Can we talk about the mental load? This is not a new topic. Women have been talking about this for years. Honey, do we have more diapers? Sweetie, where are his clean... Read more »
The Lindsay Clancy trial is about criminal responsibility, but the public conversation surrounding it is also about something larger: what we expect from mothers, how we recognize women’s psychological suffering, and what... Read more »
Years ago, I learned that understanding the brain does not protect you from mental illness. I had a Ph.D. in neuroscience and worked as a patent lawyer specializing in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.... Read more »
In my last post, Diet Soda and the Brain, I described how artificial sweeteners like sucralose may affect hunger, memory, and gut-brain signaling. That raised an obvious question: If diet soda isn’t... Read more »
Awareness of perinatal and postpartum mental health issues is growing dramatically. Yet there remains no formal reproductive psychiatry certification for medical school residents. The lack of training means that only about 500... Read more »
We constantly overfeed our brains with digital inputs. Discover how to practice “mental fasting” to heal emotional exhaustion and restore your inner peace. I remember eating at a restaurant in Monaco with... Read more »
I’m sitting beside a brown, bald Santa Claus. Sort of. But instead of asking me what I want for Christmas, he’s asking me, “Who are you?” It’s taken a long time, a... Read more »
Providers and health organizations alike encourage children and families to pursue mental healthcare as if it were universally healing. Amidst the ongoing pediatric mental health crisis — characterized by increased rates of... Read more »
I grew up in a part of Fresno where people did not need clinical language to understand trauma. We called it the hood, the barrio, the trap, or the block. In places... Read more »
This Mental Health Awareness Month, new national data points to an encouraging reality: colleges across the United States are expanding mental health services at a record pace. According to recent findings, hundreds... Read more »