1 year ago

Yes, it's possible for a person to have both attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) at the same time. These are separat...

1 year ago

There is some evidence to suggest that omega-3 fatty acids may be beneficial for individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Omega-3 fatty acids are...

1 year ago

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are two different conditions, but there are some similarities in their symptoms.

1 year ago

The constant influx of bad news can take a toll on our mental health and well-being. Here are some steps you can take to protect your mental health while still staying infor...

1 year ago

Dealing with a family member who has a personality disorder can be challenging and emotionally taxing. It's important to understand that personality disorders are complex me...

1 year ago

Spirituality can play a role in mental health by providing individuals with a sense of purpose, meaning, and connection to something greater than themselves. Studies have...

1 year ago

ADHD can have a significant impact on intimacy and sexuality in adults. Individuals with ADHD may experience difficulties in their sexual relationships, such as low libido,...

1 year ago

Emotional dysregulation is a common symptom of ADHD, particularly in adults. This refers to difficulty regulating emotions, including intense or prolonged emotional reactions tha...

1 year ago

My clinical background as a psychiatrist started in treating addiction disorders. I was attracted to this field because it acknowledges the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual contex...

2 years ago

It’s become a familiar scene now in headlines: Some person misuses a prescribed stimulant medication (usually Adderall) which ends up in a severe tragedy. The news channels pick it up and the s...

2 years ago

2 years ago

There is a human tendency to replace some thing that might not be fully effective with another solution that is even worse than the previous one. Sometimes the names functional medicine, integr...

2 years ago

One of the most detrimental approaches to evaluation and management of ADHD, especially in adults, is to have a fixed disease mode...

2 years ago

Psychiatry as a sub specialty of medicine is an easy field to criticize! Despite decades of search,  we still do not know the exact molecular basis of the most psychiatric illnesses. The co...

2 years ago

We are all noticing that accomplishing proper mental health is not an individual task. The trends in society and the manipulation of segments of it have a direct correlation to our own individu...

2 years ago

One of the main misunderstandings about ADHD assessment and therapy is that there is a state that one reaches when you feel totally normal , balanced, able to focus, and free of distraction and...

2 years ago

Telemedicine has been a wonderful format to offer proper medical care and has become indispensable to our healthcare system since the COVID-19 pandemic. More recently there have been outfits...

2 years ago

There is no universally agreed-upon definition of what a holistic mental healthcare system would l...

2 years ago

Perhaps the biggest misunderstanding about ADHD syndrome in adults is that it is one fixed conditi...

2 years ago

Over the years I have found it more useful to limit the term mental illness to severe psychiatric...

2 years ago

As a Maryland and Ohio physician who has dedicated most of his professional career to treating add...

4 years ago

Are you tired of reading self-help books about anxiety management that do not help? Have you been in therapy for years without any sustainable benefits? Are you afraid of dependence on psychiatric...

4 years ago

By the time we are adults the condition we call ADHD in children morphs into a particular style of living and relating that the term itself does not imply at all. What was formerly a childhood lack...

4 years ago

Some might wonder why a psychiatrist would dare to comment on the current political climate and the unhealthy dialogue that is going on. The reality is that most people, including the patients that...

4 years ago

Could you have adult ADHD? If you suspect that your lifelong struggles with memory, focus, or friendships may actually trace back to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD), this sli...

4 years ago

It's okay to feel anxious, sad and restless these days! It might point you to some corners of your mind and psyche that need working on. If you are a human anywhere on this planet you feel the unse...

5 years ago

When a physician claims a holistic/ integrative approach to medical care, she usually faces either admiration or incredulity and disgust. I can attest to that from personal experience and my additi...

5 years ago

One of the more challenging aspects of my my work as a psychiatrist is when patients with good intentions come in to the office with a self-diagnosis of ADHD.  They are completely convinced af...

5 years ago

When I was a resident physician in training, I remember my excitement in mastering the principles of psychopharmacology. I was so eager to diagnose patients" problems and apply the right treatment....

5 years ago

The FDA's approval of esketamine (which is a derivative of the anesthetic drug ketamine) for treatment of depression has been hailed as a ‘game changer’ in the treatment of major de...

5 years ago

I saw the young man for the first time last month. He could not sit still for more than a few seconds and was constantly fidgeting. His life was a classic example of setbacks and unfulfilled dreams...

5 years ago

ADHD-affected individuals often have trouble reading for long periods. Many report trouble concentrating, experience headaches, sleepiness, and restlessness while attempting to read. The problem is...

5 years ago

67.4% of my patients have an addiction to porn. OK, I made up the precise statistic to get your attention; I just meant a significant subgroup! Pornography activates the novelty-seeking pathways in...

5 years ago

Recently a patient whom I had not seen for almost a year showed up in my office demanding that her antidepressant prescriptions be filled for another year. She made it clear that she had no interes...

5 years ago

You have been working hard all week and really look forward to going out with your fiancé to a nice restaurant and enjoying yourself. She has not seen you all week and is excited about findi...

5 years ago

Many people who start medication therapies to treat the core ADD/ADHD symptom notice subtle changes that are not always easy to accept or manage. The character style that was considered to be a pro...

5 years ago

Many people erroneously believe that being treated for depression means sacrificing a normal sex life. It is true that some antidepressants could impair libido and orgasmic phase of sexual activity...

5 years ago

Low frustration tolerance is a hallmark of the ADHD sufferers. The scenario goes something like this: You are trying to focus on completing your expense report, and the guy from the next cubicle in...