Not Just a Matter of Degrees | Karen Lankford, PhD, Neuroscientist at Yale University
It has often been noted that the characteristic behaviors which we think of as making us human are all also observed in other animals, albeit to a lesser degree.
Is Telemedicine and/or Teletherapy a Good Idea? Part II | Karen Lankford, PhD, Neuroscientist at Yale University
Telemedicine/teletherapy is quickly changing the landscape of the provider-patient relationship. But is that a good thing?
What Do We Really Know About Schizophrenia? | Karen Lankford, PhD, Neuroscientist at Yale University
Our latest blog breaks down a short summary of what the scientific field broadly knows, thinks it knows, and does not know about schizophrenia.
Is Telemedicine and/or Teletherapy a Good Idea? Part I | Dierich M. Kaiser, MD, Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and Western Tidewater Community Services Board
Telemedicine/teletherapy is quickly changing the landscape of the provider-patient relationship. But is that a good thing?
No Perfect Brains | Karen Lankford, PhD, Neuroscientist at Yale University
Constructing a human brain is such a complex process that some small part of the project almost invariably goes a bit wrong. That means there is no such thing as a perfect brain.
Thank a Snail | Karen Lankford, PhD, Neuroscientist at Yale University
If you’ve ever successfully been treated for depression, you might want to thank a snail.
A Neuroscientist and A Psychiatrist Want Better Care and Development of Testing Tools | Karen Lankford, PhD, and Dierich M. Kaiser, MD
There is tremendous relief when a person finds their way into treatment surmounting all obstacles, but the challenges seem to be never-ending.
I Blame Descartes | Karen Lankford, PhD, Neuroscientist at Yale University
We have a group of serious medical conditions that we are not looking at as medical problems. We are not using all the tools in our toolkit to try and understand them or to educate the most susceptible populations to enable them to identify warning signs and seek treatment. Why is this? For this, I blame Descartes.
Minimal Standards for Brain Care | Karen Lankford, PhD, Neuroscientist at Yale University
Here are four simple things you might want to add to your life as a minimal standard of brain care.
The Psychiatrist’s Perspective on Depression | Dierich M. Kaiser, MD, Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and Western Tidewater Community Services Board
Human emotions live within a landscape filled with hills, valleys and vistas that are in-part visible and in-part invisible. We have to exert effort to see as much of our own emotional landscape as possible so that we can understand our emotional limitations and capabilities.