Author Archives: Dr. Joris Wiggers

Anticholinergics and Dementia

http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/common-anticholinergic-drugs-like-benadryl-linked-increased-dementia-risk-201501287667

MIND diet slows Alzheimer’s dementia

Hybrid ‘MIND’ Diet Keeps Aging Brain Sharp Megan Brooks August 10, 2015 The MIND diet ― a hybrid of the Mediterranean diet and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet ― may slow cognitive decline in elderly adults, according to researchers from Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center who developed the MIND diet. In an […]
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Neurotic, Borderline, or Psychotic: The great diagnostic challenge

This article points out that not everybody who hallucinates or is paranoid has schizophrenia. Thus, there is considerable hope for those with borderline personality disorder and psychotic symptoms, who will slowly mature out of the condition and eventually be free of intense emotions and psychosis. This is a public, open source article. http://pdfs.journals.lww.com/co-psychiatry/2013/01000/Psychotic_symptoms_in_patients_with_borderline.21.pdf?token=method%7CExpireAbsolute;source%7CJournals;ttl%7C1428898346779;payload%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;hash%7CW6kfgpSkPgjYCuMuRsad1w== Psychotic_symptoms_in_patients_with_borderline.21.pdf

The gut microbiome and diet in psychiatry

The basics: The mind and body are greatly effected by the trillions of microbes which dwell within your gut. Eat well, use probiotics and prebiotics, and thus foster the growth of beneficial organisms in your intestines. Keep a healthy intestinal lining (with a healthy, high fiber diet): This will keep the toxic products of pathogenic organisms within […]
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Minocycline for Schizophrenia – Full Text View – ClinicalTrials.gov

Now this could be a game changer. With growing evidence that major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression are linked to neuroinflammation, new treatments targeting this are emerging. Now, this study is accepting recruits–in Ethiopia–and is unlikely to directly benefit Canadians.  That said, if it is positive, it will be a […]
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Health Sleep Habits 2015

1. Maintain a regular bed time and wake time.  Unless you can make naps a regular part of our day, try to avoid them.  They exception to this is when you become sleepy when driving.  In this situation you are impaired and it is important that you pull over where it is safe to do […]
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MoodGYM: Welcome

Here is an awesome, free, online cognitive behavioural program to treat depression.  It is offered by Australian National University. It is particular good for young adults (or youthfully-minded older adults!). I have had great success with some of my patients, who report:  It is very educational and it opens your eyes to things you never […]
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Mortality Risk High for Dementia Patients Taking Antipsychotics, Study Finds from Psychiatric News Alert

The Voice of the American Psychiatric Association and the Psychiatric Community joriswiggers@gmail.com sent you this article, saying: I thought this would interest you! Mortality Risk High for Dementia Patients Taking Antipsychotics, Study Finds Researchers from the University of Michigan Health System say that though antipsychotic medications are associated with increased mortality in older adults, little […]
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Medscape: The Gut Microbiome and Diet in Psychiatry: …

I found this online.  I hope you find it as fascinating as I did.  Your mood is greatly influenced by the bacteria in your intestines!  There are ten times more microbes in your intestines than there are cells in your body.  Go figure!       A link to the following Medscape article was sent […]
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How antidepressants work 2015

The brain has (surface) grey matter and (deep) white matter.  The front of the brain is called the frontal lobe, and the grey matter is called the frontal cortex.  The sides of the brain are called the temporal cortices.  The white matter includes the basal ganglia; it interconnects different parts of the brain cortex. The system […]
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