by Dr. Agresti | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog
Somatization disorder (also Briquet’s disorder or, in antiquity, hysteria) is a psychiatric diagnosis applied to patients who persistently complain of varied physical symptoms that have no identifiable physical origin. The disorder must begin before the patient turns...
by Dr. Agresti | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog
THIS JUST IN! 24/7 NEWS CAUSES ANXIETY! READ ALL ABOUT IT! I remember when I was a kid, my family used to eat dinner after the news. The news used to be thirty minutes. People tuned in and heard about the church bake sale, the plumbing problem being fixed at the...
by Dr. Agresti | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog
*Sensitive Content* *Reader Discretion/ Age Advisory* Pedophilia: Predators in Your Back Yard Pedophilia has become a topic of increased interest, awareness, and concern for both the medical community and the public at large. In my nearly thirty years of practice, I...
by Dr. Agresti | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog
Why is Sleep Important? Part Deux When we left part one, I had just explained how lack of sleep can make people fat, and was about to explain how it can also make people ugly. First, just a quick review of the cascade that makes you fat. When you don’t sleep, there is...
by Dr. Agresti | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog
A fugue state, formally dissociative fugue or psychogenic fugue (DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders 300.13), is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics...
