Mental Health Medicine

Western medicine plays a vital role in maintaining our health, but should it be our sole reliance? Many have experienced leaving a doctor's office with a little more than rest and Acetaminophen as the answer or felt frustration at the cost of pharmaceuticals. While these medicines are backed by research, humanity has relied on nature's remedies for centuries. Herbalism, the ancient practice of using plants for healing, is gaining renewed interest, with scientific support for its effectiveness.

Em A sabedoria do agora, Daniel J. Siegel, médico e professor de psiquiatria, apresenta sua prática pioneira e inovadora de meditação baseada na ciência. A partir de um estudo aprofundado sobre o tema, ele nos fornece instruções práticas para dominar a Roda da Consciência, uma ferramenta poderosa que ajuda a desenvolver um cérebro mais saudável, a cultivar o foco e a reduzir o medo, a ansiedade e o estresse na vida cotidiana.

Author Michael Pollan digs through decades of research and plays human guinea pig to illustrate the potential of psychedelics to alter the mind. Please note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. If you'd like to purchase the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.

Over the last decade, Kevin Dedner has been on a mission to explore this powerful and troubling question, shining an unconventional spotlight on the impact of racism on mental health. In his debut book, The Joy of the Disinherited, Dedner articulates his call for urgent change: We must knock down the invisible barriers that make it harder for Black people to get the mental health care they need and deserve.

Es ist kein Zufall, dass wir krank werden. Krankheit ist eine Form der Sprache unserer Seele. Krankheit zeigt uns den Weg zu verdrängten Gefühlen und unbewussten Mustern. Das Buch eröffnet ihnen neue Einsichten und Horizonte, ihre Krankheiten zu verstehen und zu deuten.

Moms in Medicine: Navigating Mental Health Challenges is a heartfelt and empowering guide that delves into the unique challenges faced by mothers who work in the medical field. Written by Sarah El Yaman, a seasoned physician, and mother herself, this book offers invaluable insights, practical advice, and real-life examples to support doctor moms in balancing their careers with motherhood.

This timely book offers a balanced and thoughtful review of the current mental health emergency and its impact upon and among medical professionals, supported by the best available evidence and illustrated through real-life cases. Recognizing the increasing stressors in the role including the impact of the environment in which doctors work, the book examines some of the key emotional drivers for this unhappiness among doctors at work—shame, stigma, suffering, and sacrifice—and offers practical steps to emotional and physical recovery.

Current events these days are fraught with political animosity, global pandemic, warfare, gun violence, and economic insecurity. The troubling times that we live in leave us uncertain where we stand and in what direction we are going. It is with good reason that anxiety levels have peaked and the affliction has extended to almost every segment of society—whether we like to admit it or not. We may not be able to change the world, but this book by James G. Meade, PhD, shows us how we can help ourselves.

This audiobook is nothing but the pure, beautiful sounds of rain. No thunder, no talking, and no surprises. Relax and close your eyes as you let the experience of Pure Rain Sounds wash over you and feel the stress melt away.

These days there are all kinds of problems that introduce struggle into our lives. Like the epidemic of social anxiety. Everybody who has had parents knows that a lot of internal conflict arises from the process of growing up with parents. And many people have suffered some real trauma. These sometimes cause people to feel like things aren’t going to get any better.

Do you suffer from erectile dysfunction? Is it ruining your relationship? Do you need to do something fast to prevent further embarrassment? The awkwardness and mortification of erectile dysfunction is something from which millions of men suffer. Being unable to perform at crucial times can lead to relationship problems as well, and for many men, seeking help from a doctor just adds to the pain. But there are solutions to this common problem, and Viagra is one that is readily available.

Benefits of mindfulness, meditation, positive affirmations, and yoga - and the evidence to back it up! About one out of every five American adults experience a mental health condition within a given year, and the public health concern still gets shoved under the rug. There are methods that people can incorporate into their routine, which can also improve their mental health. Meditation, mindfulness, positive affirmations, and yoga are all excellent practices that will put your mind, body, and soul at ease.

