Mental Health

Your coffee habit could be giving you a mental disorder. The mental health manual known as the DSM lists caffeine intoxication and withdrawal as substance-related disorders.

J Alzheimers Dis. 2010;20 Suppl 1:S239-48. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2010-1378. Review

Caffeine may be a grad student's best friend and research shows that it confers several mental health benefits. But new findings document the unappreciated downsides for people who consume too much.

How coffee consumption is linked to both mental and physical health.

Caffeine is the most popular psychoactive drug, generally in coffee. Caffeine can interact with mental illnesses like anxiety and psychotic disorders.

One day during her senior year, Ruth Whalen broke out in hives. She assumed she was allergic to the clams she had eaten earlier in the week and an emergency room doctor injected her with epinephrine (adrenaline). She became psychotic. Unknowingly, she had an anaphylactic response — not to eating clams, but to drinking Coca-Cola. Ruth was allergic to caffeine. Already overstimulated, the adrenaline took her over the edge.

Caffeine and Mental Disorders: easy to read overview of the available literature. Information about the interaction between caffeine and mental disorders.

Caffeine – The Good and The Bad

Cambridge University Press

ResearchGate

Caffeinated drinks—such as coffee, tea, soda, and energy drinks—pep you up temporarily, but they may have a more insidious effect. They may worsen depression, insomnia, and anxiety.

Many research studies have examined how coffee affects the brain and its functions. The potential effects are mainly related to caffeine, one of the main constituents of coffee. Conclusions of stud…

Coffee, caffeine, mood and emotion – an overview The terms ‘mood’ and ‘emotion’ are often used interchangeably in colloquial conversation. However, in scientific terms, mood and emotion have differ…

Can't get going without your morning coffee? You may have a mental illness, according to doctors who want caffeine withdrawal classified as a psychological disorder.

An overdose of caffeine is among the mental disorders included in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) released on May 22.