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July 24, 2024
Bipolar disorder type I (BP-I) is considered by the DSM-V to be a cross between a psychotic disorder because of the tendency towards obsessive fixations and a mood disorder due to the wild and often sudden presentations of emotional affect (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Read more…
June 11, 2024
There is enormous value in understanding the neurobiological mechanisms that underscore addiction and chemical dependence, but the perspective must never be lost that the true root of addiction is completely psychological (Ewald et al., 2019). Addiction is the result of an emotional Read more…
May 25, 2024
One of our family mottoes is, “If you can’t make your own neurotransmitters, store-bought is fine.” However, there is a society-wide excess of assuming neurotransmitter dysfunction when mental health issues might be much more psychological or even situational. This brings Read more…
May 20, 2024
First appeared in PSY620 Learning and Cognition, UAGC, May 20, 2024. Before I get started, I would like to define a couple of terms for the sake of clarity. To avoid ableist language by assuming a “typical” or “normal” state, Read more…
April 15, 2024
This paper appeared as a discussion post in PSY620: Learning and Cognition, on April 15, 2024. Before I get into the discussion between Watson and Bandura (and by extension behaviorism versus cognitivism, respectively), I would like to revisit and clarify Read more…
July 20, 2022
This piece first appeared as a discussion post for the course JRN200 at the University of Arizona Global Campus. …a popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a Read more…
July 10, 2022
This article first appeared as a discussion post for the JRN200 course at University of Arizona Global Campus. I mentioned briefly before that a democratic society is not defined by what kind of government structure or economic system it uses Read more…
July 5, 2022
This article first appeared as an assignment in Cognitive Psychology at UAGC in my undergrad studies. It was submitted July 5, 2022. Communication is an endemic feature of all life, and it manifests across a dizzying range of methods from Read more…
January 10, 2022
*knuckles crack* Disclaimer: I am autistic and also have been diagnosed with ADHD, GAD, and MDD. Six of my eight children are also autistic, each in their own way, ranging from “I had no idea he was autistic” to non-verbal and Read more…
December 1, 2021
First published December 1, 2021, as the final course assignment for JRN200 at the University of Arizona Global Campus. Loosely defined, journalism is a genre of writing that reports on events relevant to the public. “The press” is a catch-all Read more…