Sabtu, 27 Oktober 2012

What is Evolutionary Psychiatry?

I am in the midst of a new academic year of talks. Last week I went to the Brigham and Women's Hospital behavioral neurology interest group talk, and last Thursday to Boston University Medical Center Psychiatry Grand Rounds.  I do like these academic talks, though naturally the audience is much more skeptical than the Ancestral Health Symposium and PaleoFx folks. Skepticism is good. Keeps me...
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Kamis, 18 Oktober 2012

Depression: A Cosmetic Cure?

"Fake it until you make it." This phrase, though often met with derision, constitutes some practical advice when dealing with a devastating problem like chronic depression.There are, at the base of it, two major psychotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of depression. One way to explore relationships and history to find past trauma and metabolize it in order to get through it and better under...
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Jumat, 12 Oktober 2012

Omega 3, the Elderly, and Getting It Right

New study seen on twitter (as I see most cool stuff, partly because I can't really bear facebook and am pretty bad about checking out the usual blogs these days).The Strokes. Last Night.The Study (free full text): Older Women, Depression, Omega 3 Ratios, Inflammation, and SupplementationBam. I'm getting all Emeril about it because finally we are getting some thoughtful and complete studies. We're...
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Senin, 08 Oktober 2012

Researching the viability of ketogenic diets for therapeutic usage was one of the original interests that launched this blog. And while there is growing data for brain cancers and even a Cochran review for the use of ketogenic diets in epilepsy, the bipolar story has always been theoretical.Churchill: Change (song starts at about 30 secs)Ketogenic (very low carbohydrate and low protein) diets...
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