Anorexia nervosa (AN), also known as simply Anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. It is often coupled with a distorted self image which may be maintained by various cognitive biases that alter how the affected individual evaluates and thinks about her or his body, food and eating. Persons with anorexia...
Couples and Conflict One of my foremost jobs as a psychotherapist is to be a listener. All day, every day people come to me to talk about their problems. As you can imagine, many times patients want to talk about their spouses, specifically how they fight with them. So I want to talk a little bit about couples and fighting. Whether it’s about money, children, career, housework, all couples...
In psychiatry, adjustment disorder (AD) is a psychological response to an identifiable stressor or group of stressors that cause(s) significant emotional or behavioral symptoms that do not meet criteria for anxiety disorder, PTSD, or acute stress disorder. The condition is different from anxiety disorder, which lacks the presence of a stressor, or post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress...
by Mark G. Agresti, M.D. Dissociative Disorders are conditions that can affect anyone including residents of West Palm Beach. Dissociative disorders are defined as conditions that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity and/or perception. Disorders in this Category Dissociative Disorders Treatment West Palm Beach FL Call our West Palm Beach Dissociative Disorders ...
Hey people! MGA here. I’m writing this closing after finishing today’s blog, but it’s weird that I’m sticking it at the top of it, but there’s a method to my madness. I’m switching things up today and talking to you first because I might just have an announcement! And maybe even a favor to ask of all of you. So please read on. I think you guys have liked these sex toy blogs, no? Well, I have to...
by Mark G. Agresti, M.D. Borderline Personality Disorder is a condition that can affect anyone including residents of West Palm Beach. Dr. Mark Agresti discusses the signs, symptoms, and dangers associated with Borderline Personality Disorder. Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment West Palm Beach FL Call our West Palm Beach Borderline Personality Disorder treatment center today...
A Coronavirus PSA Before we get to this next blog on suicide, I must say something related to Coronavirus transmission, because I’m tired of yelling it at my television when I see people doing it or talking about it, how “safe” it is. What is it? It’s “elbow love,” bumping elbows with someone to say hello, goodbye, good job, whassup, whatever. Think about this, people: during this viral...
So I’m at the carwash. My car was a little dirty, and I like to keep it clean, preserve that new car scent. I’m no stranger to this place and I know my mission is the inside-out wash and hand wax. Actually, my mission is to manage to sit through it; I’ve been exiled to the waiting area for two hours. Two freaking hours! It’s a Saturday…don’t all these people have better things to do? As I sit...
N-Acetyl Cysteine Hello, people! Last week, we finished up our discussion on the darker side of OCD and talked about the most difficult subtype to deal with, the pure hell of pure obsession OCD, aka Pure O. As promised, we’re back this week with a new topic, N-acetyl Cysteine, or NAC. NAC is an amino acid used by the body to build antioxidants. Antioxidants are vitamins, minerals, and other...
For many people sleeplessness is an occasional annoyance, triggering them to lose rest for a night or two while for others it is a continuous problem. For occasional sleeplessness, medicines offered over the counter can assist an individual sleep and stay asleep throughout the night, nonetheless adverse effects of a few of these medications might cause other troubles. In addition, taking...
