by Dr. Agresti | May 25, 2022 | 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 | May 25, 2022 | Blog
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...
by Dr. Agresti | May 25, 2022 | Blog
Comedian Dan Aykroyd, children’s author Hans Christian Andersen, movie director Tim Burton, naturalist Charles Darwin, poet Emily Dickinson, scientist and mathematician Albert Einstein, chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, actress Daryl...
by Dr. Agresti | May 25, 2022 | Blog
Vaginismus, sometimes anglicized vaginism is the German name for a condition which affects a woman’s ability to engage in any form of vaginal penetration, including sexual intercourse, insertion of tampons, and the penetration involved in gynecological examinations....
by Dr. Agresti | May 25, 2022 | Blog
Scariest Psych Disorders, the finale Hello, people… welcome back to the blog! Last week, we talked about more of the strangest and scariest psych disorders, and this week, we’ll finish that off before we take a break for the holidays. Let’s get right to it....
by Dr. Agresti | May 25, 2022 | Blog
by Mark G. Agresti, M.D. Bipolar disorder is a condition that can affect anyone including residents of West Palm Beach. Bipolar disorder is a condition in which people experience abnormally elevated (manic or hypomanic) and, in many cases, abnormally depressed states...