Tag: mental illness

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Adolescent stress causes mental illness, cognitive issues by lowering metabolism

It has long been known that pre-natal stress (e.g. stressed of the mother during pregnancy), as well…

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Serotonin (5-HT) causes anxiety, LSD and its derivatives may treat it

The so-called generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is perhaps the most commonly diagnosed mental health condition. Ergo, the…

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Chronic stress causes depression by depleting allopregnanolone

This is perhaps one of the very few articles that directly makes the claim that stress can,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Advertising Makes People Unhappy

Engineering demand is one of the main goals of marketing, and as such it is an indispensable…

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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…

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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…