by Dr Teralyn | Aug 31, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, Health and Wellness, In the News, Medicine
By Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Clinically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD There is a question I cannot seem to stop asking. If nearly everyone agrees that sleep matters, nutrition matters, movement matters, chronic stress matters, relationships matter, physical health...
by Dr Teralyn | Aug 31, 2026 | Body
Somewhere along the way, 10,000 steps became a health rule. Walk less than that and it can feel like you didn’t quite do enough. Hit 10,000 and you’ve had a “good” day. But there’s a problem with that number: 10,000 steps was never established as the magic threshold...
by Dr Teralyn | Aug 24, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, Health and Wellness, Medicine, Mental Health & Anxiety
By Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Clinically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Few beliefs in modern psychiatry carry more emotional weight than the idea that psychiatric medication is necessary to keep people safe from suicide. It is a powerful message. It is repeated in...
by Dr Teralyn | Aug 18, 2026 | Being Human, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, In the News, parenting, PSSD
The Lindsay Clancy case is horrific. Three children are dead. A mother stands accused of killing them. A husband and father has lost his children and the life his family once had. Examining the mental healthcare Lindsay received does not minimize any of that. It asks...
by Dr Teralyn | Aug 10, 2026 | Behavior, BRAIN HEALTH, child development
By Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Clinically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Modern healthcare has become remarkably specialized. That has led to extraordinary expertise within individual disciplines, but it has also created an unintended consequence. The more specialized...
by Dr Teralyn | Aug 3, 2026 | Behavior, BRAIN HEALTH, child development
By Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Clinically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD When a child begins struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD, or behavioral concerns, families often assume they are entering a coordinated healthcare system. In reality, they frequently enter a...
by Dr Teralyn | Jul 29, 2026 | Behavior, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, child development, deprescribing medication, Medicine
By Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Clinically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Florida has issued new guidance recommending that most children with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and behavioral concerns should not receive psychiatric medication as the first intervention. Instead,...
by Dr Teralyn | Jun 28, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, Health and Wellness, In the News, In the News, medication tapering, medication titration, Medicine
Medically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD One of the most important unanswered questions in mental health today is why psychiatric medication withdrawal appears to affect people so differently. While some individuals discontinue medications with relatively few...
by Dr Teralyn | Jun 21, 2026 | Body, deprescribing medication, medication tapering, medication titration, Medicine
SSRIs are commonly described as medications that “fix” serotonin levels in the brain. What is talked about far less is how SSRIs affect the brain’s energy system. Mitochondria are the parts of cells that make energy, and the brain depends on them more than any other...
by Dr Teralyn | Jun 16, 2026 | Behavior, Being Human, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, medication tapering, medication titration
Medically reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD The addiction versus dependence debate is being framed as clinical. It isn’t. It is a moral argument being passed off as science, and it is distorting how mental health treatment decisions are made. If you listen closely,...
