It is no secret that on this blog, I am a reductionist. All psychiatric illness (shoot, all of chronic Western disease) has the same pathology (inflammation) and starts with the same treatment (an anti-inflammatory lifestyle, including diet, healthy coping and stress amelioration, and good sleep).At an individual level, of course, it is not so simple. I can't be an effective doctor for...
Minggu, 29 Mei 2011
Jumat, 27 Mei 2011
I've devoted quite a few entires to autism (more properly called the autism spectrum disorders). Perhaps because the illness can be so devastating, attacks so young, and is so mysterious in its origin. I've migrated many of the autism entries over to Psychology Today, and the specifically nutritionally-related ones can be found here:Diet and AutismDiet and Autism - Newer Studies and Intriguing...
Selasa, 24 Mei 2011
Yesterday I received an email from Brent Pottenger offering up an open spot as a presenter at the Ancestral Health Symposium in a couple of months. Since I'm already going and I've already booked the accommodations, seems like a no-brainer to accept the invitation - also, I get to present with Jamie Scott, so double bonus! We will do something along the lines of evolutionary...
Senin, 23 Mei 2011
Posted over at Robb Wolf's site with a commentary by Mat Lalonde - a child with significant improvement in autism symptoms mere days initiating a casein free, gluten-free paleo diet:Scarlet's turnaround- Posted using BlogPress from my iPh...
Jumat, 20 Mei 2011
In my last post on cannabis, I reviewed some observational evidence that smoking marijuana could be seriously bad news if you have psychosis or relatives who do, putting you at higher risk for psychosis yourself. Ultimately there will be no gold standard randomized controlled trial - the design for that would be: randomize one group of teenagers at high risk for psychosis to smoking pot (hey,...
Selasa, 17 Mei 2011
Dopamine PrimerDopamine, the Left Brain, Women, and MenGenius and Madn...
Minggu, 15 Mei 2011
One of the best things about my blogging gig over at Psychology Today is that I've now attracted the attention of more researchers in the field from all over the world. I'm a clinician doing my work in a suburb of Boston - I know some pretty cool and important people who make amazing research contributions, but I am certainly not among them. Most of my musings here at Evolutionary Psychiatry...
Sabtu, 14 Mei 2011
At long last! Between Blogger going kaput for a couple of days and the usual stuff, my inositol post had to wait a bit. I'm sure more people are interested in cannabis, but those are a few days away, assuming I don't get distracted by something else along the way (as is so often the case).Anyway, the research team at Massachusetts General...
Rabu, 11 Mei 2011
I have some more refurbished posts up on Psychology Today - some are updated, and/or combined posts, and a couple of them have some pretty intense information that deserves a refresher even if you have read it before ;-)Autism and Ketogenic DietsADHD and Mom's Serotonin DeficiencySunlight, Sugar, and SerotoninAlso, a big thanks to the lovely people at the British Journal of Psychiatry, who have granted...
Sabtu, 07 Mei 2011
Back in 2003, Avshalom Caspi published a paper in Science that rocked everyone's world (at least in psychiatry): Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene. I know that doesn't sound all that exciting, but everyone who is anyone will pull a graph from this 4-page seminal Caspi work and ooh and aww over it....
Kamis, 05 Mei 2011
"So what's more important, doc? Genes or how you were raised?" I'm asked that question or a variation thereof quite frequently. Some people wonder how much they can do to truly change, and others are concerned about the risk of mental illness their children might have. It's an important question, and while the simple answer is, "both are important,"...
Minggu, 01 Mei 2011
Back in Diet and Violence, I presented evidence from two decently-sized randomized controlled trials of adding a multivitamin/multimineral/essential fatty acid supplement to normal prison fare. The trials were done about 8 years apart and in different countries, yet came out with a similar conclusion. Actual violent/discipline-requiring incidents committed by the prisoners who took the supplements...
A little post to keep me somewhat organized - though in many respects I don't like organization as it stomps my thinking patterns a bit. However, as life gets more complex, organization keeps the head above water. So here we are!1) Contacting me - through the Psychology Today blog and through some comments on this blog I do receive requests for contact. Unfortunately, these requests quickly...
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