The psychologists tell us Emotional neglect Keeps us above the neck. Thinking’s about all you can do No feelings ever permitted through. So here’s the greeting card For those who made life hard. When you were a small tender child With everyone larger you were beguiled. So defenseless and so soft Your divine spirit hovered aloft. Till it was smashed and scattered, By a harsh hand and words that battered. Scaring your needs into hiding The only one left was surviving. Retreat to your head Your young mind said. Follow their rules Or suffer abuse. And so the card says:
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Archives for The Center for Whole Psychiatry + Brain Recovery in the News
When Parts Collide: Using Internal Family Systems to Navigate ADHD and Environmental Design
ADHD can cause one to be very distractible. The visual landscape can erode just enough attention so focusing on a task can become impossible to do. The ADHD-er may not realize this. He or she may think they need to have these visual cues to remind them about their tasks, or they may feel happy seeing certain things they own out on view. Applying the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS) can add a crucial dimension here. Rather than viewing environmental challenges as simple organizational failures, we can understand them as conflicts between different internal parts, each with legitimate needs
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A Colorful Personality and Parkinson’s Disease
How Physical Environments Shape Mental Health: A Clinical Guide
Reducing Your Risk of Dementia with Dr. Robert J. Hedaya
The use of qEEG’s in treatment
Dr. Hedaya speaking with a patient.
Breakthrough with Chronic Fatigue and Myalgic Encephalitis M/E Symptoms
Traumatic Brain Injury in Amateur and Professional Athletes
The idea of getting injuries seems par for the course in athletics, but our common idea of the depth of injury may be more desensitized than we think. Athletes, both amateur and professional, are subjected to a substantial amount of risk. One of the worst cases is a Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI). The risk for this is very real in any rigorous athletic pursuits, but is heightened in contact sports. It is no simple matter, either, as TBI is considered a major cause of death and disability in the United States. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) notes that
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Covid’s Lasting Effects Deserve Rigorous Study
The risks of over-diagnosing a syndrome are real, but that does not mean that the syndrome does not exist. Jeremy Devine declares that “long Covid” and some other illnesses, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, are not biological disorders, but are psychological, psychosomatic diseases, and mislabeled manifestations of depression or anxiety (“The Dubious Origins of Long Covid,” op-ed, March 23). His clean distinction between psycho and somatic betrays an inaccurate conceptualization. Physicians understand that psychiatric illnesses, including schizophrenia, major depression and others, are usually associated with biological markers, such as inflammatory responses, disrupted neural pathways and neurotransmitter distinctions. Dr. Devine declares
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