People who get effective treatment for BDD (SRIs and/or cognitive-behavioral therapy) tend to do much better than this over time. In a study of people I treated in my clinical practice, all of whom received medication and some of whom also received cognitive-behavioral therapy, 58% had attained partial or full remission from BDD (i.e., they [...]

A proper diet and enough sleep are also very important in helping raise our threshold to stress. If we have eating problems it is important we seek advice to help re-establish normal eating patterns. Returning to healthier sleep patterns can be difficult, and this is where the meditation technique can play an important role. Although [...]

Judy is a pretty woman of about 30, whose striking features and cascade of straight auburn hair could easily be those of a model whose picture stares out at you from the window of a hair salon as testimony to the hairstylist’s skills. What hardly anyone knows is that for about 20 years of her [...]