People who accomplish great feats owe their successes not to luck, but to the sheer ability to control their desires and to keep themselves from being complacent with what they currently have. Successes and failures should not be grounded on fortune or the lack thereof because they are more tied to how we live through self-discipline. Most people do not realize it, but they possess a lack of self-discipline in the things they strive for.

As humans, we have continued to rely on so many external factors for peace and fulfillment, in a time of increasing stress, conflicts, and rapidly failing mental health. Even though these things seem to be temporary, we keep holding on to them as long as they put us at ease at the moment. Things like exotic parks and other luxurious facilities and establishments. That is okay, but the question is, why do things continue to get worse, instead of improving for the better?

In einer Welt, die ständig in Bewegung ist und in der Anforderungen und Belastungen zunehmen, leiden viele Menschen unter stressbedingten Problemen. Der Druck, den eigenen Ansprüchen und denen der Gesellschaft gerecht zu werden, führt zu Dauerstress und physischen sowie psychischen Beschwerden. Lebensqualität und Wohlbefinden werden beeinträchtigt. Das muss nicht sein! Um dich auf deinem Weg zu mentaler Stärke, innerer Ruhe und Fokus zu unterstützen, haben wir eine Reihe von Audio Tools entwickelt.

In einer Welt, die ständig in Bewegung ist und in der Anforderungen und Belastungen zunehmen, leiden viele Menschen unter stressbedingten Problemen. Der Druck, den eigenen Ansprüchen und denen der Gesellschaft gerecht zu werden, führt zu Dauerstress und physischen sowie psychischen Beschwerden. Lebensqualität und Wohlbefinden werden beeinträchtigt. Das muss nicht sein! Um dich auf deinem Weg zu mentaler Stärke, innerer Ruhe und Fokus zu unterstützen, haben wir eine Reihe von Audio Tools entwickelt.

Trauma is an inevitable aspect of life. You or anyone you care about has almost certainly been through trauma, whether it was "big-T" trauma like mental, physical, or sexual assault, or "little-t" trauma like divorce, loss of employment, terrible childhood events, or any scenario where you seemed worthless, frightened, or helpless. But we can recover. It doesn't have to be a lifelong process. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy that has been shown to help individuals recover from trauma and enhance their quality of life.

Ungewöhnliche Einblicke in den Alltag der Neuro-Chirurgie - und in das menschliche Gehirn: Ein weltweit renommierter Gehirn-Chirurg erzählt von außergewöhnlichen Fällen und seinem Alltag im Operations-Saal. Das faszinierende Sachbuch zum Thema Gehirn-Chirurgie und Neuro-Wissenschaft. Prof. Dr. Peter Vajkoczy ist Direktor der Klinik für Neuro-Chirurgie an der Berliner Charité. Bis zu hundert Patienten aus aller Welt betreut er auf seinen drei Stationen und führt mit seinem Team bis zu fünf, sechs Operationen pro Tag durch – meist geht es um Schlaganfälle, Gehirntumore, Bypässe und Störungen an der Wirbelsäule.

The birth of psychiatry in the early nineteenth-century fundamentally changed how madness was categorized and understood. A century on, their conceptions of mental illness continue to influence our views today. Beliefs and behavior were divided up into the pathological and the healthy. The influence of religion and the supernatural became significant measures of insanity in individuals, countries, and cultures. Troubled by Faith explores these ideas about the supernatural across society through the prism of medical history.

We live in an age of diagnosis. The advance of sophisticated genetic sequencing techniques means that we may all soon be screened for potential abnormalities, and the internet provides a vast array of information that helps us speculate about our symptoms. When we are suffering, it feels natural to seek a diagnosis. But is diagnosis an unqualified good thing? Could it sometimes even make us worse instead of better? Through the moving stories, neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan explores the complex world of modern diagnosis, comparing the impact of a medical label to the pain of not knowing.