Recently, NPR had a really fun piece on how openness to experience and adventerousness decreases with age. It follows a prominent scientist’s fury with an adventure-seeking assistant and his quest to explain why he felt so boring. He does some quick research first calling radio stations and finding out about the age of listenership […]

Ever wonder what were some of the most commonly prescribed psychiatric medications in the U.S.? Wonder no more — the top 20 psychiatric prescriptions for 2005.

Privacy affects us all, and no more so than when we participate in all of the new and amazing tools and technologies that companies continuously bombard us with.
A popular YouTube personality from Australia, Emmalina, discovered this the real hard way when she apparently discovered her popularity had an unintended consequence — stalkers. Someone with […]

SSRIs (antidepressants) have had somewhat of a panacea status with physicians prescribing the meds for all sorts of off label usage, particularly during the boom of the drugs existence over the past half decade. However, there has been a steady reporting of concerns related to the drugs as time progresses. Most people have heard about […]

A provocative new line of research has concluded that the students learn better from teachers of their same sex. After controlling for a variety of factors, it turns out that boys learn better from male teachers and girls learn better from female teachers.
“The study found switching up teachers actually could narrow achievement gaps between […]

Just a public service announcement, for those of you contemplating AOL 9.0… From the wonderful makers of hundreds of unrequested CDs in the 1990’s, they now can’t seem to produce a piece of software that doesn’t mess up your computer in ways not intended.
Not a good sign for a company trying to find its way […]

USA Today had a great feature on the gradual shift taking place in the world of work toward psychological problems. In the past, the general consensus was for employers to ignore (at best) or discriminate against (at worst) people that had some sort of mental illness. Not only does an employee with active psychological problems […]

The JonBonet Ramsey case has received unbelievable media coverage in the United States since the crime was first reported. The recent arrest of John Mark Karr, who has confessed to the killing, has reignited the press firestorm. However, from the initial reports, skepticism has surrounded the confession, with many people waiting until DNA evidence proves […]

I’ve written several times in the past about the growing mental health crisis in the hurricane affected Gulf region. Not only are the level of depression, PTSD, and other disorders at significantly higher levels due to the disaster, but there is a significant shortage of professionals to deliver services to all those in need.
About […]

Not good news for people taking Adderall XR or Dexedrine this morning.
GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Shire Plc said they strengthened warnings that their attention-deficit drugs may cause psychological side effects and misuse may lead to sudden death from heart attacks and strokes.
Glaxo, the world’s second-largest drugmaker, said today that it added the warnings to prescribing information […]

We’ve gone ahead and created a temporary community for folks to hang out in for ex-Brain Talkers…….
Brain Talk Communities
Please feel free to use these temporary forums until the new ones are back online! And spread the word…..

The Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center performs ongoing post-mortem research on schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. They’re seeking brain tissue donations from people who have those mental illnesses, as well as donations of normal brains from people who are related to them.
They accept donations from the US but also internationally. Within the US call 1-800-272-4622, […]