Articles related to "Psychoactive Drug"

An understanding about the co-morbid link between depression and alcoholism is essential to the proper diagnosis and effective treatment of alcoholism.

Historically plants have been valued not only for their medical value but also for their psychoactive effects.

Alcohol is the most widely used psychoactive drug. It is a powerful, toxic and addictive substance, used by about 65-70 percent of all Americans - especially men.

Illegal drugs all pose dangers to a pregnant woman and baby. Legal substances, even medical drugs - both prescription and over-the-counter, can be very harmful as well.

Sweetest Day 2009 is a time to show appreciation for loved ones. But when love is lost, the shock induces severe medical and chemical effects on the heart and body.

Love her or hate her, Elizabeth Wurtzel's autobiographical novel became an instant global phenomenon on its release in 1994.

The herb known as Diviner's Sage, indigenous to Mazatec Indians in Mexico, is finding its way into the hands of the mainstream population.

Tobacco causes nearly 500,000 deaths annually in the US. Each year, 1.5 million teens start smoking; those who continue add to a $157 billion health-care burden.

There's a new kind of student in the classroom: Indigo kids. Intelligent, curious, & lacking fear or limits, they force teachers to rethink old paradigms of teaching.

Research shows that canines and felines suffer from psychiatric problems, just as humans do, and can be treated by similar types of drugs.

People usually drink coffee for the jolting perk the caffeine buzz coffee is famous for, but did you know that coffee can actually rob you of energy and make you fat?

The consumption of Psychoactive drugs and Entheogens (from the Greek word 'Entheos' meaning God Within) have been a legitimate path to Consciousness Expansion for aeons..

Could taking propranolol after a frightening or shocking event help prevent PTSD? This article introduces the idea of "therapeutic forgetting".

A brief overview of what the term "straight edge" means and how it applies to the punk scene.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a complicated and harmful disease that requires focused and immediate attention. This article discusses the OCD treatment process.

In the first article we examined the roots of these two movements, we will now look at the possible wider socio-biological effects of their practices

Native Americans can legally use peyote cactus in religious ceremonies. The legality of the use of the mescaline drug peyote by non-Indians, whites varies by state.