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Bipolar disorder, sometimes called "manic depression" or "manic depressive disease," is a mental health condition marked by extreme, often long-lasting mood swings and episodes of extreme ups and downs. Due in part to the overuse of the word bipolar to describe when a person is just being moody, bipolar disorder is ... Read More

With the emergence of highly profitable and immensely entertaining video games such as Fortnite in recent years, the phenomenal rise in video game addiction has also become a force to be reckoned with. Players today aren’t engaged in simple or primitive games like those popular in gaming’s early days. Today, it’s not ... Read More

Benzodiazepines, also referred to as benzos, are a class of hypnotic/sedative pharmaceutical drugs prescribed by doctors to relieve anxiety/agitation, insomnia, muscle spasms, mild seizures and symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. Dentists and physicians may give patients a benzodiazepine to help calm them before undergoing ... Read More

Amphetamine abuse, addiction, and overdose are an increasing problem in the United States. While the opioid epidemic generates the most press, amphetamine overdose rates and deaths have been increasing. In 2017, the deaths from amphetamine overdose (more than 7,500) rose by 30 percent from the previous year. ... Read More

So, you've been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD — or maybe, the diagnosis concerns someone else, like a loved one or family member. The question you're probably asking is this: Now what? While ADHD isn't just a childhood illness, most diagnoses occur when the person affected is a child. According to a large-scale study on ... Read More