Wellness First Psychiatric Associates

04/14/2026

I found a gen1 iPhone from 2007 hidden away in a drawer. Looking at old texts and images brought this to mind:

Looking into the past is a kind of travel from the present—that past seeming like a foreign place from which we can create a lens to know ourselves better as we are now.

04/09/2026

Put aside for a moment diagnositic labels, is not the quality and depth of one’s friendships an honest measure of mental health?

04/08/2026

In the forest, as in the consultation room, it helps to wander before looking closely.

Free-floating attention prospects, focusing mines.

Something meaningful emerges when the two join hands.

04/04/2026

Our garden is starting to come back to life.
Just behind it is the place where people come for help.

A quiet reminder that renewal doesn’t have to follow the seasons.

03/27/2026

There is always something in the air, beyond words, when therapist and patient sit together.

02/19/2026

We are finding it rewarding curating our Mental Health and Media page with links to topics that are finding there way into the press. We'll be updating updating every week or so. Hope the links are interesting and rewarding.

Clinical reflections on mental health topics as they appear in the media, written from a psychiatrist’s perspective.

01/25/2026

Narcissism is a hot topic and the media is responding. Unfortunately, 'Hot' sometimes correlates with shallow. Thankfully The New York Times recently dug a bit deeper than average.
https://www.wfpanc.com/mentalhealth-media

01/20/2026

We’ve decided to begin curating topics in mental health that are appearing in the media. Our page is new and will be populated over time.

The first link on the page addresses a technical development in TMS — a non-invasive therapy for depression and a number of other conditions. Advances in TMS are being made using sophisticated imaging techniques to personalize how treatment is delivered, increasing the likelihood of successful outcomes.

Visit our new Mental Health and the Media page to learn more.

Clinical reflections on mental health topics as they appear in the media, written from a psychiatrist’s perspective.

11/09/2025

We have recently updated a curated list of psychological self-assessment tools as well as a few screening tests for common conditions like depression and anxiety. Hope visitors find them interesting and useful:
https://www.wfpanc.com/self-assessment

11/04/2025

Think of alcohol as like Tylenol. It has it place in life but is a direct toxin; something that stresses the body regardless of the dose.

Study challenges evidence about drinking and dementia

10/31/2025

At Wellness First we often tell patients it's never too late to get it right. The science of longevity suggests that advances are coming that will give us plenty of time to enjoy life after we get it right.

Enjoy the read.

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging humans become more resilient?

10/14/2025

We at Wellness supplement science journal readings with surveys of the general press, a place where novel medical advances are often first visible to the general public. The promise of GLPs, Ozempic and related medicines, as sited below to facilitate the treatment of alcohol abuse and other addictions is exciting, enjoy the read.

Is a powerful addiction treatment already invented?