The teenage years are a powder keg of emotions. They can allow a person to broaden their horizons, befriend new people, become less dependent on family, and embolden passions for all things. Parents remain important in the equation, and are necessary for guidance for teenagers making better decisions. Teenagehood is also when alcohol and drugs become…
Teenage suicide is a tragic problem that endures all generations. According to federal officials, 2.6 million young adults in the U.S. had thoughts of suicide. Help is available for the troubled, but unfortunately more must be done. Cyberbullying and its effects A Florida teen committed suicide after friends supposedly took videos of her in the shower…
For people having little or no success in fighting depression with anti-depressants or psychotherapy, there is still hope with TMS Therapy. Trans-cranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS for short) is a new medical procedure that essentially re-balances the brain with magnets. TMS Therapy Procedure TMS is an outpatient procedure. The patient sits in a chair with a device positioned…
According to a recent study, the length of brain fold in the frontal lobe for schizophrenics with hallucinations differs compared those who don’t experience them. Schizophrenic Hallucinations might be linked to certain brain structures ,A hallucination is an experience when a person can see, touch, smell and/or taste things that do not exist. The paracingulate sulcus (PCS), a…
Lawmakers and the medical community are raising their voices to a proposed lift on Suboxone cap. The medication, suboxone, is a heroin-addiction medication that has proven to be extremely effectively, as well as extremely controversial with the purist 12-step method of therapy that promotes abstinence from any such drug for recovery. The legislation proposed by U.S. Senators…
Kristen Bell recently opened up about her history of depression and anxiety, revealing that she started medication for the illness at a young age. She goes on to say more about how she has dealt with her mental health issues and how nobody should feel shame in acknowledging them and fighting them. Watch the video…
In 2014 Tennessee passed the “fetal assault” legislation to imprison women who are pregnant and abusing drugs. Since the inception of the bill, over one hundred women have been put in jail. This summer that bill dies in Tennessee. But another may be born in North Carolina. Senator Brent Jackson (R) has introduced a bill…
Mental health in an adolescent can damage more than just physical, emotional and spiritual outcomes in life, but can also deeply affect financial livelihood. “…Distressed adolescents are vulnerable to unemployment,” says Mark Egan of the Behavioural Science Centre at the University of Stirling. A factor for future unemployment, regardless of social or economic background, is…
Finding Signs That Your Teenager Is Using Drugs If you’re concerned your teen is abusing drugs, you are probably wondering whether they are using occasionally or if its a full time problem. Either way, it is important for a parent to reach a solid conclusion before approaching their child. The more ammunition one has for…