July 2022 Alex Dimitriu, MD, founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine (Menlo Park, California) weighs in on the connection between your mind and body. • We were born to move. Any exercise is a nod to one of your basic needs. That can naturally make you happier. • Sleep is the spa of […]
By Ann Pietrangelo, July 13, 2022 “The goal ultimately may not be to avoid having such dreams, but rather approach them with curiosity to better understand them,” Dr. Alex Dimitriu, of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California, told Healthline. Recurring dreams about death can be the result of ongoing stress and unresolved issues. Try to identify the […]
July 12, 2022 Dr. Dimitriu was published in Psychology Today in an article titled: Latest Study Says 7 Hours Magic Number for Healthy Sleep When it comes to sleep, seven may be the new magic number. Authors of a large population study, published in an April 2022 issue of Nature, indicated seven hours of daily […]
By George Citroner, July 12, 2022 Jeff Leininger, NP, with Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in Menlo Park, California, said that for some people, drinking during the pandemic was another cycle in existing abuse patterns. “The baked-in circuitry regulating dopamine, serotonin, gaba and glutamate transmission was already there, and the pandemic just added fuel to the […]
By Eileen Bailey, July 12, 2022 There is a place for pharmacogenetic testing when treating people with depression, according to Dr. Alex Dimitriu, an expert in psychiatry and sleep medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California and BrainfoodMD. Some situations that might call for genetic testing include treatment-resistant depression and more complex cases. “It […]
By George Citroner, July 8, 2022 Dr. Alex Dimitriu, who is double board certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and is the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine, as well as BrainfoodMD, told Healthline that this condition results from abnormalities or damage to a part of the right side of the brain called the fusiform […]
Movement and your mind
July 2022 Alex Dimitriu, MD, founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine (Menlo Park, California) weighs in on the connection between your mind and body. • We were born to move. Any exercise is a nod to one of your basic needs. That can naturally make you happier. • Sleep is the spa of […]
What Do Dreams About Someone Dying Mean?
By Ann Pietrangelo, July 13, 2022 “The goal ultimately may not be to avoid having such dreams, but rather approach them with curiosity to better understand them,” Dr. Alex Dimitriu, of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California, told Healthline. Recurring dreams about death can be the result of ongoing stress and unresolved issues. Try to identify the […]
Latest Study Says 7 Hours Magic Number for Healthy Sleep
July 12, 2022 Dr. Dimitriu was published in Psychology Today in an article titled: Latest Study Says 7 Hours Magic Number for Healthy Sleep When it comes to sleep, seven may be the new magic number. Authors of a large population study, published in an April 2022 issue of Nature, indicated seven hours of daily […]
Drinking Alone as a Teen May Foreshadow Future Alcohol Problems
By George Citroner, July 12, 2022 Jeff Leininger, NP, with Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in Menlo Park, California, said that for some people, drinking during the pandemic was another cycle in existing abuse patterns. “The baked-in circuitry regulating dopamine, serotonin, gaba and glutamate transmission was already there, and the pandemic just added fuel to the […]
Depression Treatment: How Genetic Testing Can Help Find the Right Medication
By Eileen Bailey, July 12, 2022 There is a place for pharmacogenetic testing when treating people with depression, according to Dr. Alex Dimitriu, an expert in psychiatry and sleep medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California and BrainfoodMD. Some situations that might call for genetic testing include treatment-resistant depression and more complex cases. “It […]
Brad Pitt has ‘Face Blindness.’ Here’s What That Means
By George Citroner, July 8, 2022 Dr. Alex Dimitriu, who is double board certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and is the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine, as well as BrainfoodMD, told Healthline that this condition results from abnormalities or damage to a part of the right side of the brain called the fusiform […]