Mental Illness Information
May 10th, 2010
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause disability that is not expected as part of normal development. A mental illness may be possibly caused by several factors such as genetics, environment, and chemical imbalances in the brain. It is called mental basically because usually, the illness does not involve much anatomical dysfunctions. Usually, the disorder involves a thinking that something is wrong when physically, it seemed as if nothing is wrong. The symptoms are more internal rather than external. People may think that it is normal for someone to be talking to himself for a while. However, when this symptom last longer, longer than a certain period and disrupts bodily functions, then a mental illness may be diagnosed.
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Sex and Love Addiction Anonymous Meetings Offer Free Help for Sex Addiction
April 21st, 2010
Yes, there is such a thing as sex addiction as well as love addiction. It is not just merely insanely stalking a person you especially like. It is an illness, probably a mental illness that entails compulsivity when it comes to sexual activities and having multiple partners, and being fond of casual sex and self gratification. Sex and love addiction is a progressive illness which cannot be cured but which, like many illnesses, can be arrested. This illness is in various types—including, but not limited to a compulsive need for sex, extreme dependency on one or many people, or a chronic worry with romance, intrigue, or fantasy, an obsessive compulsive pattern, either sexual or emotional, or both, exists in which relationships or sexual activities have become increasingly destructive to career, family and sense of self-respect. Sex addiction and love addiction, if left unchecked, always gets worse.
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Crack Addiction Information
March 22nd, 2010
The chemical cocaine hydrochloride is commonly known as crack. Some users chemically process cocaine in order to take away the hydrochloride. This procedure is called “freebasing” and makes the drug more potent. “Crack” is a hard form of freebased cocaine. It is called “crack” because it snaps and cracks when heated and smoked. Since crack is a ready form of freebased cocaine, the user does not have to be exposed to the explosive chemicals associated with freebasing. Crack is normally in vials and sold in small quantities, usually 300-500mg or enough for two to three inhalations.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Info
March 16th, 2010
A woman is largely at risk and susceptible to toxins and other harmful substances when she is pregnant. Teratogens, such as alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs are some of the substances that may cause negative effects towards the fetus inside the mother’s womb. These substances would in turn result to a sick or worse, abnormal baby.
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12 steps and Addiction
March 4th, 2010
Addiction has been a problem to society. It is “the” dilemma that seems to not end. People use drugs, abuse it, then they become addicted to it. They hurt their loved ones and they hurt their selves. Their lives crave for the drug and become tangled to looking for means of attaining the drugs. Later on, the person then realizes that life has become worthless and meaningless and that he wants to change. He wants to turn away from drugs but the problem is that he couldn’t easily turn away and say good bye to his long time influential friend- the drug.
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