by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Oct 28, 2026 | Decision-Making, Deprescribing, deprescribing medication, deprescribing psych meds, In the News, Medication Decisions, medication tapering, medication titration, Psych Medication Tapering, psychiatric medication
Written and reviewed by Teralyn Sell, PhD Psychology | Brain Health | Psychiatric Medication Education Aaron Carter died in November 2022 at just 34 years old. Nearly four years later, the legal questions surrounding his prescription medications are still being...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Jun 28, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, Health and Wellness, In the News, In the News, medication tapering, medication titration, Medicine, Research
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 Teralyn Sell, PhD | 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 Teralyn Sell, PhD | 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,...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Jun 9, 2026 | Behavior, Being Human, medication tapering, medication titration, Psych Medication Tapering, psychiatric medication
Medically reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Let’s be precise. Treatment is not built on whether something is called “addiction” or “dependence.” It is built on what the drug does during withdrawal. Mechanism of action drives risk. Mechanism drives pacing. Mechanism...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Mar 17, 2026 | antidepressants, Being Human, Body, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, Health and Wellness, medication tapering, medication titration
Both the addiction community and the mental health community rely on the same core idea: that some people are born with a broken brain. This belief is often called the broken brain theory or chemical imbalance theory. It suggests that people develop addiction,...
