Tag: science
group name: depression
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April 07, 2008 01:02 PM EDT --
In January 2008, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published a study that seemed to question the effectiveness of antidepressants. Since then, I've been fielding occasional questions from . . .
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April 19, 2008 10:40 AM EDT --
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There has been a great deal of research on schizophrenia. Some of it dates back to the time it was called "dementia praecox". One approach, used by Hoffer & . . .
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February 02, 2008 11:44 AM EST --
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Psychology is the science of behavior. The science of normal behavior was studied extensively by Wilhelm Wundt of Germany. He wrote many versions of a text called Physiological . . .
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November 23, 2007 02:04 PM EST --
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In 1968 Linus Pauling introduced orthomolecular medicine. At the time he was interested mostly in vitamin C, a substance found mostly in plant foods. He favored the right amounts . . .
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January 05, 2008 11:04 AM EST --
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Linus Pauling introduced "orthomolecular psychiatry" in 1968 with a brilliant paper in Science. Soon he expanded the orthomolecular concept to cancer, atheroscerosis, . . .
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January 30, 2008 09:41 AM EST --
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One of my controversies in psychiatry is also a controversy in animal rights. I am advocating a vegan diet to treat mental illness, cancer, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, . . .
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February 12, 2008 12:14 PM EST --
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An old joke is that neurologists know everything and do nothing, neurosurgeons know nothing and do everything, and psychiatrists know nothing and do nothing. This is not a kind . . .
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April 19, 2008 10:34 AM EDT --
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I have formulated a complex theory of schizophrenia. This theory is presented in my previous articles. I feel that there are two treatment options. One option is a diet very low . . .
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June 10, 2008 09:50 AM EDT --
"The membrane alterations found in platelets of schizophrenic patients look like the alterations found in the central nervous system. Big vacuoles originates of the same ones with presence of inclusion . . .
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May 10, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
"It is not ... that some people do not know what to do with truth when it is offered them, but the tragic fate is to reach, . . .
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January 19, 2008 11:43 AM EST --
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There has been quackery in neuroscience just as there has been quackery in cancer research and all branches of medicine, unfortunately.
Brain Anatomy
Early investigations . . .
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February 09, 2008 10:51 AM EST --
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The first great German psychiatrist was Wilhelm Griesinger of the 19th century. After Griesinger came psychologist Wilhelm Wundt, who reviewed work prior to 1902 in his book Physiological . . .
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January 19, 2008 11:36 AM EST --
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One of the most famous American psychiatrists has been Dr. Silvano Arieti. He has edited two sets of volumes of the American Handbook of Psychiatry. He has also written books, . . .
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January 10, 2008 10:45 AM EST --
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Many diseases are metabolic ones. There are chemical imbalances that need to be corrected. An example of this is diabetes. Diabetes is treatable by diet and also treatable by . . .
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October 20, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
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Some people compare the brain to a computer. I feel that this is not an accurate comparison because the brain is more complex than the entire Internet!
The Brain
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November 29, 2007 12:47 PM EST --
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"The future depends on what we do in the present." Mahatma Gandhi
A British group found abnormal tryptophan metabolism in depression.
"The accumulation . . .
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February 13, 2008 10:36 AM EST --
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I feel that there is a strong connection between tryptophan, which is found in the diet, and mental illness. This is not the only factor in mental illness. I feel that stress . . .
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January 11, 2008 11:25 AM EST --
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The history of psychiatry is so vast that I will most likely write a series of articles on it. There have been a lot of false theories and quackery, but I prefer to concentrate . . .
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August 25, 2007 02:29 PM EDT --
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I have been interested in drug side effects for a long time, but I have also been interested in alternative treatments. I have been trying to invent a diet to treat mental illness. . . .
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January 23, 2008 10:27 AM EST --
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At the Judge Rotenberg Center for the retarded in Massachusetts they give electric shocks to the retarded as "treatment". When a retarded person does something . . .
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