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“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.

“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?

Our Majestic DNA: The Vast Universe Within Each of Your 37.2 Trillion Cells

What is DNA and How Does It Work?

Many of you have been asking, “Dr. Bruce, what is DNA, and how does it work?” Today I will answer that question, and raise some new ones that relate to DNA and spirituality.

Double Helix Depression: There’s No Such Thing as “Depression”
But there is “CACNA1C + MTHFR Depression”

Genetic Testing is the Frontier of Medicine – it is Precision Medicine

“DNA + Environment + Triggers + Chance” – What Does That Mean for My Life?

Your Mental Health Toolkit via Actionable Genetic Testing

Holiday Blues: 7 Steps to Lift Your Mood

It may be a time when stress and anxiety run higher than usual. This time of year can exacerbate preexisting financial strains, family conflicts and shame.

PTSD – The Wounds that Just Won’t Heal

Second Opinion: Session Four