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The evidence on exercise and brain health is, at this point, about as robust as any finding in behavioral medicine. It is not disputed. It is not provisional. It is one of the strongest modifiable fac...
Read article →Testosterone has acquired a peculiar mythology in popular culture. It is blamed for aggression, credited for ambition, marketed as the secret ingredient in male vitality, and sold in the form of suppl...
Read article →Body dysmorphic disorder in men is one of the most invisible mental health crises in contemporary culture. It sits at the intersection of conditions that men are rarely diagnosed with, a cultural cont...
Read article →Men cry less than women, on average, across most of the cultures where this has been measured. The research on this is consistent and fairly robust. What is far less certain is what that difference me...
Read article →The prostate cancer screening decision is one of the most psychologically loaded conversations in men's healthcare, and it rarely receives the kind of nuanced attention it deserves. It is not a simple...
Read article →Erectile dysfunction and anxiety exist in one of the most self-reinforcing negative feedback loops in all of men's health. An episode of ED, for whatever reason, creates anxiety about whether it will...
Read article →The waiting rooms of fertility clinics are filled with people who have been told, in various ways, to stay positive. Think good thoughts. Reduce stress. Visualize success. The advice is well-intention...
Read article →When people think about pelvic floor dysfunction, they typically think about physical symptoms: leaking when you sneeze, pain during sex, a heaviness in the pelvis that wasn't there before. What almos...
Read article →Birth trauma is one of the most underrecognized psychological injuries in modern medicine. Millions of people give birth each year, and a meaningful portion of them walk away from the experience not w...
Read article →PMDD Treatment: Serious Options for a Serious Condition Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is not severe PMS with a fancier name. It's a distinct condition in the DSM-5, with specific diagnostic criteria...
Read article →Postmenopausal Brain Fog: What It Is and What You Can Do About It One of the least talked-about experiences of the postmenopausal transition is the cognitive one. Difficulty retrieving words that were...
Read article →PMS Mood Management: Beyond "It's Just Hormones" The phrase "it's just hormones" has done a remarkable amount of damage over the years, functioning simultaneously as a dismissal and a dead end. Yes, t...
Read article →Perimenopause and Anxiety: When Hormonal Shifts Hijack Your Mental Health Perimenopause doesn't announce itself with a memo. For many people, it arrives as a months-long escalation of anxiety, sleep d...
Read article →Breastfeeding sits at one of the strangest intersections in maternal health: it is simultaneously promoted as the optimal choice for infant health, romanticized in public discourse, and almost entirel...
Read article →Pregnancy Anxiety: Managing Fear in the First Trimester The first trimester of pregnancy is many things at once. It's a time of profound biological transformation, of rapid and invisible development,...
Read article →PCOS and Emotional Health: Hormones, Body Image, and Mental Load Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disorder that affects somewhere between 8 and 13 percent of people with ovaries during their re...
Read article →Diabetes Distress: The Emotional Weight of Managing a Chronic Condition Diabetes management requires something no other chronic condition quite matches: constant, daily, vigilant self-management that...
Read article →Thyroid Disorders and Mood: When Your Metabolism Affects Your Mind The thyroid gland sits quietly at the base of the throat, producing hormones that influence nearly every cell in the body. When it's...
Read article →Autoimmune Disease and Depression: When the Immune System Attacks the Mood The relationship between autoimmune disease and depression has long been observed at the clinical level — practitioners notic...
Read article →Migraine and Anxiety: More Than a Comorbidity If you've spent time in headache medicine or chronic pain circles, you've heard the word comorbidity more times than you can count. Two conditions are com...
Read article →Expanding Your Window of Tolerance: Building Nervous System Capacity Most people first encounter the phrase "window of tolerance" in a therapist's office, usually when they're already outside of it. T...
Read article →IBS and Anxiety: Which Comes First and Why It Matters If you've ever had butterflies before a big presentation, or felt your stomach clench during a difficult conversation, you've experienced the gut-...
Read article →Endometriosis and Mental Health: Beyond the Physical Pain Endometriosis is a condition in which tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the uterus — on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, pelvic...
Read article →Chronic Pain and Acceptance: What ACT Can Do When Nothing Else Has There's a particular kind of despair that comes after the fifth treatment that didn't work, the third specialist who shrugged, the mo...
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