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What Is Functional Psychiatry? A Holistic Approach to Mental Health in Texas

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Mental health is more than just brain chemistry, its deeply intertwined with your biology, lifestyle, and environment. This often involves in-depth testing, a focus on biochemical imbalances and mental health, evaluation of nutritional deficiencies, and exploration of gut health, hormones, inflammation, and lifestyle habits.

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A Felt Sense of Safety – From Disassociation to Embodiment

Mad in America

My lovely psychiatrist, Dr. Volls, advised me on the concept of “mood management.” A nutrition geek and nature fanatic who loved learning about the healing power of food, I could not wrap my mind around how I needed prescriptions to balance my brain. Both were eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

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MPS Members Actively Taking New Patients: Appointments Within 1-2 Weeks

The Maryland Psychiatric Society

Dr. Sarah Johnson offers both psychotherapy and medication management services and has a special interest in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. Mostly sees patients with a Mood Disorder: Depression, Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder. Please click here for our Find A Psychiatrist search tool.

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MPS Members Actively Taking New Patients: Appointments Within 1-2 Weeks

The Maryland Psychiatric Society

Dr. Sarah Johnson offers both psychotherapy and medication management services and has a special interest in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. Mostly sees patients with a Mood Disorder: Depression, Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder. Please click here for our Find A Psychiatrist search tool.

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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 2: Rational Approaches to Recovery

Mad in America

In my last piece , I wrote about various neuro-rehab therapies I engaged in with Dr. J, the functional brain injury specialist, and that there came a point when my husband and I knew we’d reached the end of what medical science could offer me. I sat down to write this article with the experience of severe akathisia fresh in my mind.