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Holistic Reviews At CorePsych

by Dr Charles Parker on January 24, 2010 · 1 comment

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Virtual Consult – Heads Up on Two Items
1. Conference Starts Tomorrow Jan 26!
Do consider attending the Holistic Health Virtual Conference, - I look forward to presenting there on Wednesday Jan 27.  I will be very active with feedback at the forum there, and have an excellent slide presentation for you to follow during the program.

We really must stop automatically treating superficial labels in psych, and need to get down to treating real people with evidenced based objectives. Hope you can make it, just hit the Holistic link on the side bar here, – and remember it’s virtual and recorded, you don’t have to be there real time!

2. We Can Talk Privately-
You’re here because you have listened to my podcasts, watched my YouTube videos, read my comprehensive perspective from hundreds of pages of posts and references – so do feel free to set up a time to review your personal matters by phone.

I have been answering a ton of questions on the comments of several posts here at CorePsych Blog [this one with >140 comments], and realize many of the readers here need more time, and more information regarding meds and the issues with meds – and just don’t have someone local to help resolve those next steps. Psych complexity is workable – if it is addressed comprehensively.

If you’re regularly unhappy with you or your child’s progress, have been walking in the darkness for years, and are just plain old frustrated with current inadequate intervention strategies – such as:

- ADHD meds just not working the way they should
- Chronic psych problems that are not resolving
- Refractory, ‘untreatable’ depression
- Unexplained moods and anxiety that won’t quit with multiple complex issues
- Addiction recovery with cravings that sit on your shoulder
- Brain injury interventions – more than just anti-epileptics
- Mixed Medical and Psych challenges, including more extensive testing
- SPECT Brain Imaging Cookie Cutter Results my personal review [or second opinion] – including neurotransmitter specifics

I can then give you targeted feedback if we can connect with your more specific history, laboratory testing, & med trials – and my comprehensive questionnaires that will save us time on the consult.

Phone Consults Are Often Helpful
Helping you decide what-to-do-next, seeking further evidence, is completely reasonable with a phone consult. Millions get on the phone everyday for specific input with medical and psych challenges. I won’t be writing for any medications unless you come to Va Beach, but I can discuss your next investigations. It’s easy, and often just a few visits can add significant, even more useful information.

What I Do
I can order helpful testing, some of which you can do in your own home, often covered by insurance. I can follow your progress with facts. The benefits are simple: more complete questions, more answers, and a concerted effort to give you information you can use with your own trusted medical team there at home. Frequently recommendations include specific neurotransmitter precursors.  We have seen many reduce their medications with these precise interventions, and have treated many without psych meds at all. I do interpret SPECT imaging, reports are customized, comprehensive, about 15-20 pages, and never cookie cutter.

If You Wish To Chat: How
If you are interested in an initial meeting, please drop an email to Caitlin, the CorePsych Administrator.

Thanks, I look forward to our next conversations – and see you at Holistic!
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PS: Take a look at this Neuroscience page if you want more information on what we can do together, and would like more references.

—>Tweet this post below! For ADHD Medications: Download complimentary white paper Precise Solutions now, – and get ready for the complete version of ‘The Patient’s Guide’ details to follow. Get Neurotransmitter Details Here

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School has started, the Fall is upon us, we are back at work with questions about just what to do with Impulsivity.

Impulsivity is, without doubt, the most frequent challenge in our daily lives – for mental health professionals, teachers, HR professionals, physicians, and anyone working with administrative challenges. Impulsivity works against administration, works against group order, works against progress – and can be downright embarrassing.

Want a recent example of Impulsivity? Lay your politics aside for a moment, and simply ask yourself this question – was it a productive contribution when Rep Joe Wilson shouted out “You lie!” at Obama’s Joint Session of Congress? No matter what you think of national health care take a look at this guy, and see which side you are on regarding good order.

Affect mismanagement, emotional dysregulation – loosing it - creates havoc in families, work sites and the world, locally and internationally. Someone’s impulsivity has impacted your life. Impulsivity, from anger to suicide, destroys both the self and relationships. Impulsivity is the hallmark of poor management and atypical of balanced leadership – just ask Jack Welch,  or read his book on Leadership.

Was Wilson’s outburst ‘just a quirk?’ Who knows… Was it a problem, you bet! – And no, I will not conjecture about his prefrontal cortex.

