biological psychiatry

With her focus on the critical periods of pregnancy and early childhood, her research aims to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of conditions throughout the lifespan.

In addition, Dr. Stevens recently published a review paper in Biological Psychiatry titled, Developmental Disruptions of the Dorsal Striatum and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Now, this is an interesting area in the so-called basal ganglia, an area known for its roles in various learning methods, cognitive functions, and motor movements.

The dorsal striatum receives inputs for the basal ganglia that in turn recruits various other subcortical regions used to orchestrate downstream behaviors.

But exposure therapy, it really helps turn the lights on so you can saunter right on out of there.

And yes, Dr. Lim studied the striatum, which can be related to obsessions and compulsions, but also to fear and conditioning, as evidenced in the 2013 Biological Psychiatry paper, Regulation of Fear Responses by Striatal and Extrastriatal Adenosine A2A Receptors in Forebrain, which explains that this stuff matters because conditioned fear helps people predict when something not cool is about to happen based on what happened last time.

But dysfunction in how those fears are learned or overlearned can be maladaptive, and it can underlie PTSD and anxiety disorders.

But for some fans of scary stuff, some genre fans, that is just...

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