By today’s standards, psychiatry is a relatively new science with much left to be explored. But did you know that its origins can be traced back to thousands of years ago? To prove it, we have collected seven important milestones in the history of psychiatry. 1 . Aristotle – The famous Greek philosopher was well known for inventing or developing on many modern topics. One of them was his idea of a psyche, or the part of a human being that is mental and separate from the body. He also proposed that the body and the psyche combined to form a new entity, which was referred to at the time as hylopmorphic. 2 . Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari – Proving that psychiatry and mental health was... read more ...

I recently took my 10-year-old niece and her cousin shopping for new dresses. As they tried on clothes, my niece commented, “Nothing looks good on me; Sabrina looks good in everything.” It surprised me to observe such a young girl expressing such a poor body image and comparing herself unfavorably to her cousin. And yet, the very next morning I myself was a witness to a similar discussion between two friends of mine. One, a woman who is enviably slim and fit, casually complained about feeling fat and the other, a man with a near-perfect physique, joined in, saying that since he hit 30, his body was getting “soft and round.” All of this left me marveling at the prevalence... read more ...

Millions of Americans struggle with unhealthy levels of stress. Stress isn’t just destructive to our mental health but to our physical health as well. It weakens our immune systems and contributes to heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes, and other illnesses. These facts are important, but reading about them, or even relaying them, admittedly makes me feel a little, well… stressed. Too often reflecting on our stress just makes us feel worse. So rather than scare you straight when it comes to stress, I thought I would offer a real solution to those nagging (at times terrorizing) thoughts that lead to stress. The mere mention of the word stress is enough to make our heads spin... read more ...