Articles Tagged ‘personality’

Health & Healthcare | By May 23, 2008 | By JC, MD | 5 Comments

Patient Manifesto: What Do You Want & Expect From Your Doctor?

Health and Healthcare Category My last post about Doctors and Guns definitely generated some interesting comments. I really enjoyed reading the different perspectives and want to thank all readers for their comments. It has made me realize that this blog can be much more interactive and thus I will try to provide more stimulating posts. It has also made me realize that I need to watch carefully what I write here — so many of you quoted the post verbatim it’s a good thing I did not say anything too stupid! Read more →

Brain Blogging, Thirty-Third Edition | May 17, 2008 | 5 Comments

Welcome to the thirty-third edition of Brain Blogging. In this round, we cover a range of topics from personality disorders, crying men, mastering self-control, total body detoxification, and working out your brain to Martian invasions. If you were left out, just leave a comment with your blog entry.... Read more →

Are You Depressed Because You’re Introverted? | May 02, 2008 | 6 Comments

A study published in Psychological Science evaluated the link between happiness and personality traits in 973 twins. The authors found that happiness was heritable, and that it showed genetic linkage to certain personality traits. Those who were extroverted, open, agreeable and conscientious were more... Read more →

The Top Ten Secrets in the Mental Health Field, Part I | February 08, 2008 | 3 Comments

Starting today, I’m going to maintain a list of the ten biggest secrets in the Mental Health field. I humbly request that anyone who feels something is missing (or should be elevated or demoted), please post your opinion. If you have time, please give the rationale. I’ll be writing about... Read more →

The Neurodiverse vs The Cure | September 09, 2007 | 2 Comments

Who is neurodiverse? If you listen to the clinicians involved in brain scanning, the question is, “Who isn’t?” The definition of neurodiversity may come down to the line between, “how diverse?” and, “how much stigma?” Those of us who are diverse enough to lose... Read more →

The Evidence for Neurologically Determined Anorexia Nervosa Behavioral Patterns | May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

Recent research on behavioral characteristics displayed by anorexia nervosa (AN) and anorexia nervosa recovered (ANR) patients point strongly towards an anomalous pattern of activation of the pre-frontal cortex. Unlike in normal women, where food triggers off a reward system in the brain, AN and ANR... Read more →

Personality and Disease | May 03, 2007 | 0 Comments

An Indian sage said some 4000 years ago, “There are two classes of disease–bodily and mental. Each arises from the other. Neither can exist without the other. Mental disorders arise from physical ones, and likewise, physical disorders arise from mental ones.” The debate between duality... Read more →

The Parkinsonian Personality: A Habit of Highly Successful People? | March 03, 2006 | 2 Comments

Parkinson’s Disease. As soon as we hear this, we think “neurodegenerative”, “dopamine”, “Levodopa”, “tremor”, “basal ganglia”, and so on. However, it is odd for one to associate Parkinson’s to Personality. Some common personality... Read more →