TAG: mental disorders

Mood, Food and Bipolar Disorder: A New Prescription

Pamela Peeke, AlterNet Waking Times If you’re one of the estimated 5.7 million U.S. adults dealing with bipolar disorder, you know the potent control it can have on your moods, energy and emotions. What you may not know is how much power you have to control it. Thanks to an emerging science called epigenetics, researchers have

Neuroscience Shows How Meditation Can Vanquish Mental Disorders

Christina Sarich, Natural Society Waking Times Can mindfulness practice (meditation) help vanquish mental disorders? According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 7.7 million Americans suffer from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – approximately 3.3% of the US population when combined. Of these, approximately 40% of the individuals with schizophrenia and 51% of those with bipolar are untreated

Research Draws Link Between Personality Disorders and Animal Instincts

Frank Huguenard, Staff Writer Waking Times  According to new research in the field of consciousness, the traits and tendencies associated with the ten major personality disorders defined by modern psychologists have been found to be closely linked to any other types of natural instinctive animal and plant behavior seen in the world. Human beings are

Are Mental Disorders the Result of Neuroinflammation?

Case Adams, Naturopath Waking Times  New research is increasingly finding that not only are many cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia related to inflammation among brain tissues, but classic mental diseases such as schizophrenia and depression may also be connected to brain inflammation. Recent research from Japan’s Kyushu University Medical School


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