Mindpath Health's Zishan Khan, M.D. helps discus how to talk about 9/11 with your children. When my younger son was in first grade, he came home telling us his teacher had been talking to the class about the bad “plane crash” that happened a long time ago in New York...
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....
Mindpath Health's Leela Magavi, M.D. helps discuss whether or not a relationship can cause PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an extreme anxiety disorder caused by experiencing a life-threatening event or situation. Often, people associate PTSD with...
Leela Magavi, M.D. discusses how art therapy can help with trauma. Creative expression can be a beneficial form of therapy, especially for those who need help navigating traumatic experiences. If you’re looking to work through a distressing event, it’s OK if speaking...
The pandemic has exposed many teens to trauma and tested their fragile resilience. What can you, as a clinician, do to help? While teenagers have been largely spared the ravages of COVID-19, the full picture of their experience is just beginning to emerge. The...
Dr. Vaishnavi is a neuropsychiatrist, cognitive neuroscientist, and a psychiatrist with Mindpath Health. Ms. Thompson is an Adolescent and Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with Mindpath Health, formerly Community Psychiatry, who are driven to help...
Here’s how to catch a PTSD chameleon using DSM-5 criteria. Many confident psychiatrists have quipped, “I can recognize posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as it walks down the hall.” It may be an exaggeration, but it does belie a surprising truth about the disorder....
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...
For most of my life, I operated under the assumption that sick days were reserved for times when I was so ill, I couldn't physically move. When I sensed that I was coming down with the flu or a virus, I took vitamins and tried to power through — and then inevitably...
by Kristy Southivilay Please note: This content contain mentions of sexual abuse. We often imagine PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) as being reserved for military veterans, or mothers experiencing postpartum PTSD after childbirth; but PTSD can happen to anyone...
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