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Diagnosing and Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder

The Dormancy of Emotional and Mental Symptoms and the long delay in Seeking Help

On average, it takes many years for an individual to experience emotional symptoms that affect his/her functionality. Once functionality is affected, it takes, on average, additional 5 to 8 years for the individual to seek help and receive appropriate treatment....

The ABC’s of Emotional literacy

Every child should be taught the basic elements of emotional literacy. Like any other process of learning, this requires practice, repetition, and skill building. This is a slow and gradual process much like learning how to play the piano. A...

Combining Psychotherapy to medication has significant benefits treating childhood Depression.

This was a study that I was involved with as a Psychiatrists back in 2012. It reflects benefits of use of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) in addition to use of antidepressant medication (Fluoxetine). It emphasizes the need to use therapy...

Back to school

As we are approaching fall and children are preparing for school, It is necessary to remind ourselves of the need for fresh focus on social and emotional learning and literacy of children. While students enter to a competing race to...

Balancing media and your emotional health

The constant media coverage of the terrible events that have been happening around us could cause emotional distress and anxiety. For some, it could trigger active symptoms of an emotional issue. Many of my patients have complained of such symptoms....