Is the serotonin hypothesis behind the use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) for the treatment of depression valid or evidence-based? This update answers that question.
Read moreHealing Two Top Causes of Mental Illness
Remedies for lowering histamine and inflammation: In this article, you’ll find a brief overview of my approach to treating two major culprits of mental illness: high levels of histamine and inflammation.
Read moreSix Things Strong People Do
I found an interesting quote that made me reflect on the nature of strength. Sometimes, I need some ideas that can guide and realign me with what I want to be. Today's update is my own revised version of that quote, which helps me to be strong. I hope it will help you too.
Read moreExercise with Whole Body Vibration (WBV) As Fun as Getting a Massage
Vibration plate technology was first used in the 1970s by Russian cosmonauts to combat muscle and bone loss caused by extended time in outer space. After some research, I bought one and tried it out. The experience felt similar to sitting in a massage chair except the vibrations can be adjusted to higher amplitudes and frequencies. Read on to learn more!
Read moreThe Most Important Factor for Fastest Recovery
With enough experience over the years, I've learned how to differentiate the easy from the hard patients using their psychiatric history. In fact, I've come to realize the number one factor that makes the greatest difference on how fast a patient will heal. I'd love everyone to know what this factor is and why. Read on for more insights!
Read moreHealing from Hypertension and Premenstrual Symptoms
I hope you'll enjoy the unexpected topic for my podcast and Holistic Update this week: healing hypertension and premenstrual symptoms holistically.
Read moreBreaking Through Unexpected Withdrawal Barriers
I have good news and bad news about Leslie's healing journey since last week's breakthrough. As promised, I will go over the energy healing techniques used and report on some of my clinical findings. Read on to find out how to heal some of the most common invisible determinants of mental health.
Read moreThe Immune System's Invisible Role in Psychiatric Medication Treatment
I recently had a thrilling breakthrough in my understanding of medication withdrawal. This breakthrough will help my patients with their recovery tremendously. Read on as I describe the nature of the problem, and in next week’s article, I’ll share some solutions as well.
Read moreThree Perspectives That I Don't Assume Anymore
Today's article is the third and last one in a series that reflects back on my years of practice and asks: What has changed? I've discovered that certain perspectives, which had once been a big part of my life, no longer influence me.
Read moreThree Interventions That I Don't Use Anymore
Today I want to highlight three interventions that I don't use anymore and why. Leaving these tools behind reflects new beliefs or a change in the healing paradigm that I've gained over the years.
Read moreThree Things That Don't Freak Me Out Anymore
There are so many things that I don't do anymore or don't get freaked out about because of my experiences over the past 20 years as a holistic psychiatrist. Here is the first of a few articles on my insights.
Read moreTake It Off—But Don't Just Do It Slowly
I've been finishing up my presentation for the Energy Healing Conference in Logan, Utah on April 2, 2022! It will be held at Ridgeline High School. Today, I want to give you a preliminary peek at my presentation and its funny style and content.
Read moreHow Medicine Questions
What happens beyond information gathering during the usual eight years of medical training? Too often doctors are trained to mechanically do what they're told without questioning why or what for. How does this happen? Today, I want to give you a peek inside the ivory towers of a medical training facility. It all begins with how medicine questions.
Read moreMedication Withdrawal, Dependence, or Harm?
It's important that I go back over the basics and explain just what I mean by medication withdrawal, dependence, and harm. For this week, though, I decided to use a short YouTube video to talk about these issues.
Read moreThe Best of the Best
My Holistic Updates began on August 16, 2016, and currently contain more than 197 articles on holistic mental health and psychiatric medication withdrawal. In today's article, I want to show you around Holisticpsychiatrist.com and recommend some of my best articles and podcasts to you.
Read moreWhat's in a Name? A Rose by Any Other Name . . .
Juliet once said in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." This may be perfectly true for Romeo, but not as easily translated when it comes to the labels we give to patients in psychiatry. Read on for my fable on flowers and names and mental illness.
Read moreDon't Stuff a Size 14 Illness into a Size 7 Treatment
Content and process are the yin and yang of any successful treatment. This week I found myself learning this lesson once again in my daily work with patients. Read on to learn more about what I mean.
Read moreHow Can Past Withdrawals Impact Your Current Withdrawal Process?
How do past medication withdrawals impact our current withdrawal process? The bottom line is that medication exposure and withdrawal from many years ago can have an important impact on a withdrawal process happening in the present.
Read moreLife on the Edge with Mr. Good Woodword
Today, I share a true story and some candid reflections from my life. Many of us may experience terrible, unavoidable challenges. Yet, I believe that with faith and effort, we can still transform our experiences into something amazingly beautiful, invaluable, and useful.
Read moreHow Long Will My Treatment Last?
Today, I thought it would be helpful for me to answer a common question I encounter, which seems simple but is actually quite complicated to answer: how long will my treatment last?
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