During pregnancy, the woman is greatly at risk and vulnerable to toxins and other harmful substances. 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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Emotions are a part of life. It is part of being human. In fact, it is what makes us human. We laugh when we are happy, we cry when we are sad and disappointed, and we let out our rage when we are furious and mad. And, that is natural. Everyday, we convey different kinds of emotions more than we could envision. Typically, situations that we encounter trigger these emotions. And the body, as emotional feelings are natural to it, is able to handle with these expressions of emotions through a cycle. As psychologists would say, a person does not feel the same emotion over a very long period of time. What we feel eventually changes. To be specific, the longest time you could feel happy is ten days. After that, the feeling of happiness sinks, probably shifting to anxiety or sadness.
Alcohol Drug Treatment | Alcohol and Drug Treatment | March 14, 2010 7:00 am | Comments (0)
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 merely because usually, the illness does not engage 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.
Alcohol Drug Treatment | Alcohol and Drug Treatment | February 27, 2010 7:00 am | Comments (0)
Suboxone is a variant of subutex, containing an additional ingredient called naloxone. It is the form generally given to patients. Its effects is similar to Subutex. Like subutex, it is used as a pain reliever and a medication drug in treating opioid addiction.
Alcohol Drug Treatment | Alcohol and Drug Treatment | February 21, 2010 6:00 am | Comments (0)
Crack is the common name of the chemical cocaine hydrochloride. Some users chemically process cocaine in order to eliminate the hydrochloride. This procedure is called “freebasing” and makes the drug more potent. “Crack” is a hard form of freebased cocaine. It is named “crack” because it snaps and cracks when heated and smoked. Since crack is a prepared form of freebased cocaine, the user does not have to buy the equipment associated with freebasing. Crack is normally in plastic bags and sold in small quantities, usually 300-500mg or enough for two to three inhalations.
Alcohol Drug Treatment | Alcohol and Drug Treatment | February 20, 2010 6:00 am | Comments (0)
