Ingrid Spilde
‘Deep theoretical crisis’: How valid is psychotherapy?
As a therapist, you need to be ready to abandon the method you know and like if it doesn’t make ...
Why are there 500 different types of psychotherapy?
Treatments can vary widely and are sometimes even contradictory. But no one is making sure that the method you use ...
Treating epilepsy with a keto diet? Sounds far-fetched, but it can work
The ketogenic diet is an extremely low-carb diet that consists of almost no carbohydrates, a moderate amount of protein and ...
Why does chronic fatigue appear to be on the rise — and what causes it?
Patients with chronic fatigue experience crippling exhaustion that is not resolved by sleep and rest. A Norwegian study from 2021 showed that ...
Many people experience visions and strange dreams before they die
Old age. Cancer. A rare disease of the nervous system. Whatever the reason, the fact remains: A life is about ...
Can cutting out carbs treat epilepsy? The ketogenic diet as a drug
The ketogenic diet has actually been used in the treatment of epilepsy since the 1920s. It had been known that ...
Low-carb diets might help treat Alzheimer’s, ALS—and even cancer?
[T]here is a growing interest in [Ketogenic] extreme high-fat diet among researchers. In 2019 alone, more than a thousand new ...
Obesity gene? Suppressing this variant could be key to weight loss
More than five years ago, a group of researchers from Norway and several other countries found an important clue in ...
No root cause: What if mental health symptoms are the actual disease?
“In the prevailing understanding of mental disorders, the premise is that an underlying cause exists,” says Sverre Urnes Johnson, associate ...
Birth of the placebo effect: How an 18th century doctor’s bogus animal magnetism treatment ‘cured’ patients
Word spread amongst the Parisian upper class in the late 18th century: A new man in town had a novel ...
