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Exercise Your Demons: A Tried and True Treatment for Depression

A significant number of studies have been conducted to evaluate the efficacy of exercise as an antidepressant...

Depression

Out and About: The Mental Health Implications of Disclosing Sexuality

The phrase, “Coming out of the closet,” describes the experience of an LGBTQIA+ individual who shares their...

Sexuality

Frontal Lobe In Flux: A More Conscientious Look at ADHD

What do you picture when you hear attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

Mental Health

An Exposé on Exposure Therapy

One’s own hypervigilance can feed into the brain’s desire to avoid harm, leading to the...

General Anxiety Disorder

A Breaker’s Guide to Conditions: Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Professionals recognize narcissistic personality disorder as a condition that affects around 5% of...

Mental Health

A Guide for Holiday Stress

Reconvening with family often brings people of different personalities, value systems, and opinions...

Mental Health

The Nurture of Anxiety

The stress response occurs when our body readies itself to handle tough situations. Our brain releases...

General Anxiety Disorder

The Nature of Anxiety

Like most things in science, the heritability of something as amorphous as anxiety is quite complex...

General Anxiety Disorder

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Hangovers

Hangovers suck, and the best way to eliminate that nasty experience from our lives is...

Addiction

Beyond the Brain: The Effects of Alcohol on the Body

The systemic effects our bodies must wrestle with following a night out drinking...

Addiction

Breast to Impress: The Biological Benefits of Breastfeeding

Let’s begin by looking at the nutritional components of breast milk. Breast milk is chock full of...

Mental Health

PANDAS: Where the Immune System Meets the Brain

Physicians have documented the extensive set of symptoms that plague many survivors of the coronavirus, including...

Mental Health