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Nutrition and Mental Health: 10 Foods That Boost Your Mood

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The Connection Between Nutrition and Mental Health Your mental health and dietary choices share a powerful bond. Research shows that nutrition plays a crucial role in mental health , directly influencing brain chemistry, emotional well-being, and psychological resilience.

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Ten Years Later: Still Shooting the Odds

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I do not think that anyone who has not already experienced akathisia can realistically be prepared for this possibility through informed consent; it is simply too uncomfortable to be fully imagined in advance. Dr. Read recognizes the need for greater education of mental health professionals to assist with deprescribing.

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Mental Health And The Gut-Brain Connection – It’s More Complicated Than You Think

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If you work to look after your mental health, you may have heard about the gut-brain connection. You may be wondering: Is there a link between gut health and mental health? For a long time, the gut might be the last place a person looked when concerned about their mental health. Read on to learn more.

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Systemic Insanity

Mad in America

To understand mental illness, we first need to understand what a person really is. Psychologists help people who feel bad and doctors prescribe medicine for broken brains with a lack of one or another neurotransmitter. Mental illness is usually caused by something happening. First and foremost with information.

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How Does Mental Health Affect Our Brain (And Vice Versa)?

The London Psychiatry Centre

If you or a loved one are suffering with a mental health problem, you may be at a loss. When first-line treatments havent worked, sufferers and their loved ones often begin to wonder about the science of it all, asking: how does mental health affect our brain (and vice versa)? But what if they are not?

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Our Medical System Protects Wrongdoers and Punishes Whistleblowers: An Interview with Carl Elliott

Mad in America

Elliott’s critical work in bioethics has earned him numerous accolades, including the Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media and a fellowship at the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Dhar: When you pushed for more information, what was the response of the institution, colleagues, and others?

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New Study: Cognitive Aerobic Exercise Boosts Working Memory

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Previous research has shown that exercise relieves ADHD symptoms by increasing endorphins and neurotransmitters in the brain. a clinical psychologist and a professor in the departments of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Oregon Health & Science University. Mind-Body Exercise for Working Memory Mind-body exercises (e.g.,