DanielBerger

Christian, husband, father, author, pastor, speaker, counselor, biblical phenomenologist who understands mental struggles framed by neoKraepelinians as disorder

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@TaraBull Dominicano!

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@MikeWingerii Ben is my friend as well. It’s a sad state we are in, but not a surprise. Everyone must do something with truth, and as observed with Jesus, violence is often the response (e.g., Romans 1) of those who seek to suppress the truth.

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@sevier_nick Yes, that is true Nick. He clearly says that we can learn from “descriptions.” Descriptive psychology is not prescriptive psychology. To confound these is an error. Adams always distinguished between them. Always.

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@Beth_deSwardt @jasonkovacs That is so sad. Thomas is such a gift from God.

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

I shared this must read article early this morning on Facebook, and I thought I’d share it here too. The writer is a close friend of a lady in our church. Such hope and encouragement and well written. https://t.co/7Qr1gvYOa3

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

“The idea that "the body keeps the score". . . It is an enticing metaphor-implying that experience is literally inscribed in flesh, that the body bears the scars of what the mind cannot face. . .The body does not store trauma.

https://t.co/m4hNAWV61m

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@DrMcFillin I would love to connect with you to discuss biblical phenomenology, an alternative dualistic approach, and send you some of my books.

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

Reposting for my own future research

[Adam Urato, MD @AdamUrato1]

There is general scientific agreement that in utero SSRI exposure impacts fetal brain development.

Common sense, basic science, and animal & human studies all show this.

Twelve (yes 12) consecutive human MRI studies support this.

The studies are listed below:

#1 Zanni, G, et al (2025). Perinatal SSRI exposure impacts innate fear circuit activation and behavior in mice and humans. Nature Communications, 16(1), 4002. https://t.co/CxSMGEdHla

#2 Koc, D., et al (2023). Prenatal antidepressant exposure and offspring brain morphologic trajectory. JAMA Psychiatry, 80(12), 1208–1217. https://t.co/jk076qyza3

#3 Moreau, A. L., et al (2023). Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, 3(2), 243–254. https://t.co/a0uFWgAjs9

#4 Campbell, K. S. J., et al (2021a). Prenatal antidepressant exposure and sex differences in neonatal corpus callosum microstructure. Developmental Psychobiology, 63(6), e22125. https://t.co/7r2kKdKHNg

#5 Salzwedel, A., et al (2020). Functional dissection of prenatal drug effects on baby brain and behavioral development. Human Brain Mapping, 41(15), 4123–4135. https://t.co/WwJ9OVpSfp

#6 Rotem-Kohavi, N., et al (2019a). Hub distribution of the brain functional networks of newborns prenatally exposed to maternal depression and SSRI antidepressants. Depression and Anxiety, 36(8), 753–765. https://t.co/dUmhzy7Dr1

#7 Rotem-Kohavi, N., et al (2019b). Alterations in resting-state networks following in utero selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor exposure in the neonatal brain. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4(1), 39–49. https://t.co/oxavYacorN

#8 Lugo-Candelas, C., et al (2018). Associations between brain structure and connectivity in infants and exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy. JAMA Pediatrics, 172(6), 525–533. https://t.co/yrZsh2PTGI

#9 Podrebarac, S. K., et al (2017). Antenatal exposure to antidepressants is associated with altered brain development in very preterm-born neonates. Neuroscience, 342, 252–262. https://t.co/6JqtBfcZ8x

#10 Jha, S. C., et al (2016). Antenatal depression, treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and neonatal brain structure: A propensity-matched cohort study. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 253, 43–53. https://t.co/ssy8vEUKR1

#11 Salzwedel, A. P., et al (2016). Thalamocortical functional connectivity and behavioral disruptions in neonates with prenatal cocaine exposure. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 56, 16–25. https://t.co/lM31RBLIEY

#12 Knickmeyer, R. C., et al (2014). Rate of Chiari I malformation in children of mothers with depression with and without prenatal SSRI exposure. Neuropsychopharmacology, 39(11), 2611–2621. https://t.co/py7FszONmh

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@KevinCarson Funny, not funny.

