Autism, Schizophrenia and CNV in 16p11.2
Image via Wikipedia There is a letter published in the advance online edition of Nature Genetics, that reports that microduplication of genes in the region 16p11.2 are associated with the risk of...
View ArticleAm happy, will broaden-and-build; am angry, will narrow-and-save
Image via Wikipedia Regular readers of this blog will be aware of my conception of positive emotions in terms of promotion focus and negative emotions in terms of prevention focus. Today I will try...
View ArticleBook review: A Lethal Inheritance
Rethink Mental Illness (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today, i.e. 15th may 2013 is being celebrated as a mental health blog day by APA and in the spirit of the day I am posting a review of ‘A Lethal...
View ArticleDepressive symptoms
On the Threshold of Eternity (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I was reading ‘Depression’ by Aaron T Beck, who was instrumental in pioneering the treatment of depression with the cognitive behavioral approach,...
View ArticleThe BioPsychoSocioEnvironmental model
Most of us have heard about the BioPsychoSocial model of mental illnesses and have also heard about the stress-diathesis model. Today as I was contemplating the two, taking cue from my ABCD model of...
View ArticleA tale of two diseases
I have Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). I am also bipolar. Now which of the above statements shocked/ surprised you more? If I am guessing correctly the latter statement about my being bipolar came...
View ArticleAutism, Schizophrenia and CNV in 16p11.2
Image via Wikipedia There is a letter published in the advance online edition of Nature Genetics, that reports that microduplication of genes in the region 16p11.2 are associated with the risk of...
View ArticleAnxiety, Depression and the Internalizing Spectrum
Pathological mental health problems in children and young adults have been classified into externalizing (substance abuse, conduct disorder etc) and internalizing disorders (depression , anxiety etc)....
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