Mental Health Resources
Many different hormones play a pivotal roles in our mental health. While hormones have long been associated with changes in mood—such as anxiety and depression found in PMS or menopause—researchers have widened their scope to explore the hormonal influences on other psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, and more. Explore the resources below to learn more about the connection hormones and emotions, moods, memory, and more!
COGNITION AND MEMORY
How do hormones influence brain function? Discover how estrogen, testosterone, thyroid, and pregnenolone hormones effect the brain, cognition, and memory.
MOODS
Hormones effect emotional health and well-being throughout life, and understanding hormone balance may help explain changes in moods.
BOOK REVIEW – ADRENALINE DOMINANCE
Dr. Michael Platt’s book explores the significance of progesterone in moderating both the mental and physical effects of estrogen and adrenaline.
BLOOD SUGAR AND THE AGING BRAIN
Controlling blood sugar levels through a healthy diet and exercise may prove to be beneficial in maintaining healthy brain function throughout life.
BRAIN HEALTH AND HORMONES
Hormone deficiencies may exhibit common brain-related symptoms, including memory loss, poor concentration, and confusion.
BOOK REVIEW – DEPRESSION AFTER CHILDBIRTH
Mood changes after childbirth may result from endocrine disorders. Promptly identifying and treating these signs may help remedy postpartum depression.
BOOK REVIEW – THE END OF ALZHEIMER’S
Author Dr. Dale Bredesen demonstrates that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have treatment options to forestall and correct its devastating effects.
BOOK REVIEW – FEMALE BRAIN GONE INSANE
As women’s hormones fluctuate throughout various life stages, these hormone changes may produce changes to the hormone-brain chemistry balance.
HORMONES AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Exploring how hormones affect mental and emotional well-being helps us develop effective treatments for each patient’s needs to improve their quality of life.
HORMONES AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Damage to the pituitary and hypothalamus glands results in hormone imbalances that may cause a number of psychological, physiological, and physical symptoms.
HORMONES, MOOD AND EMOTION
Dr. Phyllis Bronson believes one of the keys to successful aging is being able to “hang out with uncertainty,” especially during such a transitional period in one’s life.
HORMONES ON OUR MINDS AND NERVES
Hormones may be useful for treating neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Alzheimer’s disease, and other mental diseases.
IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THYROID FUNCTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS?
Thyroid hormones affect the central nervous system and how thyroid dysfunction may lead to mental disorders like bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
BOOK REVIEW – MOODS, EMOTIONS AND AGING
Dr. Phyllis Bronson’s book explains how biochemical individuality could affect the mind, moods, and emotions with age.
A NEW TREATMENT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MEMORY LOSS
In Alzheimer’s disease the brain’s signaling system becomes imbalanced so that new memory connections are inhibited while more information is forgotten. Reversible metabolic processes may be involved in the early stages of Alzheimer’s.
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND THE POTENTIAL OF ALLOPREGNANOLONE
Postpartum depression is a widespread complication of pregnancy and childbirth that can affect a woman’s emotional, mental, and overall health.
