David Haggerty is a neuroscience graduate student at the Indiana University School of Medicine, develops mental health programs for companies and organizations, and writes about research and his love / hate relationship with mental illness. David is a graduate of Indiana University, where he received a B.S. in biology and where he was banned from DJ-ing at his own fraternity for playing only Arcade Fire.

Could raising our body temperature treat depression?

Hyperthermia could be more effective than anti-depressants, with fewer side effects

We need to change the way we think about alcoholism

A neuroscientist argues that genetics alone isn't enough to beat the illness or the stigma

Meet a scientist: David Haggerty, who hates working with mice but does it anyway

"I was trying to figure out what the hell was going on with my own life."

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