Treatment, plain English.
Therapy types compared, how care actually works, and what to ask a prescriber.
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OCD Treatment
A practical guide to OCD treatment, exposure and response prevention, medication, reassurance traps, and when to get specialty care.
Mar 29, 2026
Microdosing: what controlled trials actually show
The honest answer on microdosing is that the controlled trials don't show much, the open-label data shows a lot, and the difference between those two…
Mar 22, 2026
Online ADHD clinics & the regulatory crackdown
Done and Cerebral are the two names everybody remembers from the great pandemic ADHD telehealth boom, and the story of what happened to them is most of…
Mar 20, 2026
TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)
TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation, an in-office procedure where a magnetic coil sits against the side of your head and pulses a magnetic field into a…
Mar 16, 2026
EMDR
EMDR stands for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, which is a mouthful and also kind of misleading because the eye movements may not actually…
Mar 14, 2026
Therapy for Men Who Think Therapy Is Bullshit
The guys who think therapy is bullshit aren't wrong about most of what they've been pitched.
Nov 15, 2025
What “Trauma-Informed Care” Actually Means
Trauma informed care is the most successful piece of mental health branding of the last decade, and for a crowd that never shuts up about how…
Nov 12, 2025
How to Transfer Your ADHD Prescription to a New Provider
Maybe you moved. Maybe your provider retired.
Oct 1, 2025
You Already Know You Have a Problem
If you're reading this and wondering whether your drinking is a problem... it is. You wouldn't be reading this otherwise.
Sep 15, 2025
Shockwave Therapy for Chronic Pain: What Holds Up
Where shockwave therapy genuinely helps chronic musculoskeletal pain (plantar fasciitis at the top) and where it's oversold.
Sep 3, 2025
Shockwave Therapy for Stubborn Tendon Injuries
Where shockwave therapy actually earns its keep: chronic tendon and soft-tissue injuries that have outlasted rest and rehab.
Sep 1, 2025
What to Expect in Your First Appointment
Nobody walks into a first psychiatric appointment relaxed and anybody who claims they did is lying. The fears stack up the same way for almost everyone...
Aug 28, 2025