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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.

Combating Depression in a Combat Veteran: How a Wounded Warrior was Healed through Genetic Testing

Don’t Give Up: Use Genetic Testing to Create a Gene-Based Roadmap to Better Health

“It’s Not Me, Dad, It’s My DNA”: How SLC6A4, CACNA1C, and ANK3 Genes Restored a Father’s Respect

Sometimes learning how our DNA affects our prospects can help ease the burden of unrealistic expectations… for all parties involved.

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

“The Asian Way” in a College Freshman with Anxiety, ADHD and Depression

How COMT, BDNF, and ANK3 Gene Variants Predicted the Roadmap for a Reinvented Future

How COMT, BDNF, and ANK3 Gene Variation Can Increase Stress and your Chances of Alzheimer’s. Learn if you have these variants with a Genomind Genecept Assay Test.

DNA Battle of the Sexes
Weaponized Genetic Testing and Depression in a Married Couple

We should be careful NOT to conceptualize mental illness as synonymous with “personality flaws”—and how toxic it can be to a love relationship when the biologic basis of mental illness is “weaponized.”

Are You an “Orchid” or a “Dandelion?”
How Sexual Trauma, interacting with SLC6A4 and COMT Genes, Provide the Answer

Some individuals are like orchids—absolutely incredible, requiring just the right circumstances to truly thrive. Other individuals are like dandelions. Dandelions can grow just about anywhere.

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.