GROW YOUR BRAIN
WHAT IF WE HAD A SIMPLE HABIT that would grow our brain, lengthen our life, and help eliminate depression? Would you be interested? Maybe not, because few people are actually doing it. Only about one person in four. I am … Read More
Do Statins Damage Mental Health?
I just read a new report. It turns out that drugs that lower cholesterol, including statins, damage memory. The article appears in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. The lead author is Brian Strom.| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26054031 The findings are … Read More
ACTIVITY & THRIVING
I just posted a new YouTube video. Take a look, share it, leave a message. What about it? What do you do that gives you energy and a sense of competency?
NUTRITION AND MENTAL HEALTH
posted in: Articles, Eating for mental health, Enhancing Mental Health, Exercise, Lifestyle changes, Psychotherapy | 2
A PRESS RELEASE from Medical Express (http://medicalxpress.com/) from January 28 (but just showing up in my inbox!) is a press release from the University of Melbourne. That’s in Oz, of course. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-diet-nutrition-essential-mental-health.html “Diet and nutrition essential for mental health” publicizes … Read More
AGING VS THRIVING
posted in: Articles, Baby Boomers, Enhancing Mental Health, Exercise, Lifestyle changes, Resiliency, Retirement | 13
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I like intense intermittent exercise. I can get much of the value of longer exercise episodes in fifteen minutes. Since the body likes habit and routine, High Intensity Interval Training is a way to keep … Read More
STAND UP AND LIVE!
A recent report in Medscape pointed out that the total time we spend sitting has a direct relationship with early death. Yes, and I am sitting as I type this. Am I suicidal or what? Here is the link. If … Read More
Lifestyles solutions
On Dec. 10 I interviewed Sandra Scheinbaum, Ph.D. on functional medicine. She is a psychologist, and has been in a practice with other therapists, medical doctors, and a psychiatrist. Her core argument is that psychotherapy has been too narrow to … Read More
WALKING MEDITATION
Walking as a treatment for depression is a good idea. Reports vary, but most suggest that there is a small, positive effect from encouraging people to exercise.[i] I have seen patients who had a large and reliable response to walking … Read More
DEFEATING AN ANTIDEPRSSANT SIDE EFFECT
Women on antidepressants experience a diminishing of sexual desire. In the STAR*D large, multi-site study on depression, 50% of women suffered sexual side effects from antidepressants. Thus, while antidepressants help patients recover from depression, they also reduce the desire for … Read More
TRACKING DEPRESSION AND INFLAMMATION
Dr. Ed Suarez at Duke has published another study on c-reactive protein and depression. You can read the announcement here: http://tinyurl.com/LynnJ-creactiveproteinstudy For years now we have been learning how depression appears to have a large component of inflammation. Dr Charles … Read More