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. Teaching classes was meditative and kept me centered in the present moment.

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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. Levels of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin also increase with exercise, thus improving focus, working memory, and mood to enable better learning. 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. Patients may hide symptoms or present somatic complaints. Comorbidities : 75% report lifetime mood disorder (usually MDD).

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