Zen Psychiatry
By Elana Miller, MD
"Health is the first muse and sleep is the condition to produce it." –Ralph Waldo Emerson It is rare that a person comes to my office and doesn't have a problem with sleep. And it's not just my …
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It's only been two days since I arrived in St. Petersburg, Florida for the annual conference of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine, and my mind has already been blown about a …
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Quick note: In the last few days I've had several hundred new subscribers join me from the Huffington Post. Welcome! It's great to have you here.Another quick note: Are you a healthcare provider …
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"Where there is a love of humanity, there is a love for the art of medicine" –Hippocrates, the father of western medicine When I was in middle school, I went to Lake Tahoe with my best friend on a …
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One of the goals of my writing here is to share information about natural and herbal treatments for common psychiatric problems.I use traditional psychiatric medications all the time, and believe …
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A while ago my meditation teacher told me the story of an older man who was struggling with anger issues.He had a teenage daughter (a difficult age for a young woman—just ask my parents) who, you …
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