The Thyroid Gland (Butterfly Shaped), Autoimmunity, Mood, and Health The association of mood, thyroid dysfunction, and autoimmunity is a possible contributing and treatable element in mood disturbances. Integrative Psychiatry encourages looking beyond labels, symptoms, and diagnosis. An integrative approach cautions against premature jumping to treatment with what is favored, familiar, or expedient. Integrative Psychiatry fosters awareness of complexity and the possible presence of underlying and correctable factors. There are many research studies linking thyroid and autoimmunity to mood disorders as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and postpartum depression. The human body has several important hormones producing endocrine glands. The endocrine system is made up of all the individual endocrine glands that regulate bodily tissues. The regulation is accomplished by secretions that go directly into our circulatory system. The endocrine hormones regulate and coordinate the body's internal metabolism, energy level, development, reproduction, response to injury, stress, and environmental change. If there are problems with any of the endocrine glands and their hormone production, a significant effect can occur with human behavior, cognition (thinking and thought processing), and mood. In the study of depression, mood, and the health-related quality of life, the thyroid gland has been found to affect the body’s metabolism, growth, maturation, and nervous system activity. The shape of the thyroid gland is like a butterfly in the anterior region of the neck. The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the human body. Abnormal thyroid function, for example, has been shown to be a risk factor for changes in the neuropsychological functioning in aging populations. Neuropsychological testing suggests an association between serum thyroid hormone concentrations and the levels of memory, learning, attention, mood state, and executive, visuospatial and motor functioning. Higher total thyroxine (T4) and free thyroxine (fT4) hormone levels were associated with improved visuospatial function. Increases in age and fT4 were associated with deficits in memory and learning (Dr. Nikolas Hedberg DC DABCI DACBN BCNP) (Srishti Shresthaa, et al., 10/2016).
Thyroid, Mood, and Health
Thyroid, Mood, and Health
Thyroid, Mood, and Health
The Thyroid Gland (Butterfly Shaped), Autoimmunity, Mood, and Health The association of mood, thyroid dysfunction, and autoimmunity is a possible contributing and treatable element in mood disturbances. Integrative Psychiatry encourages looking beyond labels, symptoms, and diagnosis. An integrative approach cautions against premature jumping to treatment with what is favored, familiar, or expedient. Integrative Psychiatry fosters awareness of complexity and the possible presence of underlying and correctable factors. There are many research studies linking thyroid and autoimmunity to mood disorders as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and postpartum depression. The human body has several important hormones producing endocrine glands. The endocrine system is made up of all the individual endocrine glands that regulate bodily tissues. The regulation is accomplished by secretions that go directly into our circulatory system. The endocrine hormones regulate and coordinate the body's internal metabolism, energy level, development, reproduction, response to injury, stress, and environmental change. If there are problems with any of the endocrine glands and their hormone production, a significant effect can occur with human behavior, cognition (thinking and thought processing), and mood. In the study of depression, mood, and the health-related quality of life, the thyroid gland has been found to affect the body’s metabolism, growth, maturation, and nervous system activity. The shape of the thyroid gland is like a butterfly in the anterior region of the neck. The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the human body. Abnormal thyroid function, for example, has been shown to be a risk factor for changes in the neuropsychological functioning in aging populations. Neuropsychological testing suggests an association between serum thyroid hormone concentrations and the levels of memory, learning, attention, mood state, and executive, visuospatial and motor functioning. Higher total thyroxine (T4) and free thyroxine (fT4) hormone levels were associated with improved visuospatial function. Increases in age and fT4 were associated with deficits in memory and learning (Dr. Nikolas Hedberg DC DABCI DACBN BCNP) (Srishti Shresthaa, et al., 10/2016).