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Worry vs. Concern: What’s the Difference?

First, let’s establish that there is a difference between worry and concern. Concern embodies embracing the proper mindset for caring about important issues, decisions, events or conditions. It also means taking proper steps to create effective resolutions, monitoring their outcomes and making changes or modifications where necessary. […]

2013-10-20T20:07:45+00:00

Treating Anxiety: What Works Best For What

The least convincing evidence for psychotropic medication use is for the treatment of the anxiety disorders. Here’s why: Anxiety is as much a cognitive issue as it is an emotional one. Most of us experience anxiety intermittently; it rises to disorder proportions when there’s constancy to it. And when chronic, anxiety is invariably linked to faulty, irrational or illogical belief systems which require reframing to make relief attainable. […]

2012-06-21T21:35:27+00:00

5 Steps Alcoholics Can Take To Stop Drinking – On Their Terms

I go public in every Psychopharmacology seminar that I teach by stating that I don’t treat substance abuse in any manifestation. It’s noble work, and for those of you doing it, my hat is off to you. It’s not for me though. That famous line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet – “to thine own self be true” – defines why I wouldn’t be good at it. Substance abuse is fraught with manipulation, deception, denial and minimizing. Extracting the truth from a substance [...]

2012-05-20T18:05:09+00:00

Psychotropic Medication Decision Making: Toss the Algorithms and Decision Trees Aside

At every Psychopharmacology seminar I present, the following occurs: an attendee approaches me with a question regarding drug selection. I’m provided a small measure of the client’s history and the attendee’s assessment of the client’s condition. Invariably, the next question is what medication I would recommend. The expectation is for me to help after a two or three minute conversation guided by rudimentary information at best. […]

2012-03-12T23:51:10+00:00

As I See It: Vol.1 Issue #4

If it so happens that you’ve got a son or daughter living at home who is of age and gainfully employed, but seems to have little motivation or inclination to “launch” themselves and assume the responsibilities of rent, utilities and other costs associated with living on their own, try the following tactic – assuming you believe it is time for them to leave. […]

2013-10-20T20:27:13+00:00
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