Study Firms up Diet and Depression Link | Technology Networks
— Read on www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/study-firms-up-diet-and-depression-link-310567

Diet linked to depression!

Thinking about a past event that is troubling can understandably contribute to depression. New research shows how imagery rescripting can help counteract those negative emotions.
— Read on www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201809/you-cant-change-the-past-you-can-rewrite-your-history

Hmmm sounds interesting, and apparently it does work, at least for some people.

Why Some Childhood Abuse Victims are More Prone to Developing Certain Mental Illnesses – Neuroscience News
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/neurosciencenews.com/child-abuse-mental-health-9981/amp/

Childhood victims of abuse are more prone to developing certain mental illnesses. Seems pretty self evident.

It’s October 3rd again and mine and my family’s hearts are breaking again. On this day, my precious, beloved and very loving brother was born in 1964. He would have been 54 years old if bipolar disorder hadn’t stolen him from us when he was only 26 years old.

I can’t describe how sweet he was, how funny, how loving, how beloved. I can’t tell you how much I wish somehow, anyhow, he could have been saved.

Here’s a hotline anyone can use if they are feeling suicidal. Please get help.

Lifeline
— Read on suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Your depression can trigger “Anger Attacks.” When your temper flares, try these techniques. By Lori Hile As a young, stay-at-home mother of three small children, Sue went through periods when her patience seemed to be paper-thin. At those times, she would find herself screaming at her kids way too often, only to feel
— Read on www.hopetocope.com/when-irritability-anger-accompany-depression/

Such a true and helpful article! I have my angry moments, sometimes it’s when I’m feeling helpless or fearful.

There are many techniques in this article to help with anger. I know anger is a big issue with mood disorders, so read on.

A bone-marrow transplant treated a patient’s leukemia — and his delusions, too. Some doctors think they know why.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opinion/sunday/schizophrenia-psychiatric-disorders-immune-system.html

This is quite amazing! And yet more evidence that the immune system is involved in mental illness. So much evidence in this article, like when a cancer patient received a bone marrow transplant from a brother who had schizophrenia, he became schizophrenic as well!

Largest Ever Study of Genetic Links to Depression and Anxiety Launched | Technology Networks
— Read on www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/largest-ever-study-of-genetic-links-to-depression-and-anxiety-launched-309700

Inhaled Version of Blood Pressure Drug Shows Promise in Treating Anxiety, Pain | Technology Networks
— Read on www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/inhaled-version-of-blood-pressure-drug-shows-promise-in-treating-anxiety-pain-309437

Hopefully, a new treatment for anxiety!

New Molecule Capable of Halting and Reverting Neurodegeneration Caused by Parkinson’s Disease | Technology Networks
— Read on www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/new-molecule-capable-of-halting-and-reverting-neurodegeneration-caused-by-parkinsons-disease-309979

Wow! This is amazing! A “small SynuClean-D molecule interrupts the formation of the alpha-synuclein amyloid fibres responsible for the onset of Parkinson’s disease, and reverts the neurodegeneration” !!!

Bioidentical hormones are promoted as being safer than FDA-approved postmenopausal hormones, but their production is not regulated and their claims of effectiveness…
— Read on www.health.harvard.edu/womens-health/bioidentical-hormones-help-or-hype

Although this isn’t explicitly about mental illness, it is about menopause during which, sometimes mental illness symptoms arise and it is about the treatment for menopause, bioidentical hormones. It explains the difference between synthetic hormones and bioidentical hormones. I’ve been pretty confused about this issue and this article cleared up a few things for me. Read on!