The notion that what goes on inside our heads can profoundly influence our body's typical functions has gained momentum over time, with decades of research revealing how gut health can influence mood and even neurological disease.
brain scans and health assessments from a number of different study collectives, the team produced scores of brain health and the function of seven body systems, including the immune system, liver function, heart, lung and kidney health. This allowed them to compare health scores among people diagnosed with mental illness to populations of people the same age.
Differences in brain imaging results could accurately differentiate between the four mental health conditions studied: schizophrenia, bipolar,And yet, despite the neural basis of mental illness, the study found that individuals with one or more of these disorders"with modest accuracy" from healthy controls of a similar age based on body health alone.
Body health scores for liver and kidney function, the immune system, and metabolism were consistently poor across mental health conditions compared to healthy controls – and turned out to be better predictors of a mental health diagnosis than brain imaging scores. That physical health measures would surpass differences in brain imaging results"was quite a surprising finding" given how mental illness is rooted in the disordered brain, University of Melbourne neuroscientist Andrew ZaleskyEven so, there are many possible reasons that explain why poor physical health goes hand in hand with mental severe illness: from the side effects of antipsychotic medications and mood-stabilizing drugs, to the chronic stress, increased infections, and enhanced...
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