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Adult Men

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Zoloft
Medications · 9 min read

Zoloft

Zoloft is the drug I prescribe more than anything else, and the one patients ask the most questions about before they're willing to swallow the first pill.

Jun 13, 2025
Psychiatric hospitalization: what to expect
Treatment · 7 min read

Psychiatric hospitalization: what to expect

Most people who get hospitalized for a psychiatric reason have never been inside one and have no idea what's about to happen, which makes a scary thing…

Jun 12, 2025
ADHD in Adults Isn’t About Being Hyper
Conditions · 9 min read

ADHD in Adults Isn’t About Being Hyper

Most people picture ADHD as a kid bouncing off the walls, can't sit still, disruptive in class. That's one version of it, mostly in children.

Jun 12, 2025
The Story I’m Telling Myself Is…
Off Script · 6 min read

The Story I’m Telling Myself Is…

Most people don't get taken out by facts first. They get taken out by what the facts start to mean. You send a text and don't hear back.

Jun 11, 2025
Trintellix (Vortioxetine)
Medications · 11 min read

Trintellix (Vortioxetine)

Trintellix is the antidepressant pharma reps spent a decade trying to make happen.

Jun 9, 2025
CBT-I deep dive (beyond the mention)
Treatment · 8 min read

CBT-I deep dive (beyond the mention)

CBT-I (cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, the structured-protocol kind that actually has a syllabus, not the talk-about-your-sleep-feelings kind)…

Jun 9, 2025
Expectations Hurt Us More Than People Do
Off Script · 6 min read

Expectations Hurt Us More Than People Do

A lot of disappointment starts long before anyone actually does anything wrong. It starts in the quiet little contract we made in our own head.

Jun 8, 2025
Why Men Avoid Therapy
Treatment · 8 min read

Why Men Avoid Therapy

Men kill themselves at roughly four times the rate women do in the US, that gap has held year after year, the pandemic didn't close it, the recession…

Jun 7, 2025
Couples Therapy for substance use
Treatment · 8 min read

Couples Therapy for substance use

If one partner has a drinking or drug problem and they're in a relationship, the partner is part of the treatment whether anybody signs them up for it or…

Jun 6, 2025
Treatment · 8 min read

Group Therapy: what actually happens in the room

Group therapy is the treatment I refer to most often and the one patients fight me hardest on. The fight is almost always the same: I don’t want…

Jun 4, 2025
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Treatment · 9 min read

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

IFS (internal family systems, the therapy model that asks the patient to relate to different aspects of himself as if they were distinct internal parts…

Jun 1, 2025
Addiction, Explained
Conditions · 9 min read

Addiction, Explained

Addiction is what happens when the brain's reward wiring gets dragged hard in one direction.

May 31, 2025