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Treatment-Resistant?: What to Do When Your Medication is Not Working

Treatment-resistant is a clinical term used to describe the situation when your condition doesn’t respond to a prescription medication as expected – it may work partially, or not at all.

The DNA of Emotional Health – Part 3
Biohacking OXTR: the “I Feel Comforted” Gene

The OXTR Gene with Two Variants Can Affect Your Psychological Wellbeing. Learn how biohacking OXTR variants can lead to very positive outcomes.

OMG!

How SLC6A4, CACNA1C, COMT, MTHFR, BDNF, ABCA7, CD33, CHRNA5/3, FTO, LRP1, PPARG, CHRNA5/3, FKBP5, HLADQB1, and CRP Genes Predicted Treatment Response

A story about a patient's perseverance—and one that I hope will encourage you to stick with therapy until you become whole, too.

Your Ultimate Brain Health Gene Chart

Your Ultimate Mental Health Gene Chart

Bipolar Depression: For Some, It’s a Gut Feeling
How Regulating CD33, PPARG, COMT and other Genes can Lift and Stabilize Mood, Improve Cognition, Reduce Stress Response, and Cause Weight Loss

A story that illustrates the complicated truth that mental illness can “inhabit” the entirety of our bodies.

“Bipolar! I’m not really Bipolar… am I?”
How Modifying the Expression of CACNA1C, ANK3, MTHFR, and SLC6A4 Genes Can Help You Recover from Bipolar Depression

What beliefs do you hold about who and how you are—and how might they be holding you back?

A Personal Message from Bruce Alan Kehr, M.D., for Parents, Teachers and Counselors

Thirteen Reasons Why Not

A Personal Message from Bruce Alan Kehr, M.D., for High School and College Students

DNA: I Am Who I Am… or Am I? – Session Eleven

Mental Illness is not a Myth—and Human Genomics Proves It
The DRD2 Gene and Dopamine Featuring “DNA 4 KIDS" With "GENiE"