Suicide is the fifth leading cause of death before the age of 65 in the U.S., and risk factors for suicide have been categorized into environmental, biological, and psychiatric factors. The highest mortality rate in suicide is due to depression. Over 90% of those have attempted or committed suicide have a psychiatric illness, and 60% …
Neurons are fundamental units of the brain and nervous system, and are the cells responsible for communicating, receiving, sending out, and relaying electrical signals to different regions of the brain. Brain waves are synchronized oscillations of neural activity in the central nervous system and are driven by the mechanisms from individual neurons or the interaction …
Depression is a common mental health disorder that impacts daily functions and quality of life and can lead to a variety of physical, mental, and emotional problems that can disrupt your daily routine and ability to function at work and home. Depression approximately affects one in fifteen adults in any given year, and one in …
Encephalopathy is damage or disease that affects the brain, causing changes in its structure or in the way our brain functions and processes information. Encephalopathy can be caused by an infection, brain tumor, toxin exposure, poor nutrition, metabolic or mitochondrial dysfunction, lack of oxygen and blood flow to the brain, severe neglect in childhood, trauma, …
Many families have traditions during the holidays, but a universal theme is spending time with the people you love. Given the current pandemic, keeping family traditions alive may be exceptionally difficult this year. The isolation we have all experienced may be especially hard to handle during the holiday season. Loneliness can be detrimental to both …
