August 12th, 2024 by Jenna Murphy Have you ever sweated for no apparent reason? You haven’t been exercising today or really been outside at all, and yet it still happens? Recent studies show that some of these cases actually may be caused by the influence of certain types of drugs, such as cholinesterase inhibitors (e.g., [...]
May 20, 2024 - by Jenna Murphy Did you know that 9% of the United States population will have some sort of eating disorder at some point of their life? For reference, that’s almost 30 million Americans. According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD), 15% of women will suffer from [...]
Imagine being able to help traumatized individuals heal from their trauma without talking about the trauma or even developing a therapeutic rapport, yet still achieving better results than standard antidepressants such as Prozac and standard psychotherapeutic interventions, and even achieving this more quickly (Van der Kolk, 2014). It might sound impossible, but eye movement desensitization [...]
Many of us are inundated with news and opinions about gluten, dairy, and sugar. You can’t go to the grocery store without seeing a sundry of labels offering gluten, dairy, and sugar free products. Most of the time, these products are more expensive and the ingredients are cause for skepticism. Many of us wonder if [...]
Many women will tell you that they reach their mid 40s and “things don’t feel right”. Most of my patients will come to me and report feeling irritable, having low energy, noticing foggy thoughts, and having disrupted sleep. These symptoms can be described as “coming and going”. My patient will say “I feel fine some [...]
Trigger Warning: suicide “Dum Spiro Spero” As a born and raised Southerner, college football was ingrained in me from a young age. War Eagle! This past week, I was studying for psychiatric nurse practitioner finals, a source of stress for anyone. On my study breaks, I was constantly watching google for the announcement of Auburn’s [...]
Student Submission by: Nicholas Ward Ketamine is an anesthetic that can cause dissociation. It has been sold many years as a street drug to allow users to dissociate for several hours at a time, causing feelings of euphoria or spiritual awakening due to its dissociative properties. Spravato (eskatamine), which is a nasal-spray form of ketamine, [...]
For many of you, the holidays and new year have been rough due to the spread of Omicron. Despite these low circumstances, this is a time to plan and reflect on the upcoming year and what it has to offer. I have been doing just that. I have wanted to expand my psychiatric services to [...]
Probiotics has become a buzz word. It seems like we are inundated with the importance of adding probiotics to our daily lives. Many of us have done this or tried to do this (maybe not consistently) and felt the same as we did before, so what is the big deal with probiotics? Well, I highly [...]
I apologize for my absence from blogging for the past several months. This was not my intention. However, I have a great excuse. I just completed my year long integrative psychiatry fellowship with Dr. James Greenblatt. The fellowship was insightful beyond words. It opened my eyes as a psychiatric provider that has been practicing since [...]