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Mental Illness
Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions - disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors. Many people have mental health concerns from time to time.
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DEC 26, 2017Neuroscience
It’s been proven in studies time and again. Music does "hath charms" to soothe more than the savage brea ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 21, 2017Neuroscience
Mental illness is sometimes looked at as a character weakness or something a person just has to "shake off." N ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 21, 2017Videos
In 2009, the United States Army banned from enlistment any recruit with a history of mental illness. Alarming rates of s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a complicated relationship between stress and health; researchers have discovered a crucial link between stress ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2017Neuroscience
When someone talks to themselves, it can often look as if they are not quite all there, mentally. The image of a person ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 05, 2017Neuroscience
An inmate on death row in Arkansas was granted a stay of execution last month in part because of a directive in his will ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 04, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
When doctors first began treating an Indian man complaining of stomach pain, they could not have imagined the source of ...DEC 04, 2017Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from schizophrenia often have auditory hallucinations. They hear voices that are not there. Many tim ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 30, 2017Neuroscience
According to the CDC, suicide is the second-leading cause of death among young adults in America. It's a growing pro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 28, 2017Neuroscience
Exercise is good for you. There's just no doubt about that. However, new research shows that it might have a particu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 28, 2017Health & Medicine
Committing to healthy habits isn't as easy as it might sound. Everyone knows that eating a balanced diet, exercising ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 22, 2017Neuroscience
Real estate agents say that it's all about location, location, location. While it's true for home sales, it coul ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 16, 2017Technology
The pill has a sensor that records when it is taken.Written By: Julia TraversNOV 14, 2017Health & Medicine
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that affects over 1 billion people worldwide. It can be from aging, an injury, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 25, 2017Neuroscience
Experts on schizophrenia have often pointed to the frontal and temporal region of the brain when explaining the disorder ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 18, 2017Neuroscience
Mushrooms, at least the kind referred to as "magic" are not usually considered a remedy for a severe illness, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 27, 2017Cancer
Mental health is inextricably linked to physical health and wellbeing. That is the sentiment in a study, which found tha ...SEP 12, 2017Neuroscience
One of the most important functions of the brain is to get us around our environment. It powers the muscles, processes w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 28, 2017Neuroscience
When we think of someone that "hears voices" often what comes to mind is someone who has suffered a brain inju ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 22, 2017Videos
Don't deny that every once and a while you give yourself a little pep talk, be it in the mirror or right before stepping ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 08, 2017Neuroscience
The expression, "It's not brain surgery!" is meant to emphasize that something isn't as complicated as ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 21, 2017Neuroscience
When the body is attacked by germs or disease, the immune system goes in to action. Its job is to fight off infection an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2017Neuroscience
Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
One manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an extreme fear of dirt or bacteria. Patients that su ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2017
Neuroscience
It’s been proven in studies time and again. Music does "hath charms" to soothe more than the savage brea
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 21, 2017
Neuroscience
Mental illness is sometimes looked at as a character weakness or something a person just has to "shake off." N
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 21, 2017
Videos
In 2009, the United States Army banned from enlistment any recruit with a history of mental illness. Alarming rates of s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a complicated relationship between stress and health; researchers have discovered a crucial link between stress
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2017
Neuroscience
When someone talks to themselves, it can often look as if they are not quite all there, mentally. The image of a person
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 05, 2017
Neuroscience
An inmate on death row in Arkansas was granted a stay of execution last month in part because of a directive in his will
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 04, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
When doctors first began treating an Indian man complaining of stomach pain, they could not have imagined the source of
...
DEC 04, 2017
Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from schizophrenia often have auditory hallucinations. They hear voices that are not there. Many tim
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 30, 2017
Neuroscience
According to the CDC, suicide is the second-leading cause of death among young adults in America. It's a growing pro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 28, 2017
Neuroscience
Exercise is good for you. There's just no doubt about that. However, new research shows that it might have a particu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
Committing to healthy habits isn't as easy as it might sound. Everyone knows that eating a balanced diet, exercising
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Real estate agents say that it's all about location, location, location. While it's true for home sales, it coul
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 16, 2017
Technology
The pill has a sensor that records when it is taken.
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 14, 2017
Health & Medicine
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that affects over 1 billion people worldwide. It can be from aging, an injury,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 25, 2017
Neuroscience
Experts on schizophrenia have often pointed to the frontal and temporal region of the brain when explaining the disorder
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 18, 2017
Neuroscience
Mushrooms, at least the kind referred to as "magic" are not usually considered a remedy for a severe illness,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 27, 2017
Cancer
Mental health is inextricably linked to physical health and wellbeing. That is the sentiment in a study, which found tha
...
SEP 12, 2017
Neuroscience
One of the most important functions of the brain is to get us around our environment. It powers the muscles, processes w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 28, 2017
Neuroscience
When we think of someone that "hears voices" often what comes to mind is someone who has suffered a brain inju
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 22, 2017
Videos
Don't deny that every once and a while you give yourself a little pep talk, be it in the mirror or right before stepping
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 08, 2017
Neuroscience
The expression, "It's not brain surgery!" is meant to emphasize that something isn't as complicated as
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 21, 2017
Neuroscience
When the body is attacked by germs or disease, the immune system goes in to action. Its job is to fight off infection an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
One manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an extreme fear of dirt or bacteria. Patients that su
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch