Julian Lagoy, M.D. helps discuss how marijuana for medical use may result in rapid onset of cannabis use disorder. Medical marijuana use continues to be decriminalized across the country, as marijuana is now legal for medical use in 38 states. A new study published in...
Elisabeth Netherton, M.D. discusses what the definition of a workaholic is and ways to overcome a work addiction. Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie, MD, had such severe 'workaholism' that she not only worked until the day she delivered her son but was so focused on work that she...
Mindpath Health’s Rashmi Parmar, M.D. helps us understand the impacts of video game addiction, the power of modern technology and how therapy can help. The field of addictions research continues to evolve. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), gaming...
Leela Magavi, M.D., Psychiatrist and Regional Medical Director at Mindpath Health, formerly Community Psychiatry, discusses the effects of derealization offers hope for those experiencing the sense of detachment from one's surroundings or perceiving the world as...
Community Psychiatry's Dr. Magavi was featured in Insider discussing how to support someone you know who has an addiction. If you haven't had a drug addiction yourself, it can be difficult to know what to say to a loved one experiencing it. But knowing more about...
If you have gone to rehab or even just been in early recovery inside the rooms of AA or NA, you have always heard this advice, ‘Wait a year before you get into a new romantic relationship.’ Now keep in mind, that general time frame is a year provided that you are...
Parenting itself is full of joy and fraught with peril. The mirror neurons in our prefrontal cortex capture our own infancy and childhood – the ways in which we, ourselves, were parented - and exist largely outside of our conscious memory. Subsequently, whether we...
It is said that alcoholism has been more devastating for Native Americans than any other tool that was introduced during European colonialism. For a variety of reasons, alcohol has had devastating effects for indigenous people, often affecting this population more...
In the military, you have to become the best version of yourself. What does that mean for soldiers and veterans? For some, the military can be a means to improve their mind and body; for others, it can be a source of stress and isolation; for many, it can be both. And...
Substance Abuse and Addiction are long-standing problems for both the United States, and the state of North Carolina. North Carolina has the 30th highest drug overdose mortality rate in the United States. Though North Carolina is doing much to counteract these...
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