Will Virtual Reality Be The Answer For Mental Health Treatment?

You’re walking through a forest. Everything looks magical. The colors are vivid, you can see the light shining through the leaves, and there’s a peaceful calm around you. All of a sudden, a spider crawls out from behind a tree. You turn to look around for somewhere to go, but there’s nowhere. You turn around

Depression Might Have A Purpose, Which Will Change The Way It’s Treated-

There is little denying the heavy weight of depression. Whether you have lived with the mental illness personally or been in a relationship with someone who is struggling with depression, the worldwide facts about depression bear its burden. For example, the World Health Organization cites that over 350 million people live with depression globally. In

How Many Men Suffer From Eating Disorders?

According to Beat, beating eating disorders, males make up ten percent of all eating disorder diagnoses, as reported by Metro.co.uk. Ten percent is a significant number when you consider how many millions of people worldwide suffer from eating disorders. The number is likely smaller than the real statistics would show. Eating Disorders and Body Image

Signs Of Narcissism Gone Wrong

Psychologists argue that the age of social media and selfies has turned everyone into a bit of a narcissist. Our devotion to various online profiles of how we want to be perceived is detrimental to a healthy idea of self. Narcissism, named after the Greek god Narcissus who met a bitter end at the hands

Does Addiction To MDMA Happen?

MDMA made its appearance in the 1980’s and quickly raised eyebrows both as a concern and a fascinating alternative for depression treatment. In recent years, MDMA first fell off the radar then made headlines again. As the electronic music movement grew and exploded into summer long music festivals, reports of death and overdose on MDMA

ADHD And Co-Occurring Disorders, By The Numbers

It goes one of two ways: either the ADHD has been identified or the co-occurring disorders have been identified. For example, treating doctors are aware that there is a struggling with depression but fail to see the symptoms of ADHD. Conversely, they might notice the symptoms of ADHD but fail to identify the symptoms of

Treating Vicodin Withdrawal Symptoms

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Vicodin is categorized as a man-made opioid drug with dangerous addictive qualities. The drug contains hydrocodone, which affects an area of the brain that is usually tasked with regulating pain. The Vicodin is commonly used to treat pain because it manages the opiate receptors in the brain which treat pain. Vicodin is one of the

To Stop Smoking Weed, You Have To Want To

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In order to truly allow yourself to heal, you have to be the one to initiate healing. You cannot try to recover from addiction because someone else wants or needs you to. If you are not the one motivating yourself to become clean, the chance of you remaining clean is drastically low. The Self-Management and

How to Help an Addict Without Enabling

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The truth can be many things. When addiction is involved, it can be liberating, refreshing, and over all good for your mind and body. However, you need to understand that you cannot control whether or not people are cured, even when they are the ones you love. No amount of love or affection can cure

When Does Vicodin Kick In?

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Vicodin is an opioid, analgesic, and antitussive that is mainly prescribed to treat pain. It is a combination of hydrocodone, an opioid, and acetaminophen that helps absorb the opioid into the body. In addition to the hydrocodone and acetaminophen elements, Vicodin contains colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone, pregelatinized starch, and stearic