How Trauma Affects the Brain
Psychological trauma occurs when it is not possible to process a situation with one’s usual, everyday coping mechanisms, leaving the...
Brain & Addictive Behavior: Part 2 – How & Why
Nov 23, 2017
Drugs directly interfere with the brain’s communication center. Anyone who watched television in the 1980s remembers the commercial depicting an...
Brain and Addictive Behavior: Part 1
Oct 31, 2017
Researchers continue to discover the many ways in which the brain and addictive behavior are interlinked. Understanding this connection can be a...
Cocaine Kills the Brain
Jul 20, 2017
Cocaine may look harmless, but it’s far from it. Cocaine may come with a short-term high, but it also brings...
5 Addictive Drugs: Users Beware
Dec 20, 2016
Addiction is an elusive monster, and 5 addictive drugs in particular just make matters worse. Difficult to predict, hard to...
