Dr. Raymond Zakhari, NP The average male much less an alpha male is not going to eagerly lie on a stranger’s couch and discuss their feelings. Feelings for many men are a tactile sensation commonly experienced through the use of their largest organ (the skin). Most men characterize health in terms of function and form.
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Pharmacogenomics Testing
What is pharmacogenomics? Pharmacogenomics uses information about your individual genetic makeup to help your doctor choose medications and medication doses (pharmacology) that are most likely to work best for you. The use of pharmacogenomics testing helps reduce the traditional trial and error treatment done in traditional psychiatry. When you take a medication your liver releases
Read MoreThe cultural dissonance of becoming a man
“It is not the critical counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who enters,
Read MoreWho should have their head examined?
Dr. Raymond Zakhari, NP In the city where everything delivers your psychiatric mental health care can be delivered as well. The services of a House Call Psychiatrist is intended to meet the patient right at their level of need. Many people avoid psychiatric care because of perceived stigmas or judgment of what other people might
Read MoreAre you a tight ass? What does your pelvic floor say about your mental health and well-being?
Muscles in all areas of our bodies, including the pelvic floor, have the potential to be affected by emotional forces. Pleasurable experiences and emotions tend to relax, energize, or expand us while non-pleasurable ones tend to make us tense up, contract, and perhaps depress us. Most of the time these reactions are transient, just as
Read MoreScreening questions to ask yourself prior to getting married:
Does she fly into rages without warning over relatively trivial matters like a web page loading too slowly? Are you always the scapegoat/bad guy whenever she’s frustrated, disappointed or just plain bored? Do her friends (that is, if she has any) describe her as a “drama queen?” Does she describe herself as a drama queen?
Read MoreWho is who in healthcare: What do all the letters mean?
Raymond Zakhari, DNP, EdM, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, SAFE There are many differently credentialed individuals that work in health care. Often times it is not clear by the name badge or the uniform what the person actually does or is supposed to do. This post will hopefully shed some light on the subject. Let me first
Read MoreHaving your head examined?
By Dr. Raymond Zakhari, NP So, you have been told maybe you should speak to someone? Your doctors cannot seem to find anything wrong with you? Your friends and family say you are not acting like your normal self. Seeing a psychiatrist or mental health care provider can be quite a distressing experience. A psychiatrist
Read MoreDepression Is Not Just Feeling Sad
Depression is classified as a mood disorder, and it can be effectively treated. Do you recently feel sad? Has anyone commented that you seem more irritable lately? Do you feel tiered? Have you been avoiding social interactions?
Read MoreHave you been misdiagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder?
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a syndrome thought to be a neurochemical imbalance of dopamine and norepinephrine. Dopamine and norepinephrine are neurotransmitters that affect attention, concentration, emotions, and executive functioning. This syndrome ADD/ ADHD is often treated with medications such as stimulants, antidepressants, and anxiolytics. In this practice I
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