In our last article on the Brain Blog, we introduced the July topic of nutrition. We discussed how balanced nutrition is core to the body and brain's health, as well as the function of neurotransmitters and several nonprofit organizations devoted to combating hunger and insufficient nutrition. This week, we begin our more [...]
For July, the Brain Blog topic will be nutrition. Nutrition "encompasses an extremely broad range of medical, social, commercial, and ethical domains," and is a core part of our overall health (Lorenzo et al., 2017). Nutrition and diet are also an informative piece of a patient's history as what one eats are often [...]
In honor of PTSD Awareness Month, the Brain Blog has reviewed the work of Dr. Pradhan and colleagues. TIMBER (Trauma Interventions using Mindfulness Based Extinction and Re-consolidation of memories) psychotherapy is a treatment for PTSD and other disorders that combines Yoga and mindfulness techniques with skills and treatment methods based on cognitive [...]
In honor of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month the Brain Blog has devoted the past several weeks to review the research of Dr. Pradhan and colleagues. Dr. Pradhan led the development of TIMBER Psychotherapy, a mindfulness-based approach to treating PTSD and other disorders. In our introduction to TIMBER psychotherapy, we reviewed [...]
In honor of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, we began June’s Brain Blog update with a review of PTSD and a discussion of Dr. Pradhan and colleague’s system for treatment, TIMBER (Trauma Interventions using Mindfulness Based Extinction and Re-consolidation of memories). This week, we will examine the history and efficacy of [...]
June is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, with June 27th being PTSD Awareness Day. PTSD “develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event” (The National Institute of Mental Health Information Resource Center, 2019). While the body’s “fight-or-flight” response is a natural mechanism to protect oneself from [...]
Last week on the Brain Blog, we provided an overview of some common stigma around mental health. Internalized stigma, or self-stigma, can be damaging to an individual’s self-esteem and has been found to interfere with recovery across multiple types of disorders (Livingston, Milne, Fang & Amari, 2012; Ociskova et al., 2018). One [...]
In addition to ALS Awareness Month, May is also Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental Health Awareness Month was started in 1949 by Mental Health America to “provide practical tools that everyone can use to improve their mental health and increase resiliency regardless of the situations they are dealing with” (Mental Health America, [...]
Last week on the Brain Blog we reviewed the basics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in honor of ALS Awareness Month. This week we will be reviewing the histopathological features of ALS as well as new developments in potential treatments. ALS is largely defined by the degeneration of motor neurons in the [...]
This week and next week on the Brain Blog we will be presenting an overview of ALS followed by a review of cutting edge treatments and research on ALS. After exploring ALS, the remainder of May we will be discussing mental health in honor of Mental Health Awareness month. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [...]
