Ana Harris on “Does Mold Avoidance Fuel Fear?”
Ana Harris wrote a blog post called “Does Mold Avoidance Fuel Fear?” From the article: When I started mold avoidance I had MCAS and…
Lisa Petrison on “Comments on So-Called ‘Brain Retraining’ Programs”
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. In recent months, quite a few people (including a number of physicians) have requested that I respond to their inquiries regarding so-called…
Dr. Jessica Peatross on “Mold, Biotoxin Illness & Your Mind”
Dr. Jessica Peatross, M.D., wrote a blog article called “Mold, Biotoxin Illness and Your Mind: Is A Hidden Infection Causing Your Anxiety and Depression?” From…
Mold Avoiders Poll Results: PTSD Symptoms
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in March 2013. The poll question read: Being chronically ill and then making an effort…
Paradigm Change on “Did The Mold At Grey Gardens Affect Big Edie and Little Edie Beale?”
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. By early 2007, I had been sick with the disease now officially called “ME/CFS” for more than a decade. I was in bed and…
Dr. Judy Tsafrir, M.D. on “Psychological Symptoms Caused by Mold”
Psychiatrist Judy Tsafrir, M.D., wrote an article for her blog on her experiences with how deep breathing exercises in a moldy basement led her to become…
Poll Results: Benzodiazapine Usage
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in January 2017. Most of the members of the group have been moderately or severely ill…
Poll Results: Depression Treatments
This was a poll that was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in 2016. Following are the question and the responses from the group. If you…
Poll Results: Antidepressant Usage
This was a poll that was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in 2016. Following are the question. Regardless of whether you have ever used…
Toxic Mold and Suicides in Aboriginal Communities
Aboriginal communities in Canada have recently been experiencing a suicide epidemic among young people, and much of the housing in these areas has particularly concerning mold…
Paradigm Change on “Mold and Psychiatric Symptoms”
The neurotoxins made by certain species of mold recently have been recognized in research literature and by practitioners as having the ability to cause or trigger psychiatric…
Dr. Mary Ackerley on “Toxic Mold and Psychiatric Symptoms”
By Mary Ackerley, M.D. Editor’s Note: Dr. Mary Ackerley is an integrative psychiatrist who recently obtained certification in the Shoemaker Protocol used to treat toxic mold illness.…
Erik Johnson & Lisa Petrison on “The Depression Response”
It’s long been observed that the illness that the U.S. government historically has chosen to call Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (properly referred to and defined as Myalgic…