by Rev. Michael Heath | Jun 5, 2015
June is Brain Awareness Month and here is a major advance which is very cool and potentially very useful : an app that takes “brain vitals”. You know how when you go to the doctor, they take your “vitals” ( pulse rate, temperature, blood...
by Rev. Michael Heath | Jun 3, 2015
Did You know – that normal human sexuality is more complicated than you might think? The recent story of Bruce Jenner’s transformation to become Caitlyn Jenner has confused many folks and raised questions such as: What is transgender ? and Is transgender a...
by Rev. Michael Heath | May 28, 2015
A common misconception which confuses public awareness is that talking things over with friends is the same as going to therapy. While it is true that the empathy and support one receives while talking honestly with a good friend is therapeutic, psychotherapy...
by Rev. Michael Heath | May 28, 2015
Myth # 3: Psychological disorders are very rare, so … if you have one, you are weird. You may have seen the Newsweek article whose headline read “One in Five Suffer from Mental Illness” which based on National Institutes of Health (NIH) data. That...
by Rev. Michael Heath | May 6, 2015
The beginning of our modern understanding of psychological disorders which updated Freud, goes back to a Syracuse Psychiatrist by the name of Thomas Szasz who wrote the now classic, The Myth of Mental Illness. –What Szasz observed was that not all irrational...
by Rev. Michael Heath | May 3, 2015
so … this is a great time to ask yourself about how much you know about mental health and if you might be holding on to some old fashioned ideas about emotional disorders or their treatment. This month will be filled with opportunities to learn more and shine...
by Rev. Michael Heath | Apr 25, 2015
Although Bruce Jenner has won the gold medal for the decathlon in 1976 Olympics, his greatest triumph and accomplishment came yesterday when he publicly acknowledged that she is, and always has been, a woman. The Diane Sawyer interview heard round the world is not...
by Rev. Michael Heath | Apr 10, 2015
I was encouraged to hear that the President has called for a ban on so called reparative or conversion “therapies” for adolescents. But I think some clarification is needed. –Some of the media are spinning this story as a gay right’s issue. While...
by Rev. Michael Heath | Apr 3, 2015
This excellent article in Salon : makes two very important observations everyone, but especially women and doctors need to pay attention to: — Not all sexual dysfunction in women is psychologically based . I know from 36 years of clinical experiences that women...
by Rev. Michael Heath | Mar 16, 2015
A few days ago I suggested that it was important to learn how to become mindful of one’s stress level so that you could avoid becoming overwhelmed by life’s everyday demands. I used the analogy of a radiologist’s docimeter to make my point. ...
