Need Sleep? One of the most common symptoms that can lead to significant brain disorders, like anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, and memory loss, is insomnia. Insomnia refers to the difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking earlier than one would expect or want to wake from sleep. In my field of […]
TMS and Pregnancy Pregnancy and the months after delivery represent a high-risk period for a woman’s mental health. Hormonal changes, stress and lack of sleep are factors that can trigger a depressive episode. Depression during pregnancy is associated with maternal death, obstetric complications and lasting developmental effects on children. In our clinic, treating depression during
A common question that comes up in consultation is, “What is Bipolar Disorder?” There is a lot of confusion regarding this diagnosis because of the colloquial use of the term “bipolar.” This term is thrown around to describe instances of intense emotional outbursts, frequent mood swings, unpredictable behavior, or even an excuse for poor
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Medication Treatments for Depression There are a number of helpful medications for depression. These medications are separated into different classes based on how they work in the brain to help alleviate the symptoms of depression. I will describe these classes below. The majority of them are very safe with few side effects. Choosing which one
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The nights are longer and the days chillier For many people, the holidays bring up a mix of emotions: joy, sadness, and anxiety to name a few. In the midst of any activities, don’t forget to be ‘present’ for yourself this holiday season. Here are a few ways to care for yourself this month. Take
The holiday season comes around each year when the days are the shortest, darkest, and coldest Whether it is due to grief for a departed loved one, family discord, isolation, loneliness, being “stuck inside”, or any number of reasons, so many of us struggle through this time of year despite being told that it should be joyous
Psychedelic treatments for mental health are all over the media these days. Not a week goes by when we are not asked a question from a current or an existing patient about them. At the NeuroScience & TMS Treatment Center, we began offering the first legal psychedelic-like treatment in our clinical practice for Major Depressive Disorder
ECT is the oldest biologically based treatment in psychiatry. The first treatment was performed in 1938. The first ECT patient had a condition we now call catatonia. Catatonia, untreated, is nearly 100% fatal. This patient would have died in a state psychiatric hospital as many people at the time did due to untreated mental illness.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) may be the most misunderstood psychiatric illness. Most people have heard someone say, “well that’s my OCD” or “I’m OCD about cleaning my house.” OCD is not simply wanting things to be neat and orderly or having to do things a certain way. It is, at times, a debilitating brain illness
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Mental Illness = Brain Disease To explain mental Illness, it makes sense to look at other illnesses that affect the human body. Hypertension, also called High Blood Pressure, is a type of disease that increases the blood pressure in the body. This illness is often an inherited disease that is caused by both genetic and
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