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Could Lithium Explain — and Treat — Alzheimer’s Disease? (Harvard medical School) August, 6th, 2025
Treatment of Early-Onset Specified and Unspecified Bipolar Disorders: A Systematic Review and Strategies for Identifying and Managing a Thermally Dysregulated Subtype in Children (Acta Psychiatric Scandinavica) April 2025
Lithium Restores Brain Function and Behavior in Autism (Neuroscience News) December 27, 2024
For Youth: Basics for Supporting Friends (Mental Health America)
Anti-inflammatory Drug Boosts Motivation in Depression (Neuroscience News) September 2024
Up against a ‘ghost network’ for mental health care? Here’s what you can do (National Public Radio – NPR) September 2024
Gut Microbiome Disruption Linked to Aggression (Neuroscience News) September 2024
A Vision for Healing Parental Burnout (Low Demand Amanda Blog) September 2024
Policing the Neurodivergent (ADDitude Magazine) May 2024
Patients say keto helps with their mental illness. Science is racing to understand why (National Public Radio – NPR) January 2024
Lithium treatment extends human lifespan: findings from the UK Biobank (Journal Aging) – January 2023
The Latest Weapon Against Cancer is a Keto Diet? (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) June 2023
Understanding the Difference Between Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder (New York Presbyterian Health Matters)
The Chronic Trauma of Caring for Children With Mental Illness (Psychology Today) May 2023
Bipolar Disorder II – Frequently Neglected, Misdiagnosed (Psychiatric News APA) February 2023
UMaine Study Illuminates grief of parents of children with serious mental illness (UMaine News) February 2023
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills I Still Use Today (Psychology Today) January 2023
15 Grounding Techniques to Soothe Anxiety, From Therapists (Mind Body Green) January 2023
Living With Bipolar Disorder: My Top 9 Mental Health Hacks (Psychology Today) January 2023
Study Shows that Ketamine Switches Neuronal Activity in the Neocortex (Medical Press) December 2022
Source Article: Ketamine triggers a switch in excitatory neuronal activity across neocortex (Nature) November 2022
Length of REM Sleep Linked to Body Temperature (SciTechDaily w/ link to Lancet Article) November 2022
How Do psychedelics work? This brain region may explain their effects (PBS.org) October 2022
4 Mood Disorders Associated with Epilepsy September 28th, 2022
Psychiatric Service Dogs for Bipolar Disorder (Very Well Mind) August 2022
Adding Lithium Might Enable Ketamine’s Antidepressant Activity in Ketamine-Resistant Patients, Study Suggests (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation) March 2022
Understanding and Addressing the Ambiguity in Psychiatry (National Alliance on Mental Illness) October 2021
Kids in Illinois Will Soon Be Able to Take 5 Mental Health Days from School (NPR) September 2021
The Art of Self Compassion: How to Give Yourself a Break When You Have Mental Illness (Health Central) March 2021
Mood and gut disorders linked to impaired serotonin transport (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) January 2021
Ketamine is Revealing A New Understanding of Depression and the Brain (Elemental) January 2021
Dear ER Staff: My Son Never Asked to Be a Regular (The Mighty) August 2019
Managing the Fear of Being Included (Michael Brunstein, PsyD) July 2015
I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother (Liza Long, Gawker) December 2012
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Dr. Amador, Cambridge Talk on Helping People with Mental Illness (The LEAP Institute)
Be Happier in Spite of Your Life – Launch a Non-Profit for Families (Bold Brave TV) March 2023
Light Therapy for Bipolar Disorder (International Society for Bipolar Disorders) October 2022
Dark Therapy (International Society for Bipolar Disorders) October 2022
Introduction to Circadian Rhythms (International Society for Bipolar Disorders) October 2022
Seasonality and Bipolar Disorder (International Society for Bipolar Disorders) October 2022
Tips for Regular Routines (International Society for Bipolar Disorders) October 2022
The Science & Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (The Huberman Lab Podcast)
Lithium Works for Bipolar Disorder. Why Aren’t We Using It? (Medscape) January 2022
Discussion of the Kids We Lose with Dr. Ross Greene (Blog Talk Radio) 2020
A Mental Health Message from Santa Claus (National Alliance on Mental Health) 2020
Circadian Rhythms and Bipolar Disorder (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation) April 2019
Surviving with a Mental Illness (Eric Walton, TED-X) 2016
How Childhood Trauma Effect Health Across a Lifetime (Nadine Burke Harris TEDMED) 2014
Is Bipolar Disorder and Energy Disorder? (Brain & Behaviors Research Foundation) 2014
Listen
Why I Left the Network (ProPublica) August 2024
How to Parent Angry and Explosive Children with Dr. Ross Greene (Apple Podcasts)
What Are Metabolism and Metabolic Health, and How Do They Impact Mental Health? (Apple Podcasts)
Living with Bipolar Disorder: Maarten Open Up DW Documentary (YouTube)
The Huberman Lab Podcast (YouTube)
Chronobiology (Circadian Rhythms) – The Ologies Podcast (Amazon Music)
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Weight Loss – The People’s Pharmacy (Apple Podcasts)
In the Heat of the Moment: How Intense Emotions Transform Us (NPR) December 2019