Integrative Psychiatry

Internet CBT therapy is effctive

sonya lazarevic md — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:40:20 +0000

This month’s Lancet discusses the effectiveness of internet based CBT with a live/real-time therapist showing benefits which last 8 months. Though unconventional, I am very supportive of this modality of treatment, particularly considering that younger generations are increasingly reliant on the internet to communicate with one another. “computerised CBT programs, although effective, are inflexible, can be difficult [...]

speed shrinking

sonya lazarevic md — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:58:48 +0000

This takes ones ED skills of making quick assessments to a new height. Here people receive a few minutes with a psychiatrist or therapist with little or no follow up for a small fee and get their needs met. I am amazed that it helps some people, but hey who am I to comment on what [...]

Healthcare reform…

sonya lazarevic md — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:57:22 +0000

I’ve been trying to make sense out of the health care options available to Americans. Click on this link to watch Dan Roam’s awesome slideshow which breaks the whole mess down into extremely simple digestible parts or view it from here: Health care slide show my 2 cents: -the private insurance industry must either be tightly regulated [...]

docs take a stab at making music

sonya lazarevic md — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:53:24 +0000

Unless you’re that technologically saavy, have your finger on the pulse of subcultre and happen to be a profound nerd for all things medical…. here are a few videos to entertain your spirit… advice for those not in medicine: dont take this seriously! Diagnosis Wenkeback and from the skilled residents across the Park at Mt Sinai: Mo [...]

been away

sonya lazarevic md — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:00:55 +0000

Been away from writing on the blog for a bit, without going into a lot of detail it can be explained with one word: residency Instead of trying to play catch up with all the changes that have occurred in the past several months, I’ll just jump right into the present. Stay tuned… [...]

Off label use of adderol, ritalin and modinafil for neuro-enhancement

sonya lazarevic md — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:57:22 +0000

Sometime last year I was suprised to learn of the abuse of ‘neuro-enhancing’ drugs in college students via a friend of mine whos daughter is a college freshman. A recent article in The New Yorker cites that up to 25-35% of college students used off label prescription stimulants once (in the previous year to the survey). This 10 page well written [...]

Back finally….

sonya lazarevic md — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:58:48 +0000

I’ve disappeared for a while due to the demands of my rotations but am back to write some more commentaries on integrative medicine, health and wellness. Its good to be back!

700 Millionaire-Member Madness at Merrill

sonya lazarevic md — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:45:49 +0000

I like to follow NY State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s work busting criminal activity, because the stories associated with the crima are at times truly unbelievable. Lately, hes had a lot of mess to clean up in our Empire State and if you endorse the reduction of white collar crime, hes your guy. This week hes all [...]

zen meditation has analgesic effect

sonya lazarevic md — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:25:17 +0000

This month Psychosomatic Medicine published a very small cross sectional study examining pain perception and the potential analgesic effect of mindful Zen meditation. Although the study size was small (n=13), the subjects had greater than 1,000 hrs of meditation and discovered some positive effects of Zen meditation. Results indicated: meditators required nigher temperatures to elicit [...]

web based health records

sonya lazarevic md — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:16:38 +0000

I would love to see a unified digital health record system, however I’m against the current on line medical record proposal because it doesnt abide by HIPAA laws (a brief explanation here) In the mean time to digitize records, i plan on using a scanner, store my docs on my home computer, stick it on a [...]