by Valiant | Apr 22, 2016 | medical studies, mental illness and disorders
Recent research has discovered a possible link between sleep disturbances and future pain episodes in young adults. The researchers found that for at least some young emerging adults disturbances and problems with sleep could help predict chronic pain and pain that...
by Valiant | Apr 4, 2016 | Addiction treatment, medical studies, mental illness and disorders, Prescription drug abuse
Opioid treatment is a common medical treatment for cancer, severe pain, and certain other conditions. The use of opioid drugs could lead to other problems and conditions though, even depression according to a recent research study that examined a link between...
by Valiant | Dec 4, 2015 | eating disorders, medical studies, mental illness and disorders
Radiological Society of North America researchers have used imaging research on obese kids and discovered that food smells activated parts of the brain which are typically associated with impulsive behaviors. These brain areas are also linked with obsessive compulsive...
by Valiant | Nov 16, 2015 | Addiction treatment, mental illness and disorders
Is this actually a mental disorder though? Just like an addiction to gambling, food, and other factors that do not involve drugs or alcohol many people doubt that sex addiction is an actual problem. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM,...
by Valiant | Nov 13, 2015 | Addiction treatment, Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, mental illness and disorders
A new report shows a surprising trend, one that researchers did not expect to find and that they are calling an unnoticed epidemic. According to researchers from Princeton University the current suicide rates and the rate of substance abuse in middle aged Americans...
by Valiant | Oct 19, 2015 | Addiction treatment, arrests for substance abuse, inhalant use, medical studies, mental illness and disorders
The study evaluated adolescents who were incarcerated, and the results also showed that youths who were engaged in severe inhalant use also tended to display delinquent behaviors at an earlier age and started their drug abuse younger as well. This is the first time...
