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Mental Disorders refers to a wide range of mental health conditions that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors. A mental illness can make you miserable and can cause problems in your daily life, such as at school or work or in relationships. Signs and symptoms of mental illness can vary, depending on the disorder, circumstances and other factors. Mental illness symptoms can affect emotions, thoughts and behaviors.
Ask Dr. Nick On today’s episode, Dr. Nick talks about how light can be used as a therapy tool to improve symptoms in patients with sleep disorders and depression. The circadian rhythm is the 24-hour cycle that consists of day (light) and night...
Ask Dr. Nick On today’s episode, Dr. Nick talks about the relationship between diet and mental health. The Standard American Diet (SAD) contains about 60% processed foods (carbs, sugar, and oils), which can all be inflammatory. Because mental health...
Ask Dr. Nick On today’s episode, Dr. Nick talks about Alzheimer’s disease and some ways to decrease risk. Alzheimer’s disease affects the hippocampus, which is the brain area that converts short to long-term memory. This causes a slow regression of...
There is a large relationship between mental health problems and digestive disorders. For example, anxiety is five times higher in individuals with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) than in those with no IBS symptoms, and among anxiety sufferers, rates of IBS (and...
Due to its shape, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease moves faster in tissue than in blood and can burrow into any structure throughout the body. Lyme disease is technically caused by a spirochete bacteria that looks like a corkscrew. Typically Lyme disease...
Close to 1 in 5 US adults live with a mental illness (47 million people), with only half actively receiving treatment. Unknown to most people, our emotions, cognition, behavior, and mental health are influenced by a large number of foreign microbes and viruses that...
With the COVID-19 pandemic all around us, there is a serious concern that mood disorders will exponentially increase across the globe. Mood disorders are currently reported in up to 1 in 3 individuals in the United States. While social isolation has been...
History of Movement and Mood In 1804 Joseph Mason Cox published a book called “Practical Observations on Insanity.” In this book, there is a chapter discussing a chair that allowed doctors to rotate patients in circles in order to improve psychiatric conditions....
As Americans and people all over the world live longer (large thanks to the technological advances in cardiology), there has been an increase in the number of people experiencing cognitive and memory problems towards the end of their life. Whether it is a mild...
Have you ever heard someone comment that they cannot walk and chew gum at the same time? Well, there may be some cognitive predictions that may stem from that statement. The ability to walk while performing cognitive tasks (such as mathematics or reciting every...
What Is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a very common disorder affecting people of all ages. Most people experience symptoms early on and are usually diagnosed before the age of 19. However, it is not uncommon for...
There have been multiple studies conducted attempting to study the areas of the brain involved in depression. Studies look at depression in the brain from various perspectives-functional, chemical, structural. For the purpose of this blog, we are going to focus on...
What is Actually Happening in the Body During Times of Anxiety? Chronic anxiety may be the result of an imbalance in the nervous system, more specifically in the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system controls all of the involuntary survival...
First, How Common is Anxiety? Anxiety is so much more prevalent in the United States today than is recognized. Currently over 40 million Americans suffer from some form of anxiety EVERYDAY. Anxiety is the experience of environmental stressors which is marked by...
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