April 20th, 2025
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New York City is a place of paradoxes—fast-paced yet isolating, opportunity-rich yet relentlessly demanding. For many, it is a city of dreams; for others, it is a pressure cooker. From the vantage point of a psychiatrist, NYC presents a unique environment where anxiety disorders not only thrive but often evolve in distinct ways. Anxiety in the City That Never Sleeps Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder in the United States, and in NYC, its prevalence seems amplified. While…

March 27th, 2025
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Suicide…… so so sad … avoidable and preventable.  Clearly a result of untreated psychiatric / medical illness. The painful and lingering feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness combined with chronic feelings of emptiness, a void that cannot be filled…feeling defeated and rejected, ”no one can help me; no one can understand me” … The desperation that one feels stuck with no way out!   The way out from this painful darkness is by recognizing that we developed an illness and need professional…

June 18th, 2018
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“Benzos”, short for Benzodiazepines, is a class of controlled medications often prescribed for anxiety and insomnia. These include Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin and Valium. There are much safer and more helpful treatment options, which should be explored with a treating psychiatrist I see wide variety of patients - different ages and diverse cultures and socio-economic status. A common factor to many of these patients is somewhere along the line they were prescribed Benzodiazepines on a daily or as needed basis for…

April 21st, 2018
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The medical field is an evolving science that enables us to feel better and live longer, with a more satisfying life. We may believe that irritability, feeling worried, not being able to sleep, feeling overwhelmed on a constant basis is expected and that it is going to go away. But often those feeling can be symptoms of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder etc. that needs to be addressed and treated. We tend to overlook that the brain is an organ similar…

April 1st, 2017
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You can beat it!  The movie Manchester by the Sea ends with the main protagonist, Lee Chandler's hopeless statement, "I can't beat it ...", that reflects his depressed mood. What is it that he can't beat? Is it depression or alcoholism that's stopping him from living an enjoyable and meaningful life? Before the fire tragedy, Lee's lack of ambition and motivation in different sectors of his life might be an expression of a depressive state. He tries to numb these…