Innovative Psychiatry
Grace had been depressed off and on since her she was a little girl. No one called it depression back then. She was shy, and her withdrawal was dismissed by others as just another of her odd behaviors. They thought she just got more “wound up” than some people. After she was grown and married, […]
We’re not. We’re dead serious. We want to keep them alive. Maybe you have a teen like the ones we see. Maybe you are are one… like the ones we see. Or maybe you’re quiet. Kind. Smart. Everybody’s friend. Absolutely gorgeous. An athlete. A contender. Someone who’s had it all. Or maybe you’re NOT any […]
We’re all weary of hearing about COVID and mask wearing precautions. Aren’t we? About the negative impact of isolation. And while we see improvement on the horizon through wide spread vaccinations, there are still imminent risks, and new cases as well as deaths every day. Those risks add to your daily stress in ways you […]
You may hear people say, “Antidepressants and other psych meds just don’t do anything…” Some people say, “…placebos work better…” Oh please. But why do they say that? Maybe their own experience with prescribed medicines was disappointing. So — of course — they’re disillusioned about these medicines. We get it. And we know that any given […]
This is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week — NEDAwareness Week People come in a wide variety, don’t they? No one more deserving than another. Whether there are differences in skin color, differences in gender, differences in sexual orientation, differences in religion…or differences in IDEAS. And no matter the differences, no matter the variety, every body […]
See the Faculty Opinions and Recommendations featured in Faculty Opinions HERE Our work was was also featured in Faculty Opinions Blog — such a great piece with wonderful interviews with Barbara Scolnick MD and Caroline! Jump in and read it HERE Read our full case report in Frontiers in Psychiatry HERE
Turns Out Winter 2021 Hasn’t Run Out of Stressors to Throw at You Yet… People like you have been finding ways to adapt and endure this historical and very strange year. Never think that major factors in society, and in science, and in government, have no effect on you and your personal life. In fact, […]
Across the country, extreme winter storms have descended upon us. Even in the Gulf states, short sleeve weather is suddenly shifting to snow. Temperatures are dropping from 70 degrees to 17 degrees. And the gray skies that bring snow, also contribute to Seasonal Affective Disorder. Gray on the outside can turn some people gray on […]
1Internal Medicine & Addiction Medicine, Waban, MA, United States 2Consultant-Ketogenic Diet Therapy LLC, Elm Grove, WI, United States 3Innovative Psychiatry, South Windsor, CT, United States 4Center for Neural Sciences, New York University, New York, NY, United States 5The Neuroscience Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States 6Center of Excellence in Eating and Weight […]
By Hannah Towfiq 5 February 2021 Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that can affect people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, and ethnicities. It is characterized by extreme weight loss and consequent difficulties maintaining an appropriate body weight for the height and age of the sufferer. It is not a new condition, and many historians […]