Wilson’s interruption, his inappropriate shout during a presidential speech,  is but a small example of a seriously overlooked problem we see everyday in any group setting. So often we write impulsivity off as ‘character,’ or ‘passion,’ or ‘immaturity,’ even with adults!

- Reminds me of a person in advertising who still lives by the adage “You’re only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime.” He manages to live up to that creed, and has torn up his family in the process. There is a price for immaturity. There is, my friends, a biology for both impulsivity and immaturity.

The Impulsive Brain – Details on exactly what it is, why it is, and how to fix it.

If you live anywhere in the Norfolk, Va Beach, DC or Richmond area, [anywhere on the East Coast] and work in the context of human services you will appreciate this opportunity at Norfolk’s Old Dominion University to look more carefully at new brain and behavioral insights into the problem of Impulsivity.

  • I will be presenting 1 full day of details there on Fri Oct 16th, just around the corner in time.
  • ODU Registration has a discounted rate for groups, and a low fee for these challenging times
  • 6 hr CEU & 6 hr CME,
  • The fix will detail the latest in diagnostic evidence regarding Impulsivity, and
  • Details about the right meds and
  • The new process of actually measuring neurotransmitters to target specific interventions
  • New advances in ADHD treatment
  • New insights into Brain Injury
  • Specific interventions for Bipolar Disorder
  • The Biologic Contributions to Addiction Recovery.
  • Without getting away from bottom line street applications.

If you can’t use it, I won’t be dwelling on it. Translation, street language and concepts are the key to informed intervention strategies.

Please forward this to your colleagues and friends and let’s make a day of it.

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Why SPECT Brain Imaging: Details Live on CorePsych Radio

July 28, 2009 Beyond ADHD

SPECT Brain Imaging Is An Indispensable Brain Diagnostic Tool – On Thursday [7-30-09] at CorePsych Radio I’ll give you as many basic details about ‘how and why’ as I can cover in a well-organized hour – see the handout here

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Pristiq For Major Depression – Clinical Details on CorePsych Radio

July 8, 2009 Bipolar

Some think that Pristiq is just another Effexor XR – but they aren’t thinking about the details.

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Brain, Impulsivity and Evidence: What To Do Next

June 29, 2009 Beyond ADHD

Been There With Impulsivity? Do you think you’ve seen enough impulsivity for a lifetime? Are there times when you are held hostage with subtle, uncompromising, relentless impulsivity, – read on…

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Neurofeedback with Kurt Othmer on CorePsych Radio

June 22, 2009 Autism Spectrum

Neurofeedback: from What, to Why, to How – Kurt Othmer from EEG Info on CorePsych Radio. This video of Kurt will give you just a few moments to see him in action prior to our program

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SPECT Brain: NPH-Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

September 28, 2008 Beyond ADHD

SPECT: Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography putting the T in SPECT Brain Imaging.
The Tomographic View: The operational word for this post is Tomography… these slices make a difference for NPH: Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus – see the “TV Commercial” [showing the typical gait] at the bottom of this page and I’ll tell you a brief story about the one, the NPH one, that almost got away.

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ADD/ADHD: Book Review, Beyond Meds – The Exercised Brain

September 1, 2008 Autism Spectrum

Help for ADD/ADHD Beyond Medications: Many want to change their brain, and also want non-medication alternatives for ADD/ADHD treatment. So many ask for comprehensive brain fixes that work for a lifetime – this one is a keeper. Ratey has done it again.

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PsychoTherapy Networker & IITAP: From Isolation to Connections

March 19, 2008 Brain Injury

Two Meetings, both with similar themes and with many innovative new directions: International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals in Scottsdale – hosted by recovery luminary and international addiction expert Pat Carnes PhD, and his remarkable team – and Psychotherapy Networker >3000 attendees at the Shoreham in DC – hosted by Rich Simon PhD, editor and hundreds of dedicated volunteers…. Both echoed a common theme: the evolution from isolation to connections and real relationships within the treatment community.

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A Little Bump on the Head: 6 Tips for Brain Healing

March 9, 2008 Brain Injury

So often we hear the phrase: “Nothing big, just a little bump on the head.” – But the question still arises: what else can we do? These 6 tips address concerns after an injury, even if you didn’t get knocked out – even if you think all is well.

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