Update June 28, 2010 Here is a video I posted to get a visual. For more videos like this, subscribe to my Youtube Channel by clicking here. Clinically, health care providers consider heavy drinking to be more than 2 drinks a day totaling 14 or more drinks per week. But what is a drink? In […]
Marijuana Use Can Make You Crazy
Theresa H. M. Moore of the University of Bristol in England and her colleagues have conducted research which concluded that having used marijuana at any point in your life increases the risk of having a psychotic episode by 40%. This was more than twice the risk of those who have never smoked marijuana. The heavier […]
Internet Addiction Part 2
Some researchers still question whether problematic Internet use should be considered a disease. An argument against this is that the internet can be a means to satisfy other compulsive behaviors such as gambling, shopping, pornography use, etc. So it’s a medium of exchange to fuel other addictions and is not the source of the addiction. […]
Do You Have an Internet Addiction? Part 1
In Psychiatry we define addictions as habitual usage of something that creates physical and psychological dependence. Furthermore, when the activity is discontinued, the individual experiences withdrawal. Substances such as alcohol and drugs fall under this addiction model. When considering behaviors such as sexual activity, shopping, eating and more recently internet use, these behaviors don’t quite […]