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Society continually feeds the notion that culture and environment affect the brain and strongly contribute to one’s successes or failures. Culture contributes to functional subsystems in the brain that might not otherwise exist and research shows culture influences brain functioning, however, environment, language, social, economic, and biological factors along with language have a much bigger …

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Have you noticed the latest vitamin craze? Although no vitamin is a miracle drug, Vitamin D is in the news again. Medical journals and the internet are full of well substantiated studies and amazing results. Researchers have discovered vitamin D may play an important role in mental health and in depression. Studies show Vitamin D …

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A new buzz word in the mental health community is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT is a general term for a classification of therapies with similarities. Various approaches include Dialectic Behavior Therapy, Rational Living Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Rational Behavior Therapy, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. In short, CBT is a form of treatment focusing on the …

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