Brain-Body Evidence

August 13, 2007

Why We Overlook Celiac and Gluten Sensitivity

This is the first in a series of celiac and gluten sensitivity reports taken directly from an interesting series of posts by Dr Scot Lewey, a gastroenterologist who "gets it" with gluten sensitivity. and regularly reports on the downstream psych and neurological effects.
August 11, 2007

Brain Blood Flow Gives Clues to Treating Depression

The usefulness of established molecular imaging/nuclear medicine approaches in identifying the “hows” and “whys” of brain dysfunction and its potential in providing immediately useful information in treating depression are emphasized in a study in the August Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
August 8, 2007

PCOS: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Deep Psych

At first PCOS looks like *just a hormone dysregulation,* but on careful review turns out to connect with multiple nutritional and metabolic issues, from thyroid, to adrenal, to carbohydrate addiction, to insulin resistance, and to many psych presentations
August 2, 2007

Estrogen Dominance: Psych and Homones over at CorePsychPodcast

We talk about unmonitored excessive estrogen from teen years and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, to midlife menstrual problems, endometriosis, fibroids, early hysterectomy... and on to problems with menopause. "Pervasive" does not begin to encapsulate this remarkably overlooked problem in our psych offices.