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Exploring the Connection Between Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorders

Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

Exploring the Connection Between Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorders As a parent, caregiver, or even a concerned family member, have you ever wondered whether the mood swings you witness in your loved one could be more than just emotional highs and lows? However, it’s not just about mood swings.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

This blog is not about the cruelty of psychiatric institutions, although they can be cruel. Instead, what this blog is about is earning the right to be freed from such societal constraints. Instead, what this blog is about is earning the right to be freed from such societal constraints.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

Mad in America

T here is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand. This idea went nowhere, until a birth defect crisis triggered by thalidomide, a sleeping pill, struck. Drugs like mirtazapine improve appetite and sleep; this is a tonic effect.

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35 Years Strong: Theo’s Journey of Sobriety, Recovery, and Mental Health Resilience

Santa Barbara Sanctuary Centers

Living on his own in San Carlos Hills at just 18, Theos life revolved around maintaining a facade of freedom and success while his addiction and mental health struggles grew unchecked. Theo dealt with bouts of bipolar disorder and deep-seated shame from his years of addiction. Courtesy of Theo Ressler.

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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 2: Rational Approaches to Recovery

Mad in America

Had I gotten anyone else, they might have dismissed me as drug-seeking or mentally ill. Dr. B ordered a sleep study. At this time, I had no idea that gut health (the enteric nervous system or ENS ) and inflammation had anything to do with psychological health and brain function. She quipped, “ Everyone has bipolar.”

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Treating Lawyers with Depression: One Psychologist’s Top 10 Tips

Lawyers with Depression

Depression is a mental health disorder that affects roughly 10 to 15 percent of the general population. He cites (1) pessimism ; (2) feelings of helplessness and (3) the win-loss mentality so common in the practice of law. Take your mental health seriously. and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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