Depersonalization Disorder and Returning to Reality

Depersonalization Disorder and Returning to Reality

Depersonalization can occur when you feel detached from your thoughts and body. In this HelloGiggles article, Mindpath Health’s Rashmi Parmar, MD, explains what causes this disorder, its symptoms, and potential treatments.   Many of us have found ourselves going...

Partnering With Your Doctor on TMS

Partnering With Your Doctor on TMS

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is an outpatient, non-invasive treatment designed for patients with hard-to-treat depression, also known as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD.) TMS works by delivering an electromagnetic field to the brain to stimulate underactive...

Understanding Naomi Osaka’s anxiety concerns

Understanding Naomi Osaka’s anxiety concerns

Athletes endure enormous pressure and can buckle from the amount of media attention they receive. In this Insider article, Mindpath Health’s Leela R. Magavi, MD, discusses how this pressure can cause or worsen mental health issues.  Naomi Osaka withdrew from the...

Bridging the LGBTQIA+ Gap in Care

Bridging the LGBTQIA+ Gap in Care

Some members of the LGBTQIA+ community endure discrimination at the doctor’s office. Others simply avoid getting care. In this Psychiatric Times article, Summer R. Thompson, DNP, PMHNP-BC, discusses why this at-risk community needs better outreach.  In 1970, a group...

Chronic Stress: Symptoms and Treatment

Chronic Stress: Symptoms and Treatment

Chronic stress is more than a psychological problem. If left untreated, it can harm the body, too. Mindpath Health’s chief medical officer Priyanka, MD, explains common symptoms of chronic stress and its effects if left untreated in this Forbes article.  From traffic...

Medical Marijuana for Autism

Medical Marijuana for Autism

CBD may be the wonder drug families have been searching for to treat autism. Does it hold up to this standard? In this Psychiatric Times article, Mindpath Health’s, Rashmi Parmar, MD, explores cannabis as a possible treatment for autism.   Although the research on...

Teaching Kids the Art of Conversation

Teaching Kids the Art of Conversation

Leela Magavi, M.D., psychiatrist and Regional Medical Director at Mindpath Health, formerly Community Psychiatry, discusses helping children master the art of conversation. These are the 10 conversation skills all kids should have by first grade Children aren’t that...