Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More

by Christopher M. Palmer

we use epilepsy treatments in psychiatry all the time. They include medications like Depakote, Neurontin, Lamictal, Topamax, Valium, Klonopin, and Xanax.

•I will share with you five broad mechanisms of action that can explain the clinical and neuroscientific observations we see in all mental disorders.

Virtually all neurological disorders are associated with higher rates of depression, including strokes, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and epilepsy.

Psychiatric diagnoses are all based on the concept of syndromes. A syndrome is a cluster of signs and symptoms that commonly occur together, with a cause that is not yet known.