Ten years after medical school, I went back to school. I never really wanted to go back to school or change professions, as I love the patient-physician relationship, but I felt that I needed more training in psychiatry, and a brief course in mental health did not…
From social media like Instagram and Facebook to the unremitting fusillade of text messages, emails, newsfeeds, online shopping, technology can be distracting. Research has also found that it can have a deleterious impact on your mind, mood, and sleep. The good news is that it…
Posttraumatic stress disorder – also known as PTSD – is a mental health challenge that may occur in individuals who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a terrorist act, an act of war, a serious accident, a life threatening event…
Clients are often surprised when they are completing my initial new patient forms; they are quite expansive, asking about details not only of their physical health, but also of their mental health. “Why do you need so much information about me?” they ask. “Because it…