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@janellison @ompsychiatrist @TheBJPsych Jan, did he by chance have the MTHFR polymorphism? the C667t variant? I am seeing may people falsely diagnosed as bipolar and schizophrenia that have a valid genetic metabolic mutation. We also see complete remission, yet MTHFR is recast as a "risk factor."

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

I thought this was a fake account to mock psychiatry. No, it’s a real psychiatrist. Unbelievable!

[Om Prakash, MD @ompsychiatrist]

Psychiatry doesn’t hide behind scans. We diagnose schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression through listening, insight and judgment; without help of biomarkers or imaging. That’s not a weakness. That’s clinical mastery.

[Paul Minot, MD @PaulMinotMD]

Science is defined as THE STUDY OF NATURE--not the development of technology. What do we know about the nature of psychiatric physiology? Do we know how a thought is generated? Do we know how memory is stored? Do we know how feelings are generated? What constitutes the mind? And regarding REAL diseases--what is the actual pathophysiological cause of schizophrenia, or bipolar I disorder?

Do you not think that the DSM is pseudoscientific? Diagnoses concocted by OUR TRADE ASSOCIATION--with input from the pharmacological industry and other financial interests--are not scientific. Our adoption of the DSM is an act of consensual faith--and Ibn al Haytham, who INVENTED the scientific method, stated:

The duty of the man who investigates the writings of scientists, if learning the truth is his goal, is to make himself an enemy of all he reads, and to attack it from every side. He should also suspect himself as he performs his critical examination of it, so that he may avoid falling into prejudice or leniency.

[Allen Frances @AllenFrancesMD]

To avoid DSM reification/stigma:

No patient "has schizophrenia" or "is schizophrenic"- lazy/misleading/reductionistic terms

Proper usage: Patient "meets criteria for schizophrenia"

Why?
Mental disorders are constructs- not diseases
People are so much more than their disorder

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@StatlerMatthew @elonmusk @grok Don’t be a killjoy.

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@omri12 Sorry, my immaturity caused me to get hung up on “6’ 7.””

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@sevier_nick @imputationist I prefer mental wholeness, which is now progressive and one day will be complete! But yes, the soul’s restoration to wholeness can only come through Christ and in His presence.

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@PaulMinotMD I hope my copy arrives by Friday. I’m glad it’s finally done.

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

I’m excited for Dr Minot’s book to be out. While he holds to the Bayesian theory of inference and I believe in dualism, he is honest about his own 40 years of clinical experience and the need for change. Pick up a copy.

[Paul Minot, MD @PaulMinotMD]

It's funny how very LOOOOONG each day was before my book was published by Amazon on 11/28...while the 11 days since have flown by. I spent much of that time goofing off instead of promoting. Now I'm reorganizing my study, to create a more quiet environment for production of the audiobook. Which will definitely take some time.

In the meantime, I'll be here to tell you specific reasons why you should read (or hear) my book:

Reason #1
You should read my book if you believe that modern psychiatry conforms at all to the intellectual demands of the scientific method. It doesn't.

https://t.co/YF13QlqBI2

[Paul Minot, MD @PaulMinotMD]

It's funny how very LOOOOONG each day was before my book was published by Amazon on 11/28...while the 11 days since have flown by. I spent much of that time goofing off instead of promoting. Now I'm reorganizing my study, to create a more quiet environment for production of the audiobook. Which will definitely take some time.

In the meantime, I'll be here to tell you specific reasons why you should read (or hear) my book:

Reason #1
You should read my book if you believe that modern psychiatry conforms at all to the intellectual demands of the scientific method. It doesn't.

https://t.co/YF13QlqBI2

[DanielBerger @drbergerdr]

@StatlerMatthew This is very true. I cherish all the prayers I can get at all times.