The more I think of it, I believe hatred is necessary because we are fighting both “love” and a very strong habit in this case. And I do think you can hate a thing without hurting yourself.
Self-hatred, which often forms in childhood, can manifest in a variety of destructive ways. The antidote? Self-compassion.
I have come full circle, helping children and families access their innate self-regulatory systems, as I learn how to access mine.
If we want to stem the tide of burnout, depression and suicide in medicine, we need to enable doctors to be good doctors – not mere “health care providers” – and to practice medicine in a way they can be proud of.
“If you judge people you have no time to love them.” Mother Theresa Every thought you think, every emotion you feel, creates your body chemistry that in turn either builds your health and well being or leads to the destruction of your body, mind and life.
Helen Riess is a psychiatrist and author of The Empathy Effect: Seven Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences.She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "How to preserve empathy in medicine."
In medicine, there is a key group of people we seem to be excluding: Introverts.
Psychiatry rests on the borders of medicine, religion, narrative, and philosophy.
Mind Medicine is a psychedelics-based medicine startup with lofty goals.
Depression is the most common cause of disability in the world. Chances are high that you or someone you know will experience a period when depression gets in the way of work, social life or family life. Nearly two in three people with depression…
Women end up in care more often than men and research on how drugs affect female patients is less robust, but the exact influence of sex and gender on mental health is a relatively new area of study
"If I can’t convince myself of something then I’m not going to convince anybody else of anything."
How well an individuals does in their personal life could be due to their genetics, say psychologists at the University of Edinburgh.
nsus that the field of psychiatry would benefit from more familiarity with neuroscience and neuropsychiatry. Yet there remain numerous factors impeding the integration of these domains of knowledge into general psychiatry.The authors make recommendations to move the field forward, focusing on the need for advocacy by psychiatry and medical organizations and changes in psychiatry education at all levels. For individual psychiatrists, the recommendations target obstacles to…
Depression and anxiety are not a sign of weakness, a sign of incompetence in being able to work as a physician or a red flag that needs to be further investigated.
Failure is something that we usually run away from. No one ever really wants to fail in life.
If you’ve ever gotten a stomachache from stress, you might suspect that your mental state can affect your digestive system. But, Agent 99, would you …
... and why positive role models aren't necessarily better than negative ones.