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Street Names Each classification of inhalant has its own slang or street names according to the NIDA, including “laughing gas” (nitrous oxide), “snappers” (amyl nitrite), “poppers” (amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite), “whippets” (nitrous oxide, found in whipped cream dispensers), “bold” (nitrites), and “rush” (nitrites). What Are Inhalants? Inhalants are breathable chemical vapors often found in common household products that contain volatile solvents or aerosols. Inhalants fall into four major categories:...

If days seem to blend together and time is something you often forget about, you might be wondering why it feels this way, what it means for your brain, and how you can adjust. Do We Perceive Time Differently During the Pandemic? How participants experience the distortion of time is really the key to these findings. According to the authors, higher stress levels, increasing age, reduced task load, and decreasing satisfaction with less socialization is linked to feeling a slower passage of time during the day....

What Is PTSD? Prior to the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), PTSD was included in the Anxiety Disorders category of the DSM. In 2013, the diagnosis of PTSD was moved to a new category of disorders called Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders. A diagnosis of PTSD is made when a person experiences a traumatic event and then has great difficulty in the aftermath of that event....

While emotional abuse doesn’t leave scrapes or bruises, it can leave severe emotional scars and be just as damaging to a child as physical or sexual abuse. However, because it doesn’t leave physical marks, it can be harder to recognize and more difficult to prove, so people and law enforcement authorities may be less likely to intervene and help the child. Nonetheless, it’s important to note that child abuse by parents or legal guardians of children below the legal of 18 is a crime, punishable under the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act....

Learn more about what the specifiers are for bipolar disorder, their definitions, as well as diagnostic criteria for each specifier. Specifiers for Mood Disorders The fifth edition of the DSM (DSM-5) uses specifiers extensively in the diagnosis of mood disorders. Any number of applicable specifiers can be used for the same episode. The first category, defining current or recent episodes, includes mixed features, anxious distress, melancholic features, atypical features, psychotic features, and catatonic features....

Spontaneous recovery can be defined as the reappearance of the conditioned response after a rest period or period of lessened response. If the conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus are no longer associated, extinction will occur very rapidly after a spontaneous recovery. Spontaneous Recovery Examples Even if you are not familiar with much of psychology’s history, you have probably at least heard of Ivan Pavlov’s famous experiments with dogs. In Pavlov’s classic experiment, dogs were conditioned to salivate to the sound of a tone....

Why Dating Might Still Make Sense Amid the Pandemic Though dating has certainly waned given the coronavirus pandemic, it makes sense that some do wish to continue the courting process. Some may argue that dating right now could even be advantageous for a couple of different reasons. She adds that when we’re in a state of crisis, like this coronavirus pandemic, there’s increased worry about the unknown which exacerbates stress and anxiety....

While decluttering and organizing can seem overwhelming—especially if you live in a large space—guidance can be helpful. You can seek out professional assistance, but if you want a budget-friendly option, there are plenty of organizational books on the market. To take the first step to an organized home, here are the best books on organization. If you’re a person that likes to follow a schedule, this could be a good option....

For those with icy feet, going barefoot can be distracting. And a warming pair of slippers can help combat the cold in no time. Even if you don’t deal with chilly feet, podiatrists often advise against walking without shoes—even in your own home. According to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS), prolonged walking on hard surfaces while barefoot can put stress on your plantar fascia—a thick band of tissue that runs from the heel bone to the toes....

National estimates in the United States indicate that every 60 seconds, 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner. This adds up to over 10 million people per year. Relationship violence has also been found among people who have experienced certain traumatic events or have PTSD. Childhood Abuse and Relationship Violence Separate from PTSD, a connection has been found between the experience of certain traumatic events and relationship violence....

Jenna Bush’s two arrests in less than a month, for consuming alcohol and trying to purchase alcohol with a fake identification card, placed the drinking age debate in the national media, with the old argument that if an 18-year-old is old enough to vote, sign contracts, join the armed forces, and get married, he or she should be old enough to drink a beer. “It’s one of the stupidest laws in America,” Justin Schmid, 21, a student at Southern Methodist University in Dallas told reporters....

Individuals over 55 reported fewer telehealth appointments overall, and it was less likely for this older demographic to actually complete an appointment over a video call in instances when they did have a virtual appointment. A total of 148,402 patients who had scheduled a virtual appointment towards the pandemic’s onset made up the study. While the study focused on telehealth as a whole, it stands to reason that online therapy also is less accessible for older people....

Friday Fix: Episode 65 Whether your anxiety spikes every time you have to make a phone call or you experience panic attacks that come “out of the blue,” anxiety feels uncomfortable. Anxiety tends to trigger worrisome thoughts and a physiological response, like a rapid heartbeat and an increase in pulse. Those responses have the power to increase anxious feelings. It’s a vicious cycle that can be tough to break. There may be some mistakes you’re making that are actually making your anxiety worse....

The Gottman Method aims “to disarm conflicting verbal communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy, and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship.” Background The Gottman Method is based on decades of research. Over more than 40 years, John Gottman has performed hundreds of empirical studies with over 3,000 couples. During that time, he and his colleague Robert Levenson performed a series of longitudinal studies that found that some marriages end in divorce while others succeed due to the way couples interact....

What Are Anxiety and Fear? Anxiety and fear are natural human emotions. They are our body’s alarm system. They occur in response to situations where we may be in danger or at risk for some kind of harm. Fear is an emotion that is experienced when we are actually in a dangerous situation, whereas anxiety is an emotion that occurs when we expect or anticipate that something unpleasant may happen. Take the analogy of riding a rolling coaster....

Although the relationship between anxiety and illness has been established, it is a bit of a chicken-and-egg scenario as far as the causal relationship between the two. Does anxiety trigger biological processes that lead to physical health problems? Does poor physical health (e.g., migraines or arthritis) lead to anxiety? Or does something else, such as genetic or environmental factors, cause both anxiety and physical health issues? What research has clearly shown is that those who have physical health problems complicated by anxiety tend to have worse symptoms, respond less well to treatment, and are more likely to have fatal illnesses....

Signs of Anorexia in Teens Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that causes the person to severely restrict what they eat or drink. A person with anorexia is often underweight, but continues to feel overweight or “fat.” There is often a great fear of gaining any weight, despite the fact that the person is underweight. There are many and varied signs of anorexia in teens, including physical as well as emotional/behavioral symptoms....