May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so to continue with our trend of investigating the underpinnings of the brain, we are dedicating this month’s series to the origins and treatments of mental illness. Due in part to the innate complexity of the human brain, the roots of mental illness can be extraordinarily complicated to untangle. Many psychologists use what is known as a biopsychosocial approach to understanding mental health. This approach acknowledges that mental illness emerges from an interconnected web of biological, psychological, and social factors. Reducing any mental illness to simply a matter of faulty neurochemistry, a product of…
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So far, in our series on the architecture of thought, we’ve dissected the conductive power of neurons and the vast interconnected web of the peripheral nervous system. The nervous system is an incredibly complex machine, so you may be feeling overwhelmed by now (if you’re not overwhelmed, consider this: your nervous system is currently trying to understand the nervous system). Before we dive into the next section, let’s take a moment to ground ourselves using my favorite grounding exercise. Take a deep breath and settle into the space around you. Now, look around you and name five things you can…
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