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Increasing Weight From Childhood to Adulthood Associated With Depression
Resolving excess weight by adulthood may mitigate mental health risks in adolescents. Increasing weight or persistent overweight status...
chrisviesumalinog
Aug 21, 20232 min read


Winning the Battle: Reflections of a Psychiatrist Living With BPAD
One professional psychiatrist shares his account of living with bipolar affective disorder. Being on the other side of the table, is a...
chrisviesumalinog
Aug 21, 20238 min read


Housing Insecurity in Childhood Associated With Anxiety, Depression
Childhood housing insecurity also associated with higher depression symptom scores in adulthood. HealthDay News — Housing insecurity in...
chrisviesumalinog
Aug 21, 20231 min read


What Is Holistic Psychiatry and How Can It Help a Treatment-Resistant Patient?
Psychiatry, Treatment Resistant Dr. Bruce Kehr My dear reader. In a recent blog post, I lamented that we psychiatrists have let many of...
chrisviesumalinog
Aug 17, 20233 min read


Can TMS Lift the “Brain Fog” of Long COVID?
Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment appeared to lessen some neuropsychiatric symptoms of long COVID in an open-label pilot study....
chrisviesumalinog
Aug 17, 20234 min read


Phase 3 Clinical Program Announced for Monotherapy Treatment for MDD
Oral monotherapy for major depressive disorder entering phase 3 trials ‘Trial and error’ treatment approach for major depressive disorder...
chrisviesumalinog
Aug 17, 20232 min read


Cognitive Distortions
Cognitive distortions are irrational thoughts that can influence your emotions. Everyone experiences cognitive distortions to some degree,...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 17, 20232 min read


4 Ways to Reverse the Silent Mental Health Crisis in South Asian Communities
Mental health is an important aspect of our overall well-being, yet it is often overlooked in South Asian communities. There is a silent...
chrisviesumalinog
Aug 16, 20233 min read


Is Mental Health Contributing to higher Maternal Mortality Rates in Black Women?
Whether is due to lack of treatment and follow-up or poor compliance with medication. studies show postpartum black women experience...

Sabrina Stanley, MPH, MCHES, CPH
Aug 15, 20239 min read


Yoga — Trifecta of Strength, Flexibility, and Balance
I have been practicing yoga on and off for the past 4–5 years, which may have been hindered by my intermittent periods of laziness....

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 15, 20233 min read


Improve Mindfulness - What and How Skills (DBT)
Mindfulness was introduced through Buddhism, which strongly influences concepts and aspects of DBT, developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan. It...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 15, 20236 min read


What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?
Somatic symptom disorder is diagnosed when a person has a significant focus on physical symptoms, such as pain, weakness or shortness of...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 13, 20233 min read


Vortioxetine Improves Cognition in Patients With Depression and Early Dementia
Vortioxetine significantly improved depressive symptoms, cognitive performance, daily and global functioning, and quality of life at 12...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 13, 20233 min read


Is your gut affecting your mood?
The gut-brain axis is a bidirectional communication network that links the enteric and central nervous systems. According to an article...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 13, 20232 min read


What is Happiness? Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
One movie that I think was very fascinating is a movie called Happy, which is available on Netflix. It is documentary film directed,...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 13, 20232 min read


Stories of Celebrities Struggle - Mental Health & Suicide
People imagine that the lives of celebrities is amazing with wealth, prestige, status, however many celebrities suffer from various...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 13, 20234 min read


Special Considerations in Treating Women With Schizophrenia
How does schizophrenia differ between men and women, and what does this mean for developing treatment strategies Several aspects of...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 13, 20239 min read


Nutrition Omega 3 - Fatty Acids - Depression
Data suggests that substitution of Omega-6- Fatty Acids (O6FA) for Omega-3-Fatty Acids (O3FA) is associated with unipolar and bipolar...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 7, 20232 min read


Learning about Complementary Alternative Medicine
The quality and quantity of scientific information of CAM treatment varies greatly. CAM is a great alternative for mental health treatment

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 7, 20232 min read


A Recent Study Linked Changes in Alcohol Consumption to Changes in Depression Symptoms
Study findings reveal parallel results for alcohol consumption and depression screenings completed in primary care Background The Alcohol...

Sabrina Stanley, MPH, MCHES, CPH
Aug 7, 20232 min read
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