LicensedPsychology.com

01/18/2026

So true, we are the danger, the unhealed emotional wounds.

07/15/2025

“This review suggests that the huge research effort based on the serotonin hypothesis has not produced convincing evidence of a biochemical basis to depression. This is consistent with research on many other biological markers [21]. We suggest it is time to acknowledge that the serotonin theory of depression is not empirically substantiated.”
Those of us who have been in the mental health treatment field for a while have known this. The rush to associate mood disorders with chemical imbalances was pushed along for many reasons. Not just because of money but it is certainly a large component. What’s the lesson? Question your conditioning and work on your trauma.
DrStevenWalker.com

The serotonin hypothesis of depression is still influential. We aimed to synthesise and evaluate evidence on whether depression is associated with lowered serotonin concentration or activity in a systematic umbrella review of the principal relevant areas of research. PubMed, EMBASE and PsycINFO were...

01/09/2025

Family is everything! 😁

01/05/2025

Or woman…
It’s never too late to stop beating yourself.
SelfWork.org

01/03/2025

Happy New Year! Let’s start the year off right by giving up or severely curtailing your use of one of the most destructive substances allowed to exist in our culture. Not only is there mounting evidence that alcohol causes cancer, I have seen this “feel good poison” destroy the minds of many people, their lives, and their relationships.
DrStevenWalker.com

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday.

07/22/2024

Thank you, Andrew, it was great talking with you about how we can all work on our political polarization. I hope to speak with you again soon!

Long Live Alternative Parties · Episode

06/13/2024

Are you aware of how you’re conditioning your children?

05/06/2024

A little perspective can help manage anxiety.

Superclusters – regions of space that are densely packed with galaxies – are the biggest structures in the Universe. But scientists have struggled to define ...

02/04/2024

“There’s so much more to mental health than just the mental.”
DrStevenWalker.com

01/30/2024

The funny thing about fear of failure is, if left unchallenged, it grows into a “fact.” That fact then grows into a habit, and that habit feels very natural after a while. The first step is figuring out why and what you’re so afraid of.
DrStevenWalker.com

01/26/2024

It’s true today, it was true 10 years ago, and it will always be true. Picking bits and pieces out of psychology and selling it as a panacea should be outlawed.
DrStevenWalker.com

01/15/2024

Self-forgiveness is even more important.
DrStevenWalker.com