YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

The most effective treatment for trauma I have noticed in my practice is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a type of therapy that is somatic (body based) and work rapidly compared to talk therapy. Ive used it for years in my work with victims of violent crimes. If you google EMDR...

If you did have bipolar disorder, your psychiatrist would never have prescribed an anti-depressant alone without a mood stabilizer to counter it since anti-depressants are known to bring on manic episodes in bipolar patients. Psychiatrists always screen for mania in your first evaluation to determin...

I worked alongside psychiatrists in clinics and hospitals for years and unfortunately, all medications have risks. A psychiatrist I worked with told me she liked to prescribe risperdal since the likelihood was lower to develop health conditions as a result. Remember, there are a lot of medications o...