Lisa Waldman, LCSW, MPH Psychotherapy & Public Health Educator

01/11/2026

https://youtube.com/shorts/1KNr8FrpiIY?si=dgoSm6zohenj7mvV

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

12/31/2023

Be sure to assess your clients for all forms of anxiety— biological/inherited and situational/rational (racism, antisemitism, etc.)
For example:

10/01/2023

In case you think Covid is just like the flu once you’re vaccinated… Mask up & maybe you’ll avoid (getting or giving) the flu and RSV as well.

People who have struggled to recover after Covid-19 often find that clinicians treat them like medical mysteries. Routine tests often don’t reveal that anything is amiss, so doctors sometimes wrongly assume that long Covid might be a form of depression or anxiety or is otherwise all in a person’...

09/05/2023

Sound advise for improved sleep!

Four things you can do to get back on track to healthy sleeping at night

07/09/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/health/medicare-mental-health-shortage.html
It's tough to find "in-network" mental health providers through Medicare Advantage, regular Medicare, and even PPO insurance, mostly due to low reimbursement rates, limits on length and type of treatment, confidentiality concerns, and administrative (documentation) burdens.

A new study finds that people have a very difficult time finding doctors in their networks under the private-sector policies.

06/06/2023

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-our-healthcare-system-broken-202107132542

The US healthcare system is expensive, complicated, dysfunctional — and broken. The system needs a major overhaul, and the arguments for this fall into a few broad categories: high cos...

05/25/2023

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/992383

And imagine if you’re homeless, with or without MediCaid insurance. Where are the local clinics with trained psychiatrists to provide AND GET REIMBURSED for effective medication management? The few that exist require extensive waits, have gatekeepers, wait-times, paperwork, require persistence, follow-up, and personal organization. Who has the stamina when they are hungry, tired, sick, disorganized & delusional?

New patients seeking an outpatient appointment with a psychiatrist may have to wait more than 2 months for an in-person visit and more than a month for a telehealth visit.

04/07/2023

https://apple.news/Ap8vjUlw5TEqJC1vAMGf8_Q

Postpartum mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) affect around one in seven people who give birth. Despite the prevalence of this issue, PMADs are underdiagnosed and undertreated.

01/20/2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/09/13/mental-health-hope-fatigue-coping/?s_l=OFFSITE_FACEBOOK&p=US_0922_FTP&s_dt=yearly&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=acq-nat&utm_campaign=evg-ftp&utm_content=regwall&fbclid=IwAR1_yBm1GFxd0k8h0hiQvQVWZOTD1LwFosCEwecJfvBxIGur2x_-35zsZPI_aem_AWSYQdvkYmIjv4PNUw1e_o2qQyAXC0oBibVH6EYvtAfoo-LISXhIRTG2hWXT_N5BufZtkYUh25JZcu5KyMZDaOri1MKS5SUSGG6hY07byPSf6VA_PUYd2LteP29t4zoqU6AglbYSKOqZi56IoBFsC0QV

How to feel less anxious and hopeless about climate change, the war in Ukraine and other things beyond your control.

12/04/2022

https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/opinion/doctors-aging-competency-test.amp.html

We should mandate periodic competency assessments for physicians after a certain age.

10/25/2022

https://apple.news/A_o1v7TOeS1SAitx90CLvZA

People who reported experiencing side effects to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines such as fever, chills or muscle pain tended to have a greater antibody response following vaccination, according to new research.

09/18/2022

8 Things You Might Not Know About Antidepressants

Medication can relieve painful symptoms of depression and anxiety.