More than half of people living with PTSD experience psychosis. In this Insider article, Julian Lagoy, MD, discusses common symptoms and provides holistic approaches to manage delusions and hallucinations. A mental health activist speaks out about their psychosis and...
Finding Your Place as an Adoptee
There is no one’s size fits all to adoption journeys. In this Healthline article, Kiana Shelton, LCSW, explains how to talk with children about their identities as an adoptee. Branca, now 43, grew up in Southern Italy but was adopted from Chile when she was about two...
Art Therapy as a Method of Healing Past Trauma
Mindpath Health's Leela Magavi, MD discusses how art therapy can be used as a method of healing past trauma. Hundreds of millions of adults have experienced a traumatic event at some point. Even if the physical impacts have healed and the memories have faded, the...
What Is Secondary Trauma?
Mindpath Health's Julian Lagoy, M.D. discusses what secondary trauma is. Some jobs require a lot of empathy. Many people in helping professions — such as nurses, therapists, social workers, and first responders — show up to work with big hearts, ready to help others....
Can a Relationship Give You PTSD?
Often, individuals suffering with PTSD have interpersonal issues with the people close to them and may lack emotional and physical intimacy. Mindpath Health's Leela R. Magavi, MD, explains how some relationships may cause symptoms of PTSD in this Health article....
How COVID-19 is Shaping the Next Generation
The pandemic exposed many teens to trauma and tested their fragile resilience. In this Psychiatric Times article, Maria Abenes, EdD, discusses how parents and clinicians can help adolescents cope with its ongoing effects. While teenagers have been largely spared the...
PTSD’s Long Reach
After the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, many veterans were reminded of their own trauma experiences. Mindpath Health’s Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD, and Summer Thompson, DNP, PMHNP-BC, explore the impact of PTSD on veterans and treatments to help...
How Clinicians Spot PTSD
PTSD can both resemble and commonly co-occur with a broad range of other psychiatric conditions. Mindpath Health’s Shannon LeMaster, MD, explains how clinicians catch PTSD using the DSM-5 in this Psychiatric Times article. Many confident psychiatrists have quipped,...
How Gen Zers Are Breaking Toxic Cycles of Trauma in Their Families
Julian Lagoy, M.D., Psychiatrist at Mindpath Health, formerly Community Psychiatry, explains the impact of generational trauma, it's impact how our genes work, and how our families are raised. They're normalizing therapy, prioritizing their mental health, and so much...
How to Process Trauma From COVID-19
It’s not uncommon for people to downplay the impact of COVID-19. In this Healthline article, Mindpath Health’s Julian Lagoy, MD, discusses the pandemic and its impact on our mental health. The danger and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic has upended “normal” life for...