By Mandy French, Sep 15, 2026 Alex Dimitriu, MD, double board certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine, and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine, who wasn’t involved in the review, told Healthline, “Reading builds empathy, improves focus, and offers a healthy digital detox. Reading also fires up the imagination and provides a low […]
By Melissa Rudy, Sep 14, 2026 “Shift workers, children, older adults and individuals with insomnia or mood disorders are especially vulnerable to the effects of light on sleep depth,” Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a double board-certified sleep medicine doctor and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine, told Fox News Digital. Click HERE for the […]
By Claire Wolters, Sep 10, 2026 Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a psychiatrist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine, adds that mental health providers can play an important role in initiating conversations about suicide. “It is a key role of mental health workers, clinicians and physicians in general to serve as role models for a […]
By Adam Meyer, Sep 9, 2026 Take a mindful moment. Board-certified physician and sleep expert Alex Dimitriu, M.D. recommends aiming for 5 to 10 minutes of meditation each morning. “The goal isn’t to empty your mind,” says Dimitriu. “It’s to notice what your mind is already doing before the day starts pulling you in multiple […]
By Jessica Migala, Au 31, 2026 What’s more, home tests generally do not have electroencephalogram (EEG) tracking, which records brain activity via electrodes placed on your scalp, and they don’t measure muscle tone, says Alex Dimitriu, MD, double board-certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in Menlo […]
By Lainey Younkin, Aug 29, 2026 Chamomile has been shown to reduce symptoms of anxiety, as well as insomnia, in different groups of people, not just those with anxiety disorder.4 Recent research found that drinking chamomile tea helped postmenopausal women feel less anxious and depressed.5 “It appears to act as a mild sedative that calms the nerves and […]
By Ashley Garling, Pharm.D, Updated Aug 26, 2026 “Anything that alters sleep architecture [normal sleep patterns] can cause muscle-related sleep disruptions, or acting out dreams,” says Alex Dimitriu, M.D., who is double board-certified in psychiatry and sleep medicine and the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in Menlo Park, California. “Common substances include […]
By Sara Hashemi, Aug 18, 2026 Previous treatments for narcolepsy type 1 included stimulants to help patients stay awake and central nervous system depressants to alleviate cataplexy and improve nighttime sleep. But they only addressed symptoms of the disease. They acted more like a “patch” than a fix, says Alex Dimitriu, a psychiatrist and sleep physician at Menlo […]
By Claire Wolters, Aug 10, 2026 Before Orzeyful’s approval, Alex Dimitriu, M.D., psychiatrist, sleep medicine physician and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine, says narcolepsy drugs acted as a “patch” rather than a more targeted treatment. “Every prior drug addressed the symptoms with stimulants or sedatives,” says Dr. Dimitriu. “Orzeyful restores the actual signal, […]
By Elizabeth Millard, Aug 6, 2026 Mood episodes are often the clearest source of relationship strain in bipolar disorder. For the person experiencing the symptoms and those close to them, the impact is not always constant. Instead, it tends to intensify during mania, hypomania, or depression, then ease during more stable periods. This episodic pattern can be confusing […]
By Adam Meyer, Jul 31, 2026 Research shows that chronic lack of sleep is associated with significantly increased mortality and chronic disease risk.3 “Getting less than six to seven hours [of sleep] can significantly increase mortality and disease risk,” says board-certified physician and sleep expert Alex Dimitriu, M.D. Click HERE for the full article.
By Wendy Wisner, Jul 29, 2026 Alex Dimitriu, M.D., double board-certified physician in psychiatry and sleep medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine, recommends a simple but effective method for boosting quality sleep. “Start slowing down, stopping work, drinking, and screens using the 3-2-1 method,” he says. Here’s what that means: 3 hours before […]
By Nicola Appleton, Jul 29, 2026 “Circadian means ‘around the day,’ and for humans and almost every other living thing on earth, it’s aligned with the sun and controls two of our most fundamental states of being — sleep and wake,” explains Dr. Alex Dimitriu, a doctor double-board certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine. “At the core […]
Bt Jessica Rendall, Jul 28, 2026 Studies linking GLP-1 medication with potential use in addiction likely boils down to the fact that GLP-1s target parts of the brain that “mediate reward and dopamine release,” explains Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a double board-certified physician in psychiatry and sleep medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep […]
By Rachel Grumman Bender, Jul 26, 2026 Eating dinner around 5 p.m. — a trend that’s been on the rise in the U.S. — doesn’t just make it easier to snag a coveted reservation, but it can also help you sleep better. Choosing the early bird special “improves sleep by reducing digestion while asleep and minimizing acid […]
