Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Drug Abuse

Drug abuse is a serious public health difficulty that affects almost every society and family in some way. Each year drug abuse outcome in around 40 million serious illness or injuries amongst people in the United States. Abused drugs comprise

* Amphetamines

* Anabolic steroids

* Club drugs

* Cocaine

* Heroin

* Inhalants

* Marijuana

* Prescription drugs

Drug abuse also theater a role in many major social harms, such as drugged driving, violence, stress and child abuse. Drug abuse can lead to homelessness, crime and miss work or harms with custody a job. It harms unborn babies and destroys families. There are different types of action for drug abuse. But the best is to stop drug abuse in the first put.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Sleep Disorders

Is it hard for you to fall sleeping or stay asleep though the night? Do you wake up emotion tired or feel very sleepy during the day, even if you have had sufficient sleep? You might have a sleep chaos. The most common kinds are


Insomnia - a hard time falling or stay asleep
Sleep apnea - inhalation interruption during sleep
Restless legs syndrome - a tingling or prickly feeling in the legs
Narcolepsy - daytime "sleep attacks"


Nightmares, night terrors, sleepwalking, sleep talking, head bang, wetting the bed and grind your teeth are kinds of sleep harms called parasomnias. There are treatments for most sleep disorder. Sometimes just having regular sleep behavior can help.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Personality Disorders

Personality disorders are long-term patterns of opinion and behaviors that cause serious harms with relationships and work. People with character disorders have difficulty dealing with everyday stresses and evils. They often have stormy relations with other people. The exact cause of character disorders is unknown. However, genes and childhood experience may play a role.

Symptoms vary widely depending on the exact type of personality disorder. Treatment usually include talk therapy and sometimes medicine.