Yearly Archive for 2012
Shifting Paradigms of White Matter Diseases
Oligodendrocytes, the cells that make “white matter” white play an important role in conducting signals through the brain and spinal cord. The breakdown and loss of oligodendrocytes has long been implicated in demyelinating disorders, most notably multiple sclerosis (MS). However, scientists increasingly understand that oligodendrocytes dysfunction may be to blame for neuropsychological disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Split-Object Representations – Implications for Interpersonal Attachment and Bonding
The development of the self is known to be quite contingent on the multiple inputs from others, particularly during the first seven to nine years of our development. We cannot develop a cohesive sense of mind and self without ascertaining the minds and selves of others. This is particularly true of those who are significant others such as our primary caretakers.
Is Grief a Mental Illness?
Nearly every person has suffered the death a loved one. And, in nearly every case, the people left behind experience intense sadness, feelings of loss, an inability to concentrate, crying, and sleeplessness. In other words: grief. The debate surrounding revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) questions whether this grief is a normal human process or a mental disorder that requires diagnosis and treatment.
Depression – A Disease of the Heart
Depression is not just a disease of the mind. Depression hurts the heart, too.It is well known that major depressive disorders increase the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Dysfunctional autonomic control of the cardiovascular system is likely one cause of this relationship, but the true cause-and-effect of the association with depression is unknown. Poor recovery after exercise is indicative of dysfunctional autonomic control, and, recently, the first study examining the relationship between depression and post-exercise recovery was published.
Popular Posts
- Mind Games - Science's Attempts at Thought Control
- The Science of Stuttering
- Risks of Personalized Medicine
- Intelligence - Are You Holding Back Your Brain?
- Is Grief a Mental Illness?
- The Brain's Buying Power
- The Cost of a Good Night's Sleep
- Inside Your Brain on Holiday
- Risk Factors for Recurrence of Depression
- Salvia Divinorum - DEA Control over Magic in the Mint
Future Posts
Latest Posts
- Intelligence – Do You Need it to be Successful?
- A Trip for Terminal Patients
- Memory Ain’t What It Used to Be – And That’s Good for Psychotherapy
- The Science of Stuttering
- Are Your Friends Making You Fat?
- Beer – The Smarter Drink
- Macroeconomics and Suicide
- From Nymphomania to Hypersexuality
- Commitment – It’s the new Love
- Religion and Depression – Cause or Effect?
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