Important Topics

The Book:

• Purchase It's not Mental on Amazon
  
• Radio Interview on Self Aid Success Stories with Helen Woo
• Radio Interviews - Book Reading, Part 1   Book Reading,  Part 2
• About the book: Part 1
• About the book: Part 2 (from a doctor)
• Author Interview about BOTH Daughters 
• Book Awards for "It's Not Mental" (Categories: Biography, Education/Academic, and Best cover design - Non-Fiction)
• Independent Book Review on "Special Needs Parenting"

True Story - Bipolar and Off Meds:

• Part 1- Bipolar and Off Meds
  
• Part 2 - Getting Better
• Part 3 - Recovered: No Longer on Psychiatric Medications
  

Preparing for doctor visits:

• Medication History
  
• Medical History
  
• Record Delivery ("The Doctor Went Dumpster-Diving")
• Asking the Right Doctor the Right Question
• Psychiatrist vs Endocrinologist: Who is Responsible?
• Learn to Swallow Pills
  

Sleep, Light, Dark, Supplements, etc:

• Abnormal Sleep as a Cause of Mental Symptoms
  
• Sleep: Timing of Melatonin, Light, Dark, and Use of Other Aids
• Sleep: A Critical Yet Under-addressed Component of Health
• Hard-to-Find but Commonly Needed Hypoallergenic Supplements
• Brain Health: Omega-3 Fatty Acids ('Fish Oil')
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids (Fish Oil): DHA, EPA, and How Much is Enough?
• "Fish Oil": $$ and Favorite Brands of Omega-3 Supplements
• Brain Health: Vitamin D
• Methylated B Vitamins - Folate (B9) and Cobalamin (B12)

Stress:

• What is STRESS, and its relationship with Immune Response, and Illness?
• Stress and Our Children: How Much is Too Much?
• The Stress Connection: Meeting Hormonal, Nutritional, and Metabolic Needs Stress Effect on the Family

Mental vs Medical:

• Some Known Medical causes of 'Mental' Symptoms
• Bipolar and Off Her Meds (So was it "bipolar" or was it "allergies"?)
• Managing Symptoms Vs Treating Illness
• No Longer Bipolar / No longer Schizophrenic - Recovered, In Remission, or Misdiagnosed?
• Musings on “Medical Mysteries”
• ICD-10 vs DSM-V
• Is a Correctly Diagnosed Case of Schizophrenia, by Definition, “Mental”?
• Why does a child get a “mental” diagnosis when it is medical?
• Is Schizophrenia a “Psychotic Disorder”?
• Medical Causes for “Schizophrenia” are Found and Those Cases are still called “Schizophrenia”!?
• If We Know the Medical Cause, Then is it Still “Mental Illness”?
• Autism Is Not a “Mental Illness”

Investigating cause(s) of the non-psychological mental illness symptoms:

• ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) symptoms
  
• Abnormal Sleep?
• Sleep is Critical
• The Stress Connection
• Mitochondrial Dysfunction
• We have Sick Children
• Allergies, Asthma, and “Mental” Illness
• Gut, Brain, Bacteria, and Behavior
• Medical Causes-Partial List
• MEDICAL Causes called “Schizophrenia"
  
• What are some genetic causes of psychosis?
  
• Gluten Sensitivity and Symptoms of Schizophrenia
• Brain Health: The Gluten (Dis)Connection
• Brain Health: Cut Out The Casein (Doped with Dairy)
• Brain Health: The Thyroid Connection
• SSCD: When Hearing Things Is Not Schizophrenia
• Gluten Sensitivity and the Impact on the Brain (off-site article)
  
• List of Important Resources
  
• The Gluten File (off-site link)
  
• Investigating Underlying Medical Causes of Mental Symptoms (off-site link)
  
• Micronutrients (off-site link)
  
• In Need of Diagnosis, Inc (INOD) (off-site link)
  
• Know the Cause (off-site link) 

Genetics and Epigenetics:

• Specific Genes Inherited from Both Parents May Lead to Type of "Schizophrenia" (How schizophrenia can skip a generation)
• What are some genetic causes of psychosis?
  
• What is Epigenetics
  
• Brain Health: Nutrition and Epigenetics
  
• Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Psychiatric Symptoms
  

Please note that more information on many of the above topics can also be found in the "It's Not Mental" book.

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Last Updated: 11 August 2012