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Brain Matters columnist @washingtonpost | @CarterFellows for Mental Health Journalism ‘23-24 | @dcswa Pres Emeritus | 🧠@hopkinsMedicine + @harvard | stardust
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Richard Sima, Ph.D. richardsima.bsky.social @richardsima
This is a story that centers around two remarkable people - April and Devine - and how patients like them are reshaping how psychiatry is treating and thinking about mental illness.

It was an honor to help tell their stories - I hope I did them justice.

washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…
www.washingtonpost.com A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry. New research suggests that a subset of patients with psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia may actually have autoimmune disease that attacks the brain.
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Richard Sima, Ph.D. richardsima.bsky.social @richardsima
So amazing to see @BeeBrookshire's piece interviewing @susanmagsamen on the importance of art for our brains and health!

Check it out👇

washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…
www.washingtonpost.com How art, music and dance affect your brain and body In an upcoming book, two writers promote the science of neuroaesthetics — how creative pursuits from painting to cooking can promote physical and mental health.