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Stress-linked mental disorders, systemic inflammation, and Brainspotting
Dr. Jonathan Miller Dr. Jonathan Miller

Stress-linked mental disorders, systemic inflammation, and Brainspotting

Traumatic or emotionally charged experiences can get ‘stored’ in our nervous system, leading to emotional distress and physical symptoms. When physiological or emotional issues remain unprocessed, we can become stuck in a maladaptive biological and/or cognitive-emotional homeostasis. Brainspotting activates the trauma or stress-related emotions and memories that persist in the deeper, subcortical brain in a way that permits spontaneous processing and resolution.

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Four factors shown to predict long COVID
Dr. Jonathan Miller Dr. Jonathan Miller

Four factors shown to predict long COVID

There are four PASC (‘long COVID’)-anticipating biological factors that can be measured as early as at initial COVID-19 diagnosis, including pre-existing type 2 diabetes, SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia, EBV viremia, and autoantibodies from patients’ blood. These can help guide the prevention and treatment of long COVID.

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