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Binge-eating is commonly related to low self-esteem and depression. This leads a person to compensate for feeling bad by eating large amounts of food at one time and then feeling worse about themselves afterwards. Stress can be a huge trigger to someone with a binge-eating disorder. Identifying the triggers will be an important factor when it comes to choosing which treatment will be most effective. Focusing on reducing the binges should be top priority. Eating healthy and exercising will be key…

working to actively change the negative patterns into more constructive behaviors. Trichotillomania is also treated via drug therapy. Patients are often prescribed SSRIs, or Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, such as Fluoxetine (Prozac©), Sertraline (Zoloft©), and and Citalopram (Celexa©). Furthermore, N-Acetylcystine (NAC), a “cysetine derived food additive”, has been tested and available for prescription. It has been proven to prevent Trichotillomania, or “barbering”, in mouse models,…

Chronic pruritus is a very irritating itch that usually stays for months at a time. It can be found in men or women and anywhere on the skin. However, if it affects a specific region of the skin, it is known as localized pruritus. If the itch affects the whole body of skin, then it is commonly known as generalized pruritus. This condition has been said to be just as severe as chronic pain and could damage how well you function in your day to day life. Chronic pruritus relates to many other…

Caused by a catastrophic event, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, additionally referred to as PTSD, is a condition in which a person may experience anxiety, apprehension, and stress even when there is no longer a precarious threat. Events that instigate the feeling of being powerless and revolve around a series of risk factors are attributes of a traumatic occurrence that result in PTSD. Originating from the creation of fear memories in genes and the response to distress in the brain, scientists…

All people are different when it comes to their experience with addiction and mental illness. Some begin to experience mental health issues during childhood or adolescence and experiment with drugs and alcohol soon after, developing both an addiction problem and a serious mental illness at the same time. Others may seek out drugs and alcohol in an attempt to “self-medicate” a mental health issue that develops in early adulthood or that develops out of an injury or trauma later in life. Still…

Some of the more frequently used medications are antidepressants such as sertraline, fluoxetine, and citalopram, 350 million people suffer from depression. Depression, is feelings of significant levels of sadness, lack of energy, low self-worth, guilt or related symptoms. There are various kinds of medications that can help mental…

There are habits and there are compulsions. There are thoughts and there are obsessions. The only difference between each two are the uncontrollable and volatile nature that is intrinsic to compulsions and obsessions. Together, they become the genetic condition of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD. Imagine repeatedly checking if a door is locked nine times every night before bed. Imagine obsessing over a conversation that occurred many years ago that nobody remembers. Imagine never being…

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder has been in society for a long time. It has outdated the DSM and at times, the behaviors exhibited by those with OCD were not categorized or accurately diagnosed. In the seventeenth century, obsessions and compulsions were often described as symptoms of religious melancholy. Modern concepts of OCD began to evolve in the nineteenth century, when Faculty Psychology, Phrenology and Mesmerism were popular theories and when neurosis implied a neuropathological condition.…

Classified as a complex brain disease, SUD is treatable, according to the USA National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) principles of treatment [NIDA, 2008]. Given the aforementioned multiple factors, contributing to the development of SUD, its complex presentation, and associated disease burden; treatment of SUD is rated as significantly challenging. Delivering effective SUD treatment and care requires a comprehensive response, illustrated as core services and interventions delivered, within a…

Imagine having a disorder in which your mind is stuck on a topic and these thoughts will not go away. This thought just replays over and over in your mind. It wouldn’t matter what you do to try and rid these unwanted thoughts, but they just won’t budge and are constantly stuck in your mind. Not to mention these thoughts also include intense feelings of anxiety. You think you’re going crazy right? Intense feelings of anxiety may come along with these unwanted thoughts. Anxiety is your brain’s…