Bipolar Spectrum: The Four Categories of Bipolar Disorder
The complexity of bipolar disorder is not well known to the public eye. Bipolar disorder is not just about mood swings. Although most peop..
What Just Happened? How Anxiety Impacts Memory
Feelings of extreme anxiety commonly present themselves in high-intensity situations, leading to a sensation known as stress. These feelin..
The Hardships of Treating Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder
For most people, when they feel under the weather they can just run to their local pharmacy and grab some over-the-counter medication to r..
Is Love A Drug?
Have you ever been around a couple in their honeymoon phase? The two are inseparable; you can find them constantly hanging out together, t..
More Than Just a Bad Dream
You can feel it coming. Tapping your phone screen, you curse as you realize the time, 3:02 AM. It has been several hours since you decided..
What is Spinal Muscular Atrophy?
Approximately one in 10,000 live births have a case of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) (Lunn & Wang, 2020). Unfortunately, despite being the..
More than Just Seeking Attention: Histrionic Personality Disorder
Personality disorders, because they do not seem to fit our typical understanding of mental illness, often go ignored and unmentioned, leav..
When Parenthood Becomes Distraught: Maternal OCD
A pregnancy is an exciting new chapter in life. Parents begin to decide on a name, plan a baby shower, and think about the future in store..
What is Anosognosia?
In a day and age where information is readily available to anyone with Internet access, a scenario that often pops up when you’re feeling ..
The Controversy Around Supervised Injection Sites
Substance abuse and overdose are a public health crisis. In 2018, nearly 70,000 people died from a drug overdose, making it the leading ca..