by Dr. Micaela Wexler As has become common, we were spared no details as yet another beautiful mind was stolen from us by addiction, this time heroin. Given Philip Seymour Hoffman’s frank honesty about his struggles with substance abuse in his youth and his recent relapse, I would like to think he would want the […]
By Dr. Micaela Wexler Are you overweight? Are you getting enough sleep? As I was getting ready to plan my New Year weight loss strategy, I was thrilled when I entered the words sleep and obesity in Google and found countless articles showing that lack of sleep, as in less than seven hours a night, […]
By Dr. Micaela Wexler Are you feeling the post-holiday let down? After all the parties are over and the guests have left, many people feel anxiety, disappointment and depression. That is normal. However, if you are feeling depressed, tired, weak, achy or ANGRY, you might be SAD. The “winter blues” might be something more: you […]
By Dr. Micaela Wexler This is a topic I will be writing about soon because it presents in the child psychiatry clinic quite often. The most common problem I see is what is known as nocturnal enuresis, which is wetting the bed at night in a child six or older. Then there is daytime urination […]
By Dr. Micaela Wexler Battling depression is hard enough for people who do not have children, but for those who do, it is truly heroic. As a psychiatrist providing care for children and their families in a rural setting, I see first hand that there is little that is fun about snow days for parents […]
By Dr. Micaela Wexler Holidays are associated with a higher suicide rate. Is this true? It turns out that this is largely a myth. As a psychiatrist, I can tell you that suicides are actually pretty low in December, compared to other months. Spring and fall are the seasons which have larger numbers of suicides. […]
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