Brain Bites is all about broadening your reach with easy-to-digest psych knowledge! Join me for quick, interesting medication and brain science tidbits! Elevate your therapy practice with insight and data from your friendly online psychiatrist!
Too good to wait for my unpause...
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I know I said I was taking a summer sabbatical but… I’ve been sitting on something I’m way too excited about to keep quiet. Like a labradoodle with a brand new squeaky toy, I just can’t help myself. 😄 So here it is: It’s a brand-new video series I’m doing with my friend Dr. Kristin Zeising, a psychologist + sex therapist, who brings the same thoughtful, no-BS energy to this stage of life that I try to bring to mine. Each short episode answers one real, messy, midlife question about libido, resentment, identity shifts, body image, mood dips, and all the “what is even happening to me?” moments we know women are dealing with in perimenopause and menopause. 👉 It’s smart. Watch the first episode now! More coming soon; and yes, I’ll go back to resting after this. Maybe. 😉 Cheers to healthy brains, Dr.B P.S. Even though it's still summer and I'm leaving for vacation in just a few days, I'm also super excited about going to Kona for the Aloha Summit! Want to know more about my talk? Find out here! (I'm SOOOOO excited about this!!!! Even more than a kitty with catnip!!)
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Brain Bites is all about broadening your reach with easy-to-digest psych knowledge! Join me for quick, interesting medication and brain science tidbits! Elevate your therapy practice with insight and data from your friendly online psychiatrist!
"Warmer... warmer.... WARMER!... HOT!!!" I know you remember the hot/cold game, right Reader? Someone hides something, like a water bottle or a precious heirloom tiara, and there's one person looking for it. Everyone else can give guidance based on temperature where HOT means you're right on top of it!!! (If only it was as easy to find my sunglasses when I don't put them back where they "belong". And I look with my eyes OPEN!) It was a fun game when I was 9 and it was fun to play with a...
I’ve been a psychiatrist for a while. It’s not often that I’m “wowed” by some new piece of information on a topic that has been the bread and butter of what I’ve been doing for almost 20yrs. But reading this article about CBT-i had a fascinating sleep pearl that has nothing to do with the main topic which is how to use CBT-i to help get people off their sleep meds. That magical little tidbit? People who get 7hrs of sleep have lower all-cause morbidity and mortality. Not 6hrs Not 8hrs 7hrs....
He was 23, a college senior, and lit up when he talked about photography, something he loved. But every time his excitement broke through, he crushed it with the same line:“I just need to get my shit together and be more like my dad.” His dad wanted him to push harder, climb faster, succeed bigger. But my patient wasn’t even sure he even wanted that life. And me? I just wrote him another prescription and sent him on his way. I maxed him out on Strattera, watched him become poorly compliant,...