moves, sleeps, interacts, speaks, and their expressions. If depression goes undiagnosed, people will go without treatment. What if technology was able to see the signs [...]
