What is Hoarding and how Common is this Mental Health Condition?
Hoarding is a mental health condition that is more common than many people suspect, and it is characterized as an obsessive compulsive disorder. Between 2% and 5% of Americans qualify as having this type of mental condition, and hoarding can be very difficult to treat …
Read More →Do Teen Boys in High School Sports Binge Drink More than their Peers?
A recent study by researchers from the University of Michigan has determined that teen boys who participate in high school sports are also more likely to engage in binge drinking than peers who do not participate in these sporting activities. Researchers also determined that the …
Read More →Probuphine: The First Opioid Addiction Implant Waiting for Approval From the FDA
Probuphine is an opioid addiction implant that shows great promise for treating this substance abuse disorder, and it is currently waiting to be approved by the FDA so that it can be offered as a treatment option. The device is a subdermal implant that s …
Read More →Do Video Games Promote Tobacco Addiction in Children and Adolescents?
Are video games encouraging children and adolescents towards tobacco addiction? The answer may be yes according to a recent study. In 2015 statistics show that around 42% of the video games marketed have tobacco products featured or show characters engaging in tobacco use, and some …
Read More →Pet Ownership Could Provide Protection Against Childhood Anxiety and Promote Stress Reduction
Is pet ownership the answer to preventing childhood anxiety and stress reduction? CDC research that was recently published suggests that this could be the case. Pets may be able to provide some protection against childhood anxiety and high levels of stress in a number of …
Read More →New Research Shows that Impairment of Emotional Control Could be Caused by Lack of Sleep
A lack of sleep could have an impact on your emotional control and your ability to stay calm and rational according to research that was recently published in the medical journal Journal of Neuroscience. In fact insufficient sleep has been named by the Centers for …
Read More →Is Crime Caused by Mental Illness? Most Forensic Psychiatric Patients Deny This!
Forensic psychiatric patients typically do not blame their mental illness for the crimes that they have committed, pointing instead to other factors that they believe played a much greater role in the crime that they committed. Lund University in Sweden published a doctoral thesis by …
Read More →New Year Resolutions, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health
The new year is a time to make resolutions. These resolutions are made in order to have a better and more successful life, maintain better physical and mental health, and eliminate any bad habits that you may have. Some of the top resolutions for …
Read More →Schizophrenia Patients Who are Older Face Double the Dementia Risks as Individuals Without Mental Illness
Older schizophrenia patients have double the risk of dementia that individuals without mental illness do. This was the finding of the newest research study performed by the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute. Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine psychiatry professor …
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