Angela Oddone LCSW LCSWC

08/30/2024

08/30/2024

Would you or someone you know/love benefit from having an app for your/their psychiatric advanced directive on your/their phone(s)? This time of year is when a people who have mood disorders tend to experience some instability. Also, covid infections -- which are surging once again -- can cause and/or contribute to psychiatric symptoms and/or disorders. So, please, share this free app with those who might benefit. Thank you!

Today, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a new mobile app, My Mental Health Crisis Plan, which allows individuals who have serious mental illness (SMI) to create a plan to guide their treatment during a mental health crisis. The app was developed through...

08/22/2024

Good news! The FDA's approving the new covid vaccines that protect against variants current infecting people during this current surge today. These new vaccines may be available from pharmacies as soon as this weekend. This immunologist explains why the Novovax, Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will most likely be equally effective.

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07/06/2024

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05/04/2024

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04/09/2024

Why, if I get covid, I'll take Paxlovid asap...

A new study calls into questions the efficacy of Paxlovid. Here I review the study and why I would choose to take Paxlovid if infected.

04/02/2024

Today is World Autism Awareness Day.

03/24/2024

Accurate description of grief when living with chronic illness. Accessible via logging in via Facebook -- no paywall/subscription required.

The losses that come with chronic illness and disabilities are exacerbated by how few people understand the nature of this kind of grief.

03/16/2024

Promising...if this happens, it could contribute significantly to the improved health, ability to function and quality of life for people living with Long Covid, ME/CFS, MCAS, EDS and similar conditions.

Advocates want NIH to create an office to pursue research and treatment of long Covid, ME/CFS, Lyme disease, Ehler-Danlos syndrome, POTS, and other post-infection illnesses.

03/08/2024

A Personal Perspective: It's time for a paradigm shift on neurodiversity.

02/23/2024

Most likely an excellent explanation, which is why my practice is now full w/ a long wait list of later in life self- or officially-diagnosed autistic adults. In social/emotional terms, it's actually a lot more like realizing you're LGBTQIA+ later in life.

150.7K likes, 2490 comments. “this ones for all those dad’s who “need to see the data” first”

01/23/2024

An interesting excerpt everyone should want to know from my favorite immunologist's blog --

What have Scientists learned over the last four years about how COVID-19 impacts people differently: Emerging and mostly settled science.

01/20/2024

Especially for anyone who has or knows anyone who does, this 2 hour hearing was validating and enlightening.

We cannot turn our backs on the millions of Americans who continue to struggle with long COVID. Join me LIVE now for a HELP Committee hearing to discuss what...

01/17/2024

Fresh research and clinical anecdotes have given experts a much clearer picture of which patients are most likely to develop long COVID.

01/17/2024

Clinicians should test for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome if patients have persistent symptoms after COVID-19, a small study suggests.

01/15/2024

Because so much of my practice is devoted to adults on the spectrum, I enjoyed watching this segment on CBS Sunday Morning and hope you will also.

One of Broadway's newest musicals, "How to Dance in Ohio" tells the real-life story of a group of autistic young people who are getting ready for their first...

01/13/2024

Chronic Pain Partners is excited to speak with David Jameson Harris, a former McKinsey consultant, about his latest project, a new Ehlers-Danlos syndrome clinic, hopefully offering access to expert EDS care in several states starting in February 2024. CPP's Karina Sturm spoke with David Jameson Harr...

01/09/2024

962 likes, 45 comments. “People pleasers tend to be drawn to partners who don't easily give affection or approval. They believe that love and affection must be earned through constant effort and pleasing behavior, and that their value and importance are measured by how much they can do for their p...

01/07/2024

Art as advocacy!

A new musical recently debuted on Broadway that puts the stories of seven autistic young adults front and center as they face the challenges of leading indep...

01/02/2024

A story about Anderson Cooper's decision to no longer live in silence and isolation with his grief.

The "60 Minutes" and CNN journalist, and host of the podcast "All There Is with Anderson Cooper," talks about the propensity among many people to bury their ...

12/29/2023

Full of implicit rules and paradoxes, sulking is a marvellous example of intense communication without clear declaration

12/28/2023

Now that we're in the 2nd biggest surge of covid infection rates since the pandemic began, especially if this applies to you, please be extra careful until this surge passes.

Fresh research and clinical anecdotes have given experts a much clearer picture of which patients are most likely to develop long COVID.

12/19/2023

As expected, with the only "surprise" being that JN1 is more immune evasive because of the mutations that created it, "There is a lot of sickness going around, and it will only increase in weeks to come. To improve your odds of staying healthy for the holidays, this is the time to tighten up— wear a mask indoors, get that air moving, and certainly get vaccinated if you haven’t already."

Up, up, and away

12/15/2023

"No matter how dark the days, we can find light in our own hearts, and we can be one another’s light. We can beam light out to everyone we meet. We can let others know we are present for them, that we will try to understand. We cannot stop all the destruction, but we can light candles for one another."

No matter how dark the days, we can find light in our own hearts, and we can be one another’s light.

12/12/2023

DC – a reverse dust bowl

12/10/2023

As a fan of psychologist/author Mary Pipher PhD, my work as a therapist reflects shared insights, perspectives and values she talks about during this interview.

Dr. Mary Pipher is a clinical psychologist, author and activist. She has devoted her life to caring for her family, her community, and the environment - while writing nine books grounded in her straightforward and honest approach to life. Best known for her first best-selling book, Reviving Ophelia,...

12/06/2023

On average, a staggering 132 Americans kill themselves every single day, with every demographic at risk of suicidal ideation. Correspondent Susan Spencer tal...

11/26/2023

"Although we are still early in the year I am anticipating a more mild cold, flu, and COVID season relative to last year. This, however, remains to be seen. Vaccination, mask wearing, social distancing, and hand washing reduce the spread of virus and small shifts in behavior by everyone can help reduce the overall morbidity and mortality burden of any given Cold, Flu, and COVID season."

It feels both trite and necessary to write a “how to avoid getting sick this winter” post, so please bear with me while I share these five ways to reduce infection and get through our 2023-24 Cold, Flu, and COVID season. I think I’ve found some helpful tools you may not have heard about yet an...

11/26/2023

Are you a perfectionist? Brené Brown, a research professor who has studied shame and vulnerability for more than a decade, says this is one of the three main...