by Dr. Agresti | Jun 29, 2022 | Blog
Hello, people… welcome back to the blog! Last week, we finished our two part series on phobias, and it seems everyone enjoyed it. I got a lot of great feedback on it, and people have been sharing their weird phobias with me even more than ever… I’ve really added to my...
by Dr. Agresti | Jun 29, 2022 | Blog
Working Remotely, Part Deux Last week I discussed some of the more personal issues I’ve noticed in remote workers, aka digital nomads, and made some suggestions (lectured?) on some things they should be doing for themselves in order to help ensure a better, more...
by Dr. Agresti | Jun 29, 2022 | Blog
by Mark G. Agresti, M.D. Dyspareunia Disorder is a condition that can affect anyone including residents of West Palm Beach. Dyspareunia is painful sexual intercourse, due to medical or psychological causes. The symptom is reported almost exclusively by women, although...
by Dr. Agresti | Jun 29, 2022 | Blog
Through the years I’ve had lots of patients ask me how to interact with people and how to be social, the mechanics of it, so I want to give some rules of the road, social skills 101 if you will. First, let’s talk about why social skills are important. Social skills...
by Dr. Agresti | Jun 29, 2022 | Blog
A man named Eugene Bleuler coined the term schizophrenia. If you break the word down to its parts, “schizo” and “phrenia,” it literally means split personality. But that’s not what schizophrenia is. There are so many misconceptions about schizophrenia that I want to...
by Dr. Agresti | Jun 29, 2022 | Blog
The Skinny on Psychostimulants, Part 2: Methylphenidate Stimulants Last week I introduced a class of drugs called psychostimulants, or central nervous system (CNS) stimulants. As the name states, psychostimulants are “uppers” that stimulate the central nervous system...
