Much still needs to be learned about the COVID-19 virus and how it affects different organs in the body. While some patients report neuropsychiatric symptoms after infection, there hasn’t been a clear rationale as to why. A UK study recently published in Nature...
A recent July 2022 review article published in Nature has had the wellness world abuzz in recent weeks. In what is described by mainstream outlets as “bombshell news,” the review concludes that there appears to be no correlation between depression and brain levels of...
About The Event On August 31st, Stanford Psychiatrist, Anna Lembke, MD joined the CalPsychiatry Psych Media Discussion Group to discuss her recent book, Dopamine Nation, with CalPsychiatry psychiatrist, Sir Melancon, MD. During this discussion, Anna Lembke discusses...
When chronic workplace stress is not successfully managed, burnout can result. The immediate symptoms of burnout include negative feelings about one’s job, and reduced workplace performance. In serious cases, as noted by Dr. Lotte Dyrbye of the Mayo Clinic in a recent...
In a recent Washington Post piece, Allyson Chiu describes the benefits and downsides of working remotely in the post-pandemic era. In the article, one doctor describes feeling like he had much more control of his schedule—alternating between one week of remote work...
Recent data suggests that a mental health diagnosis may be associated with an increased risk of dementia later in life. Depression has been linked to the development of dementia later in life. Scientists have posited that the “depressed brain” is in a kind of...
