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How Parental Mental Health Affects Children
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...
The Real Reason for Procrastination
Living in an age of technology has its perks. But it can provide the perfect distraction for those moments when we want to avoid doing something we know we need to do. We are able to access information in a moment’s time—an ever-tempting source of distraction. At the...
“Don’t Be Hysterical” – The History of Sexism in Psychological Treatment
We as human beings would like to think that our beliefs and actions are founded in reality and logic. While we have made mistakes as a species, we often see these as temporary blips in the grand scheme of history: sure, our psychological theories and treatment of...
Growing up with a Depressed Mom
In part one of this blog post, I discussed the “quirks” of my mother—her OCD and her irrational paranoia and how they affected me as a child. Looking back, however, I don’t consider any of the aforementioned behavior toxic to the point that it damaged me or my...
Count with Me: Bipolar Disorder & Anger
In a recent blog post, I talked about the difficulties of being a parent while managing bipolar disorder. But one of the most difficult aspects of this is dealing with the accompanying anger, which requires a whole separate discussion. Many people don’t know that...
Struggles of a Bipolar Parent
Being a parent is enough of a challenge in and of itself, but imagine having bipolar mania I as well. Bipolar mania affects men and women equally, with about 2.6% of the U.S. population diagnosed, and I can only imagine how many of those people are also parents....
Bipolar Disorder Myths
Bipolar Disorder is one of the many mental illnesses that I treat in my private practice. Unfortunately, much of what people think they know about bipolar disorder is not true. Inaccurate portrayals of Bipolar Disorder seem to be everywhere: on the news, in books, on...
Seven Most Common Misconceptions About Mental Illness & Health
Our country has come quite a way from the Freudian stigmas and public embarrassment associated with mental illness of the early 1900s, but some skepticism remains. Even in 2017, there are many myths and misconceptions about the legitimacy of mental health and the...
