John O'Dea M.D.
" These are exciting times in the field of mental health. Research in neurobiology now advances, not incrementally but by leaps & bounds, leading to such seminal, game-changing discoveries as inflammation as a pivotal mechanism for mental illness & neuroplasticity, wherein nerve cell structure & even number vary dramatically in response to variables such as stress and hormonal fluxes. It should not be surprising therefore that the most exciting of these discoveries involve at their core hormonal change, involving the hormones of the thyroid, adrenal & sexual glands. Disturbances in the levels & patterns of these potent chemicals fuel mental dysfunctions & illnesses, on the one hand, while holding the keys to their natural resolution on the other, and in the process revolutionizing the fields of clinical psychology & psychiatry, to the benefit of many."
