June 2011 - Knowledge is Necessity

Rerun - Psychic Perception

This appeared here in January, with is in turn based on an article on mcmanweb .... In a poll I conducted here in Aug 2009, nearly one in four (23%) reported they were "borderline or full-on psychic, or at least it seems that way." In contrast...

Published Thu, Jun 30 2011 4:16 AM by Knowledge Is Necessity

Filed under: John McManamy, psychic perception

Mahler: The Man Who Saw It Coming

This is from a mcmanweb article I wrote in 2004. My appreciation for Mahler has only deepened since then. Enjoy ... Gustav Mahler described himself as three times homeless, a Bohemian in Austria, an Austrian among Germans, and a Jew throughout the world...

Published Thu, Jun 30 2011 3:35 AM by Knowledge Is Necessity

Filed under: John McManamy, bipolar, cyclothymia, Gustav Mahler

Rerun: What If No One Noticed I Was Crazy?

This from Jan, 2010. Enjoy ... The other day, in a conversation with a mental health advocate, I contended that had I been born into a pastoral society in a different century, my bipolar symptoms most likely would have passed under the radar. Okay, there...

Published Mon, Jun 27 2011 12:40 PM by Knowledge Is Necessity

Filed under: John McManamy, pastoral, Nigerian Paradox, mental illness

Antipsychotics - Wonder Years to Cynicism

I've spent the last three days updating and rearranging three of my mcmanweb articles on bipolar meds. Following is an edited extract from a much longer new article on antipsychotics ... The Wonder Years Antipsychotics were discovered by accident...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2011 11:31 AM by Knowledge Is Necessity

Filed under: John McManamy, antipsychotics, bipolar meds, Robert Whitaker

Joshua Walters - On Being Just Crazy Enough

This guy spoke at our NAMI San Diego several months ago. Enjoy ... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2011 6:31 AM by Knowledge Is Necessity

Filed under: Crazy, John McManamy, Joshua Walters

Blue Moon Musings

I wrote this at the end of 2007 for my Newsletter, then republished it on mcmanweb. Today, I happened to reread it, and actually liked what I read. So without further ado ... Every once in a blue moon, I feel I need to get a thing or two out of my system...

Published Mon, Jun 20 2011 5:04 AM by Knowledge Is Necessity

Filed under: John McManamy, mental health issues

Nora Volkow: Stress, Mood, Drug Abuse, and the Brain

Yesterday featured a piece based on Nora Volkow's talk to the 9th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder several days ago. Dr Volkow is the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and manages to moonlight as one of the world's leading...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2011 5:02 PM by Knowledge Is Necessity

Filed under: John McManamy, brain, Nora Volkow, mood, drug abuse, stress

Nora Volkow and Brain Networks

At this year’s International Conference on Bipolar Disorder held in Pittsburgh, a whole session was given over to Nora Volkow (pictured here), head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. As well as overseeing a high-profile agency with a $1 billion...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 2:54 PM by Knowledge Is Necessity

Filed under: John McManamy, Nora Volkow, resting state functional connectivity

Husseini Manji and Neural and Synaptic Plasticity

One of the featured speakers at the 9th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder was Husseini Manji, former chief of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders unit at the NIMH, now Global Therapeutic Head of Neuroscience at J&J. It was Dr Manji who opened...

Published Mon, Jun 13 2011 5:35 AM by Knowledge Is Necessity

Filed under: John McManamy, Husseini Manji, plasticity, alternative bipolar