Dr. Jessica Gorgo - Psychiatrist

04/27/2022

When teens decide they have a personality disorder or other mental-health affliction based on information they found in TikTok videos, it can fray family relationships and pose a treatment challenge.

04/21/2022

7 skills separate successful kids:

1. Self-confidence
2. Empathy
3. Self-control
4. Integrity
5. Curiosity
6. Perseverance
7. Optimism

Thrivers are raised, not born. Through her decades of research, psychologist and parenting expert Michele Borba found seven traits kids need in order to become resilient, mentally strong and self-aware adults. Here's how parents can teach them.

01/27/2022

Workers Across US Face Difficulty In Receiving Time Off Following Miscarriage

Kaiser Health News (1/26) reports, “Miscarriage, which occurs in about a quarter of all pregnancies, is the most common form of loss of a pregnancy.” However, “there are no national laws that protect people when they need time off from work to deal with the loss.” Across the US, 30 “states and five localities...have enacted laws that require employers to offer workers accommodations related to pregnancy, which can include time off to recover from a miscarriage,” yet “outside those states, workers are protected only by” the Pregnancy Discrimination Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act.

About a quarter of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. Despite the large number of workers affected, no national laws protect them when they need time off to deal with the loss.

12/27/2021

Botox Injections May Reduce Anxiety

"What they found was that the reported anxiety risk was 22 to 72 percent lower in Botox-treated patients for four of eight conditions and injection sites: facial muscles for cosmetic use; facial and head muscles for migraine; upper and lower limbs for spasm and spasticity; and neck muscles for torticollis. (For the other four injection sites, there was not enough data for statistically significant confidence intervals, according to Abagyan.)"

FDA database of drug side effects indicates the benefit may hold up no matter where Botox is injected. Botox, or Botulinum toxin, a medication derived from a bacterial toxin, is commonly injected to ease wrinkles, migraines, muscle spasms, excessive sweating, and incontinence. Researchers at S**g

12/27/2021

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12/20/2021

A first-timer’s guide to preparing for psychotherapy.

12/20/2021

Fifty Shrinks by Sebastian Zimmermann is a book of photographic portraits of therapists in their offices.

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12/19/2021

Thirty depressed medical professionals will be treated with a dose of synthetic psilocybin — a psychedelic drug — to see if the drug, can reduce their mental anguish.

12/17/2021

Frontline mental health workers in every state say they can’t keep up with the demand from patients struggling with the disruptions of pandemic life.

12/15/2021

Why you should always retry therapy if it doesn’t work the first time around | Stylist

“Although it can be difficult to seek therapy after you have tried to get help for anxiety or depression and it didn’t work, remember that ‘no size fits all’ when it comes to dealing with psychological problems,” Jelena Kecmanovic writes for Psychology Today. “There are numerous reasons why medication, therapy or both don’t help a particular person at a particular time.”

A new study has shown that therapy can help even if it didn’t work the first time.

12/14/2021

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12/11/2021

What is the viral trend, and how is it destigmatising mental health medication? | Glamour

"The trend came to light at the end of November 2021, when well known influencer and Ambassador for Mental Health, Dr Alex George, decided to share the results of a recent poll he conducted. These results showed that 75% of online voters admitted to having experienced stigma, judgement and discrimination, simply for taking the medication that helps better their mental wellbeing."

This trending hashtag is changing the way we view antidepressants.