Effects of PCP Use During Pregnancy
PCP is the common abbreviation for a drug called phencyclidine, which produces both hallucinogenic and anesthetic effects inside human beings. When pregnant women use PCP, it enters their developing fetuses by passing through the organ-like placenta inside the uterus. Current evidence indicates that the drug can potentially produce unwanted changes in the outcome of a [...]
Alcohol and Marital Aggression: What Are the Risk Factors?
Drinking affects different people in different ways. Some people might be described as happy drunks, showing affection and appreciation for everyone while drinking. Others get sad and reflective when they drink, and maybe even cry. Perhaps the worst kind of drunk is the angry one. People who get angry at others when they drink alcohol [...]
How to Recognize PTSD in a Loved One
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is actually a form of an anxiety disorder which can be triggered by either experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. It is not a condition limited only to combat veterans. The trauma could be something which was directed toward themselves personally as in the case of rape or assault, but [...]
A Tragic Story of the Impact of Postpartum Psychosis
Postpartum psychosis is a mental disorder that affects a small percentage of women shortly after they give birth. It often accompanies postpartum depression. As many as one in ten new mothers are thought to develop this disorder. Of those, 5 percent attempt to harm themselves or their newborn. One of the most well-known and tragic [...]
