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According to research conducted and led by Northwestern University finance professor Camelia Kuhnen and Stanford psychologist Brian Knutson, sex and money trigger the same area of our brains - the V-shaped nucleus accumbens, or, our brains’ pleasure center.
During the research, which involved 15 heterosexual men (no women […]
Let’s glance back at some of the topics I covered this week here at Mental Health Notes. I shared pictures during Sunday’s Brain Break, mused on the mental health repercussions for the FLDS religious sect children, explained why being kind to the earth (and not just on Earth Day!) was good for our minds, offered […]
My calendar tells me it’s…*drum roll please*… Earth Day! Yay!
Among my many passions (music, reading, writing, respecting grammar and the English language - I’m a nerd, I know - animals, and mental health) is being kind to the earth. And, indulging and advocating for my passions always gives my mental state a little boost in […]
Or, soccer, for American readers.
I love Saturday Sanity.
Not only does it give me a chance to recognize all the important mental health-related news I discover throughout the week (that, for one reason or another, I don’t have time to talk about in depth), but it also gives me a chance to let you all know […]
They’re all part of this week’s Saturday Sanity!
It’s not unusual to skim through the other b5media Science & Health Channel blogs and find mental health-related discussions going on. Here are a few from this week:
Elaine at Genetics & Health posted Happiness is down to your genes, a look at a University of Edinburgh and Queensland […]
I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 7
Now that you know more about available treatment and management options for obsessive-compulsive disorder, let’s talk a bit about what happens if you leave your OCD untreated and unmanaged.
It’s not a pretty picture, folks.
When ignored, OCD can:
Make you feel like a prisoner. Your OCD may […]
I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 4
Recently we discussed the definition of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as the two categories its signs and symptoms are separated into - obsessions and compulsions. Because about 2.2 million Americans have OCD (according to the National Institute of Mental Health; I don’t even know […]
I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 1
To start I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries here at Mental Health Notes, I thought we’d begin with the basics. Simply put, what is OCD and what are the signs and symptoms of OCD?
What is OCD?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is an anxiety disorder […]
It’s time for our weekly installment from Stanley Popovich!
This article is bittersweet - while it’s an extremely important topic, it’s also our last guest spot from Stanley. At the end of this article, you’ll find links to each of Stanley’s article here at Mental Health Notes, as well as his Web site information. I encourage […]
Last Saturday, I posted my thoughts about the six white crosses placed on “snow hill” at Northern Illinois University.
My thoughts (which, in that post, were centered around Steven Kazmierczak’s alleged mental illness and his name being left off the sixth blank cross) unfortunately drew a negative reaction from one of Kazmierczak’s victim’s relatives. I attempted […]
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