While scientists have found evidence that income is linked with a person’s satisfaction with their life and other measures of happiness, less is known about the link between how a person spends their money and happiness. According to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder spending money in the pursuit of happiness is best […]
Nutrition and Mental Illness
Believing that drugs and psychoanalysis were not always the best course of treatment for a variety of mental illnesses, Carl Pfeiffer began an extensive program of research into the causes and treatment of mental illness, and in 1973 opened the Brain Bio Center in Princeton, New Jersey. Here, with a team of scientists, he found […]
Vitamin B12: Cyanocobalamin and Depression
This is the continuation in a series of articles about the profound effect of specific B vitamins in depression treatment. Vitamin B12, also known as cyanocobalamin, has been shown to have a favorable impact on depression. In a number of studies, vitamin B12 deficiency was related to mood disturbances that responded to subsequent B12 supplementation. […]
Alternative Therapies for Mental Health
In this modern era, there are as many treatment alternatives for psychiatric disorders as there are for medical problems. Yet, the question of whether to use standard, complementary or alternative therapies is often a matter of what is available. For example, if you’re experiencing depression in Europe, you’ll have a much easier time finding a […]