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Manage Your Stress

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Adolescence
No Way Did I Want to Die

Joseph A. Shrand M.D. on May 22, 2015

Adolescents want to feel pleasure, takes risks and be social. Add in a brain that is impulsive and emotional and you have a set up for potential addiction. This is a story about just such a teen.

Adolescents want to feel pleasure, takes risks and be social. Add in a brain that is impulsive and emotional and you have a set up for potential addiction. This is a story about just such a teen.

Relationships
Hate, Love, and Adolescent Addiction

Joseph A. Shrand M.D. on December 29, 2014

What every parent should read if their child has an addiction, and what every family member should read if they gather together for the holidays.

What every parent should read if their child has an addiction, and what every family member should read if they gather together for the holidays.

Persuasion
The Influence Of, And On, Epigenetics

Joseph A. Shrand M.D. on July 28, 2012

Our genetic code is neither immutable nor controls us but is fluidly influenced all the time by the world around us and the world we choose to create.

Our genetic code is neither immutable nor controls us but is fluidly influenced all the time by the world around us and the world we choose to create.

Stress
Four-Way Stop Sign

Joseph A. Shrand M.D. on July 8, 2012

You can almost feel the blood pressure going up in the drivers that were following the rule.

You can almost feel the blood pressure going up in the drivers that were following the rule.