There are many people with common neurotic anxiety disorders who continue to work despite their condition, depending on severity. However, people with more serious psychiatric disabilities such as schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder, often drop out of the workplace when their mental condition reaches... Read more →

Last week we discussed the Popular Sector of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This week we continue to trace my pilgrimage through the Chinese medical system as I leave the Popular Sector and move to the Professional Sector. The Professional Sector is populated by those healing professions that have organized... Read more →

Most people are familiar with the detective who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) appearing in the television series “Monk“. OCD is an anxiety disorder that makes life difficult for 1 in 50 adults in the USA. Read more →  Read More →

Pain is generally considered a symptom of disease. The uniqueness of the disease of pain, of course, is that it cannot be seen by the physician. It is experienced and reported by the patient. Understanding how pain is generated and more importantly, how to treat pain, is the focus of this lecture. Among... Read more →

Interviewee: Debbie, age 31-35, from new Jersey was diagnosed with “Chronic Pain/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia - April 2000 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - about 10-12 years ago suspect Dysautonomia Brain Injury - June 15, 2002 - suspect post concussion syndrome Carpal Tunnel Syndrome -... Read more →

The Chinese medical philosophy is at once alien and similar to the system of Western medicine. Superficially, the systems seem to have very little in common with regard to history, diagnostic approach, evaluation of information and most glaringly, treatment regimen. In an effort to examine Chinese medical... Read more →

Think of popular movies you have seen which portray someone who is mentally ill. Often the fictional character is violent, dangerous and scary. You may not have thought of that portrayal as stigmatizing to the mentally ill, but after viewing a movie with a homicidal maniac or other violent psychotic... Read more →

When a person suffers from a stroke, usually the blood supply to part of their brain is abruptly disrupted and as a consequence brain cells die due to the lack of oxygen and nutrients. The more severe the stroke, the more likely the families have to listen to heartrending terminology from the doctors.... Read more →

Osteopathically informed psychiatry recognizes the biopsychosocial principle that the body is able to affect the mind. Consider for example the phenomenon of chronic disease-related depression that asserts when depression is analyzed in the context of preexisting disease, its prevalence is much higher... Read more →

Engel’s portrayal of the biopsychosocial model has significantly redefined psychiatry, medicine, and psychology. With the emergence of health psychology and behavioral medicine in primary care settings and the training of general practitioners on different health paradigms, patients are increasingly... Read more →

Interviewee: Paula, age 16-20, from Ohio was diagnosed with “Anorexia Nervosa in January 2002 at Children’s Hospital in Omaha, NE Moderate depression and insomnia in November 2004 at Physician’s Clinic in Omaha, NE”. Anorexia often prevents the accepting of lunch or dinner invitations,... Read more →