Mindfulness Medication

Hey team, Over Thanksgiving break I read a book discussing findings of more modern psychiatry research with the use of brain scans and genetic studies. Although it was not the most modern anymore since it was written a few years ago, I still learned quite a bit that I’d like to share. The main takeaways I got pertain to neuroplasticity and activity in specific brain regions. Familial depression, as labeled in the book, is not a discreetly defined term but one that refers to more severe and heritable depression as the name implies. We all know that there is a genetic component to mental illness along with developmental/ environmental. We can never pin down what the exact cause is, and we probably never will, as many are required to intersect in order for symptoms to manifest and possibly persist in the case of chronic psychiatric disorders. Familial depression is depression that seems to have a dominant genetic component that is less determined by environment as shown by twin adoption/ ...