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The Core of Psychiatry is Changing – Neuroscience Evidence Changes Thinking
We’ve been talking about the evolution of psychiatry here at CorePsych Blog for more than 3 years – and you know from these pages that mind progress has been dramatic. From SPECT brain imaging, to NeuroScience testing, the new technology provides distinctive different ways to understand old problems.
This January 26 & 27, just a few weeks away, you will have an opportunity to take a deeper step into that change process: The Holistic Health Virtual Conference: Empowering Whole People – I hope you can join me there.
This Holistic Health conference introduces a different view for the new year: Science applied to Health: mind and body connections – all hooked up with evidence that works in everyday life – from some of the most respected national thought leaders.
Hosted by the quick and effervescent Jennifer Koretsky, the conference will have that same here-is-what-to-do-next, bottom line, street-smart focus on applications, not theory. Jennifer hosted the Virtual AD/HD Conference last year, and is the author of Odd One Out: The Mavericks Guide to Adult ADD, and brings an easy-listening experience to her conferences.
Join me with other esteemed colleagues:
- Notably: Daniel Amen MD: Pioneer in brain imaging evidence – has written 23 books, has appeared on PBS regularly, and is a national thought leader in psychiatry who has significantly changed our outlook on the use of brain evidence in everyday office practice. I had the privilege of working with Daniel for 4 years, starting in 2003 with our opening of Amen Clinic DC, in Reston, VA, – and can report without reservation that the tour with him up there significantly changed my professional life – my practice of psychiatry. When you hear his presentation, you will agree, he is one of the very best speakers out there. Engaging, witty, humorous and practical, he will be talking about mind body connections and will definitely get you thinking about evidence that works.
- And check out these other folks on Vit D3, Toxins, Bioidentical Hormones, Food as Medicine: On this Agenda Page at Holistic Health
- My presentation: So much of our current health delivery system in psychiatry is limited only to the best in psychopharmacology – and directed to illness in the moment. Frequently, speaking from my own past experience, we have limited our view to the synapse, as the only tools we have used are medications that hit those brain synaptic connections. With new tools, new evidence, and new thinking, we now have a much more comprehensive way to measure brain health.We are rapidly moving from macro to micro in our new assessment strategies. I will summarize what you need to know to get started. Bottom line: Comprehensive thinking beats categorical thinking every time.
The challenge: How to put all the evidence together for your comprehensive care, and for comprehensive self care. My presentation will take you into the molecular and cellular measurements now available to understand immune, hormone and neurotransmitter assessments – without tying you down with jargon. These new measurement tools are readily available, are often quite cost effective, and will tell you volumes about your brain and body connections and, as mentioned above: what -to-do- next.
It won’t matter who you are, public or professional, you need to hear this information to effectively practice 21st century health medicine, 21st century self care. Start the New Year right: Holistic Health Conference.
Hope to see you there, and do retweet this below if you think your followers might be interested in the real deal. 
Talk soon,
cp
Make sure you take a look at these pages!
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Dr Parker,
I also review many topics that are E-mailed to me from another Health related web page concerning toxic substances found in our food that may be approved by the FDA for human consumption, This one gave me something to think about. Many problems are related to food items or Dieting choices we make and assume
Diet Food has little or no side effects .
If you use any products that contain Aspartamine you may want to read this.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/02/06/sweet-misery-a-poisoned-world-you-can-finally-view-free-online.aspx
There are now to many healthy option available things like Stevia, we need to push for removal of known harmful substances in foods.
Doug
Doug,
Many thanks! Readers should really take a moment to look at the details on this link: I once treated a person who flipped into psychotic regression, on each Diet Coke – visual hallucinations while driving. This is a very comprehensive look at a significant problem – encouraged by adding too much phenylalanine, an upstream contribution to the phenylethylamine [PEA] we see elevated with neurotransmitter [NT] testing in our office.
Wikipedia on phenylalanine also notes this point:
“Studies have also been conducted regarding aspartame’s effect on the production of Leptin which controls food intake and energy expenditure by acting on receptors in the mediobasal hypothalamus.[24] These studies[25] have shown that leptin was “significantly reduced by 34%” after “chronic ingestion of aspartame (ASP).” [...the reversal [!] of “Diet:” to wit – decreased leptin = increased appetite!]
cp
I I am writing to see if you can help with a problem I was told could be related to ADD but cannot find any good info onon its treatment. I have 3 boys aged 18, 16, and 9. All did or do wet the bed and have been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. The two older boys outgrew this at about aged 13 or so. The 9 year old still wets. Is this related to ADD or is this a separate issue and do you know any treatment that works for it. Both my husband and I are physicians (MDs) an anand can’t seem to get any help locally with this problem.
ThThank you.
Carol
Carol,
Two points:
1. Watch for food sensitivities as a potential, indeed frequent but not categorical, problem with nocturnal enuresis. Just had one boy come in yesterday wetting vigorously at 5 yo, peeing in odd places, playing with the cat litter and peeing there, next to the toilet, and having fun peeing just about anywhere, and with copious enuresis as well. Careful review: BM Q day [frequency good], but delivers a monolithic stool that *Dad would be proud of* indicating change in transit time and likely backup in spite of good frequency – and throughout early childhood had significant challenges with milk. Testing underway – cytokines can clearly cause ADHD symptoms with PFC disinhibition, seen it many times.
Having said that, this note from peds at UCSF summarizes some options. I have used both low dose Tofranil 10mg to slowly going up to possibly 50mg, but do prefer DDAVP as my first choice – doses listed here. Tofranil, a TCA can change cardiac conduction times, and I see no reason to risk that issue on the front end, but see no prob if DDAVP is counterproductive. Used it for 20 yrs with no probs, just picky about TCAs for that reason.
Interestingly many of these kids for some reason straighten out, and stop enuresis after 1-6 mos. Best,
cp
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