Eight hours of sleep per night is recommended by physicians to ensure proper mental and physical health. Most people do not get the complete eight hours due to various reasons, such as stress, anxiety, work pressure and, more seriously, sleep disorders. In clinical terms, an irregular pattern of sleep due to difficulty in falling asleep [...]
Brain injury or brain damage is the pathological condition wherein brain cells are destroyed. This degeneration of brain cells may result from a variety of situations or conditions, diseases and injuries?usually to the head. These damages to the brain could be caused by a prolonged shortage of oxygen supplied to the brain, certain infections, trauma [...]
For a lot of people sleeping disorder is a big problem. Sleeping is an important part of our day. This is the time that the body and mind gets to rest, resuscitate, and prepare for the busy day that is in store for them the next morning. It has been estimated that over 30 percent [...]
Schizophrenia?s root cause is still not clear. It does have a link with some part of the brain. It is not a psychiatric disorder but a physical one, affecting the mind and the personality of the person affected. The treatment is mostly to alleviate the symptoms and manage the problem. So the knowledge of the [...]
If your child is a sleep walker, it can be quite disturbing to see them in what can often be a distressed state. Sleep walking disorder (also known as somnambulism) occurs in approximately 15% of the child population. It is a series of complex behaviours that are initiated during slow wave sleep and [...]
Most commonly, Narcolepsy presents itself as an illness called EDS ? Excessive Daytime Sleepiness. This is the persistent feeling being tired, lacking real energy and wanting to sleep. The sufferer has to make concerted efforts to remain awake, but even if he or she is able to do so, it is often only to achieve [...]
?I am a Carer?. There you go, ?straight off the bat? as they say, I write this article (the first in a series) in my role as a Primary Carer first and author second. At present I am the primary carer for my elderly mother who is suffering from the advance stages of Alzheimer?s disease. [...]
Mental illness can strike anyone! It knows no age limits, economic status, race, creed or color. During the course of a year, more than 54 million Americans are affected by one or more mental disorders.
Medical science has made incredible progress over the last century in helping us understand, curing and eliminating the causes of [...]
If you love someone who is an alcoholic, or you are struggling with your own alcohol problem, you may be interested in the process of alcohol detoxification. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms can range from uncomfortable to life threatening, depending on the severity of the addiction, and detoxification can help with this process.
Alcohol detoxification is simply [...]
What is schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is an incurable mental illness. It is taken to be a psychotic disorder that makes the person unable to link thought, emotion and behavior. This leads to a withdrawal from his personal relationships and reality. In schizophrenia people undergo psychotic episodes. A psychotic episode is the term coined for unnecessary and unusual [...]
