Neuroscience Looks at Self-Consciousness
Self—the “I” we experience as our identities; in our bodies; with our histories and future possibilities; our personalities, our...
The Neural Circuitry of Bipolar Disorder
Back in March I discussed bipolar disorder’s very complex biology, which includes abnormalities in glial-neuronal interactions, immune...
Bipolar Disorder's Complex Biology
Bipolar disorder continues to present many problems for psychiatrists, starting with the diagnosis itself. Since Kraepelin first...
What Is the Connection between Bipolar Disorder and Creativity?
For centuries, insanity and creativity have been linked in the popular imagination. In the modern era, biographical studies of...
Twin Studies to Understand Comorbidity: The Case of Cannabis Use Disorder
Psychiatric patients usually meet diagnostic criteria for more than one disorder. Such “comorbidity” always raises questions of what...
The Genetics of Antidepressant Drug Resonses
When I looked at the genetics of placebo effects last June I was struck by the apparent overlap between the genes associated with...
Applying Clinical Trial Results in Psychiatric Practice
Mark Tonelli, a pulmonologist at the University of Washington who is also trained in philosophy, has written a series of papers which put...
The Cerebellum Modulates Thought, Emotions, and Relationships
For some time now I’ve been puzzled about the cerebellum. This pair of mini-hemispheres at the underside of the back of the brain...
Connectivity: A New Approach to How the Brain Functions and Its Disorders
In the last several years, a new level of analysis has shed light on how the brain functions, as well as on what may be going wrong in...
A Neuropsychoanalytic Model of Brain Function
Mark Solms, a neuropsychologist in Cape Town, South Africa, has for the last two decades been at the center the movement to enrich both...
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