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Orange Peel Theory

What is the orange peel theory? Well, in clinical literature, there is not mention of the orange peel theory. But my understanding from what is depicted in the social media is that this is about how much you can entrust your partner in regards to a seemingly simple...

Nail Biting

Behaviors such as nail biting are often in response to stress/anxiety. It is much like bouncing your leg, twiddling your fingers, twirling your hair, etc. It's a way to diffuse a little bit of steam if you will. Doing such behaviors can be a distraction from the...

Optimize the Mental Health Benefits of Having a Pet!

Before jumping to that topic, this is assuming the individual is in a sufficient position to have a pet. This would include the ability to keep up with the pet's physical and emotional needs, expenses, and medical upkeep! Once that is met, let's dive in!   1.Physical...

Therapy and Psychiatric Care in Parenting

As a psychiatrist, I perform quite a bit a therapy along with medication management. As a matter of fact, therapy continues to be one of my most powerful tools. In training in this profession, they say it is not complete unless you receive therapy yourself and I could...

Emotional Contagion

Emotional contagion refers to shared behaviors or emotional states between individuals. This can be seen in primates as well as non primate organisms. This is believed to be facilitated by mirror neurons. When one organism observes an experience in another (such as...

What is Ketamine Therapy?

What is Ketamine Therapy?

Ketamine Therapy Ketamine has long been used in medicine as an anesthetic. It is also commonly used in veterinary medicine and has had some popularity as a recreational drug due to its relaxing sedative properties. More recently, the mental health community has...

Signs It Is Going Well or Not With Your Therapist

It is important to bear in mind, that effective therapy is not always what may instinctively come to mind. Believe it or not, therapy has a lot of science behind it. There are many different modalities of therapy (just like different types of exercise, medication,...

Existential Crisis

Image by Freepik   What are common symptoms of an existential crisis? emotionally, it is accompanied by very unpleasant feelings. They can include depressed mood, anxiety, fear, despair and an overall feeling of emotional pain. The caliber of the experience is...

Jealousy

Image by Freepik At what age do children feel jealousy? According to the study cited below "Jealousy emerged most intensely in the majority of children between approximately 1.1 and 2.3 years and at 3.5 years children distinguished between social situations which...