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What Every Patient Needs to Know About Psychiatry Telemedicine
We live in a virtual world where the connection from Thailand to Texas is only a touchscreen away. As communications and the internet evolves, so does the ability for us to communicate with anyone in real-time. Psychiatry telemedicine (including online therapy services) was on the rise pre-pandemic and the pandemic pushed almost all of medicine…
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Schizophrenia – Are you hearing or seeing things?
“Are you hearing or seeing things that other people can’t”? This is usually the first question I ask someone who I suspect may have Schizophrenia. However, this doesn’t nearly encompass the entirety of this syndrome. The hallmarks of schizophrenia are both positive and negative symptoms and the specific cause is unknown. Positive symptoms include hallucinations…
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Reduce anxiety, Replenish Immune System, Reset Your Brain, Health
GO TO SLEEP! That’s what you’re inner voice is telling you as you check your iPhone to see another hour has passed. It’s 3:00 am and you can’t shut your brain off. If this is you then keep reading because I may have a couple pointers to help you turn your FFFFF’s into ZZZZZ’s. It’s…
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Anxiety and Paranoia in Orange County
Understanding Anxiety: Differentiating Normal Stress from Diagnosable Anxiety Anxiety is a term that’s thrown around somewhat loosely today. Whether you’re a college student with finals coming up or your working towards a deadline at your job; anxiety seems to be the term people gravitate to when they want to describe how their feeling. What’s normal…
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Dealing With Isolation During the Coronavirus | Covid-19
Dealing With Isolation It’s been just over a month. One month, since the United States initiated “Stay at Home Orders”. One month, since “non-essential” business shut down. One month, since everyones lives in our country were changed. Unfortunately, some people have been affected more drastically than others. Even more will be affected in the coming…
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Focusing with Distraction
Focusing can be hard enough when you are alone at your desk with a full cup of coffee and a full nights sleep under your belt. Throw in a cell phone, two computer screens, and background conversations and you have a recipe for half finished work, mounting stress, and angry bosses. Whether you’re in school…
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The “New Normal” – Mental Health
Remember the days when we could plan on going to a concert or sporting event? Seems like it’s been a while. The question is when will that be ok again? Hopefully soon. We’re stuck in limbo so to speak and the concern is whether or not we will be able to have the luxuries we…
