Author: lionsgate

It is all too common for teenagers to experiment with drinking, and even other forms of substance abuse. Despite that fact that it is illegal for individuals under the age of 21 to consume alcohol, more than 1-in-10 people between the ages of 12 and 20 binge drink on a regular basis. As a matter of fact, studies have shown that drinkers who are underage typically consume more alcoholic drinks when they binge drink than legal-age adults who binge drink. For this reason, it is important to take steps to discourage teenage drinking with your own child. Here are some ways to do just that...

Bringing an addition into your family is a wonderful and beautiful time. You’ve slowly fallen in love with this being growing inside of you for over nine months, and when it’s finally time to introduce them into the world, you’re ecstatic. The first few days to weeks after having your baby will be some of the most wonderful and amazing days of your life. Despite the sleepless nights and poopy diapers, you’re so happy. When you first become a mother, it’s hard to think that you could ever be upset and even though you know postpartum depression exists, you think that there’s no way you could ever experience it. It’s the farthest thing from your mind. Because of this, if you do find yourself experiencing postpartum depression, you may be caught off guard, unsure of what to do.

It seems like every generation a different public health issue appears that must be handled by the country. Today, that health issue is addiction, the opioid epidemic in particular, and it is, medically, a more devastating disease than any other epidemic we have seen in the past century. In this opioid epidemic, just like with the AIDS epidemic that came in the 1980’s, it is primarily young adults who are at the biggest risk. Here is some information about the particular ways that millennials are more at risk in the opioid epidemic...

Anxiety orders have been, for a while, the most common mental illness in the United States. Nearly one out of every five American adults suffer from some sort of anxiety disorder, such as clinical depression. However, this isn’t only an American problem. Depression and anxiety are problems that people face all over the globe. Despite this prevalent problem, it is astounding that there are still so many social stigmas that surround the conversation about depression. The good news, though, is that the World Health Organization is setting out to change that...