Tag: mental illness
Chronic stress causes depression by depleting allopregnanolone
This is perhaps one of the very few articles that directly makes the claim that stress can,…
Deliberate self-injury may be driven by systemic inflammation
This study below is not really discussing metabolic topics, but I though it would be interesting to…
Vitamin D likely effective as an antidepressant
That is the simple conclusion of the largest meta-study to date. Namely, vitamin D in doses above…
Childhood stress causes mental illness in adults by blunting androgens
Yet another great study solidifying the evidence on just how detrimental early childhood stress is. It has…
A third of Americans show signs of clinical anxiety, depression
The news about deteriorating health of the population just keep piling on. The latest one below shows…
Advertising Makes People Unhappy
Engineering demand is one of the main goals of marketing, and as such it is an indispensable…
Serotonin causes anhedonia…and mental illness in general
As many of my readers know, anhedonia is one of the most pernicious symptoms of most mental…
Serotonin causes the startle response, and likely PTSD as well
As my readers know, I have posted quite a few threads in the past on the topic…
Chronic stress (adversity) lowers dopamine and causes mental illness
The evidence for the role of chronic stress in virtually every health condition doctors have a name…
PUFA and serotonin promote each other, and likely cause mental illness
I neat new study that draws a direct parallel between PUFA-driven inflammation, serotonin and depression. As the…