Out of the castle…

Out of the castle for a few days in sunny and warm Costa Rica while the snow and cold surround the castle. As many of you (the 2-3 people) that read this know, I lost my husband to suicide this summer. I wanted to take time to talk about mental health and the extremes that …

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I think I can say I am honestly shocked…

As many of you know, I work psych as a medicine person, not a psych person (believe me, you need to differentiate in psych). I have spent a great deal of time hearing that the patient has a somatic disorder in my career. Somatic symptom disorder involves a significant focus on physical symptoms, such as …

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Down a(nother) Reddit hole…

  So one of the benefits”?” of being done with school is that I am free to read again.  I have always had a passion for science fiction and fantasy reading.  No, I do not sit around reading medical journals all day, I read enough of them to post this blog daily, and I learn …

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