Anxiety, depression, OCD, panic disorder, bipolar disease, schizophrenia, ADHD, eating disorders and autism spectrum disorder are brain disorders. They are manifestations of brain inflammation and neurochemical imbalance. So is binge watching the Housewives of Atlanta. But to my point, our physiology plays a major role in creating these psychiatric symptoms. As clinicians we are obligated to try to uncover the “WHY” behind the symptoms…
Affecting more than 40 million people, or nearly 1 in 5 adults, anxiety disorders are the most common mental diagnosis in the United States. Let that just sink in for a second…
Many patients recovering from Covid-19 were experiencing hair loss — not from the virus itself, but from the physical stress of fighting it off. Those who never even contracted the virus were also losing hair, because of “emotional stress from job loss, financial strain, deaths of family members or other devastating developments stemming from the pandemic.” This is absolutely what I have been seeing in my practice and the hair loss is profoundly stressful and disturbing.
Although ADHD (Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder) is very common in children, affecting 6 million kids a year, adults are now representing at a rate of 4-5% each year…
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