A number of clinicians have approached me to ask how they can do what I do. Their requests make me appreciate the path that has allowed me to create a new, effective way for treating mental illness. Read on for more of my reflections.
Read moreWhat My Practice Has Taught Me About Patience
Healing is never a one-way street. It is a circular, holistic process where everyone benefits from the therapeutic relationship. Read on for my reflections on how my patients have shown me a great deal about how to be patient myself.
A Fitting End: My Journey as a Social Enigma
Read about my personal experiences as an immigrant growing up in Utah and my journey as a holistic psychiatrist, where I explored the tension between living authentically and the desire to fit in.
Read moreUnderstanding How Social Stress Affects Medication Withdrawal and Mental Health
When I began to learn about functional and energy medicine as an integrative psychiatrist, I learned critical information that helped me to understand how social stressors affect mental health and how to intervene to restabilize patients who have withdrawn from their psychiatric medications. Read on to learn more.
Read moreImproving the Standard of Care
Let's be clear, I believe there is much more psychiatrists can do to further mental health than just "the standard of care." Is the pharmaceutical industry a tool of psychiatry or is psychiatry a tool of the pharmaceutical industry?
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