How Does Addiction Affect the Brain?
Addiction is dangerous. It has the power to warp reality and can shatter personal and professional relationships. For a long time, it was a difficult term to define. In Latin, the word literally means...
American Heroin: Medicine, Crisis, Epidemic – Part 1: A Nation in Pain
Opiate use is deeply rooted in American history, with waves of addiction rolling over the vast North American landscape over the last two centuries. As a 2014 piece from The Atlantic noted, “with the...
Clinical Psychologist Career Profile
Clinical psychology is a branch of psychology that helps patients overcome mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. Clinical psychologists study the reasons why people make certain decisions and why they act in certain ways. They...
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Job Description
Psychiatric-mental health nurses (or PMHNs) are healthcare professionals who work with individuals and families suffering from psychiatric disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, dementia and schizophrenia. Work Environment PMHNs can work in a variety of locales,...
5 Health Benefits of Pets (Plus: What’s Your Spirit Animal?)
Saturday is International Homeless Animals Day. We thought you should know that. We thought you’d like to be aware that the third Saturday in August is the day designated back in 1992 by the International...
How to Become an Art Therapist
An art therapist uses art to help patients discover truths about themselves and the world. The connection between art and wellness has long been understood by therapists in all disciplines. The self-expression and satisfaction that...
Get a Grip on Anxiety – 5 Ways to Relieve Test Stress
Anxiety affects us all at one point or another. While people don’t necessarily get stressed out over the same things, the effects of anxiety over time are all similar. Prolonged bouts of stress can...
American Heroin: Medicine, Crisis, Epidemic – Part 2: Needles in the Haystack
From heroin’s origins to the pathways it takes to enter the country and the effect it has on cities and states around the U.S., this map is intended to give a broad stroke...
Study: Our Smartphones Make Us Dumber
A new study reinforced the hypothesis that the proximity of a smartphone owner’s mobile device can affect his or her cognitive ability. Marketing and management researchers from the University of California-San Diego, the University of...