Mad in America

APRIL 12, 2024

My lovely psychiatrist, Dr. Volls, advised me on the concept of “mood management.” A nutrition geek and nature fanatic who loved learning about the healing power of food, I could not wrap my mind around how I needed prescriptions to balance my brain. Years later, my youngest brother was hospitalized for type 1 diabetes.

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Sleep and mental health Nutrition and mood Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain 122

ADDitude

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

2, 3, 4 Lifestyle factors such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep exert epigenetic changes on DNA that influence how strongly or weakly ADHD genes are expressed. People with ADHD are more likely to get into car accidents, 24 become hospitalized, and engage in self-harmthan are their neurotypical peers. Int J Eat Disord.

Eating disorders 131

Eating disorders Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Nutrition and mood Insurance 131

Bullet Psych

AUGUST 12, 2022

Today we will continue our current theme of eating disorders as we discuss anorexia nervosa. Body weight and shape become an obsessive and all-consuming preoccupation of thoughts, behaviors, and mood. These medical disorders usually do not manifest as an intense fear of weight gain or disturbed body image.

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Eating disorders Nutrition and mood Genetics and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 52