Some of the common tips that pregnant mothers often hear include avoiding drinking, staying away from substance and taking enough rest.  However, despite all “dos and don’ts,” pregnant females often switch to substances like alcohol or other hard drugs in order to get rid of their nervousness and jitters experienced during pregnancy. Continue reading →

Occasional outburst of anger or display of aggressive behavior in response to certain situations may be a normal human trait but repeated occurrence of the same may indicate aggression disorder. Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is an aggression disorder involving “several discrete episodes of failure to resist aggressive impulses that result in serious assaultive acts or destruction of property,” as defined by the American Psychiatric Association. Patients with IED find it difficult to control their impulses and tend to violate social norms and rights of others with their hostility. Continue reading →

The illicit manufacturing of a number of drugs that incite euphoric effects has grown manifold. Such drugs, however, are also responsible for the growing assaults, both sexually and physically. In the recent times, there has been a rising trend of discreetly spiking one’s drink with certain drugs classified as “date rape drugs” or “club drugs” to gain unsolicited sexual pleasures. This has, in turn, resulted in an unimaginable rise in rapes. Continue reading →

Marijuana may affect people’s reaction time, memory and the ability to switch between tasks, according to a February 2017 review published in the journal ScienceDirect. The researchers believe that marijuana affects and changes the corticostriatal networks, a critical brain region involved in motor learning and control. This can seriously hamper the motor and coordination skills of an affected person, even when the person is no longer high. Continue reading →