What is Anxiety?

Anxiety encompasses worry, tension, and fear. It is a common reaction to stressful situations such as arriving on time for an appointment or giving a presentation at school or work.
When you are nervous, your body produces chemicals that assist you cope with what is frightening you. These hormones increase your strength, speed, and rapid thinking, which might be beneficial during a stressful situation.
Anxiety disorders cause you to release these hormones on a regular or excessive basis.

Over 40 million adults in the U.S. (19.1%) have an anxiety disorder. Meanwhile, approximately 7% of children aged 3-17 experience issues with anxiety each year.

What is bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder is a mental condition characterized by significant mood swings, or alterations in energy, thought, and behavior.

Bipolar illness is curable, and there are several viable treatment options that include both medication and psychological therapy.

Treatment is tailored to the person, and people with bipolar illness may need to try many drugs before determining which one works best for them.

What is depression?

Depression is a common mental health disease that causes chronic unhappiness, a persistent low mood, loss of interest in activities and changes in your thoughts, sleep, eating, and behavior. There are several varieties. Depression is curable, generally by talk therapy, medication, or both. Seeking medical attention as soon as you have symptoms is critical.

What is schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia is a mental health illness that affects everything from your thoughts to your feelings, behaviors, and social interactions, but it does not have to dictate your life.

Substance use disorder (SUD) is a complicated illness characterized by uncontrolled use of a substance despite its adverse consequences. People with SUD have a strong focus, sometimes referred to as an addiction on consuming a certain substance(s), such as alcohol, tobacco, or other psychoactive drugs, to the point that their ability to function in daily life is hindered.

Repeated drug use can alter the way the brain operates. These alterations might remain long after the initial intoxication has worn off.

What is Suboxone?

Suboxone is a medication used to treat opioid (narcotic) drugs such as heroin or morphine dependency in drug abusers who have decided to get treatment.

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What is PTSD?

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness that can develop in persons who have encountered or seen a traumatic event, sequence of events, or combination of circumstances. An individual may see this as emotionally or physically hurtful, or as life-threatening, and it may have an impact on their mental, bodily, social, and/or spiritual well-being. Examples include natural catastrophes, major accidents, terrorist attacks, war/combat, rape/sexual assault, historical trauma, intimate relationship abuse, and bullying.

What is dementia?

Dementia is defined as the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to the point where it interferes with a person's everyday activities. Some persons with dementia lose control of their emotions, and their personalities may shift.

There are medications that can help delay illness development by targeting the underlying biology of the disease. They hope to delay the decrease in memory and thinking, as well as function, in persons suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's disease.