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social media and mental health

How is Social Media Impacting Your Mental Health?

The prevalence of social media among all age groups has created a host of potential problems associated with dependency and abuse.  While Millennials may be the first generation to not have any awareness of life without social media, all age groups and generations are using social media in various ways.  Balancing the positive social benefits […] Read more…

New Dad’s Survival Guide

What Should You Expect as a New Dad? Society and Reality May Have Different Ideas On a recent episode of the HGTV program House Hunters filmed in Des Moines, a beaming expectant mother smiled at the camera and, responding to a point of disagreement with her husband, exclaimed, “I’m pregnant and I get what I […] Read more…

Manhattan Psychiatrist: Dr. Amanda Itzkoff on Prenatal Depression

Prenatal depression, also known as antenatal depression, can affect women from the time they become pregnant and throughout their pregnancy.  It is also possible that left untreated, prenatal depression can have a detrimental impact on a developing baby’s birth weight and other vital health factors.  As a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine […] Read more…

The New Dads Survival Guide

Being a new parent requires a great deal of adjustment. Not only do you have to adjust to a built-in alarm going off every two hours or so, you also have to adjust to the changes your wife is making. Being a new dad is exciting, stressful, and scary but these tips will help make […] Read more…

19 Signs That You Should Consider Marriage Counseling

Is it time to admit your marriage could use some help?  If so, it could be a good thing.  In fact, it could be one of the most beneficial things you ever do. Despite the myth of meeting “the one” and then living happily ever after, relationships (and especially marriage relationships) take work. The problem […] Read more…

7 Communication Tips To Help Save (Or Enhance) Your Marriage

It’s no secret that communication can make or break any relationship, especially a romantic relationship. You can think of communication within a marriage like a life-giving river. When communication fails, a dam develops, which stops the flow of the water. When water stops flowing it becomes stagnant and life cannot thrive. The same applies to […] Read more…

INFERTILITY TREATMENT: HOW TO NAVIGATE THE EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER

Most couples who decide to have children do so with excitement and joyous expectation. For 15 – 25 percent of the population, however, the journey toward parenthood is thrown off-course by infertility issues. Some couples in this situation opt for infertility treatment, which may include IUI, IVF, or third party reproduction. What many don’t realize, […] Read more…

Want A Successful Relationship? Practice This One Rule…

We all want a happy, loving, and successful relationship. So, what does it take to create one? There are a lot of factors (like respect, communication, shared values and interests, forgiveness, etc) that contribute to a healthy relationship.  However, there’s an all-inclusive “short-cut” you can take to get there too. It’s a simple concept called […] Read more…

Postpartum Depression 101

In the last post we discussed the relatively unknown and misunderstood issue of Pre-Natal Depression. In this post, we’re going to discuss the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Post-Natal Depression (often known as Postpartum Depression). WHAT IS POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION? You may be familiar with what is commonly known as the “baby blues”. In fact, up to […] Read more…

Jennie Byrne, Cognitive Psychiatry of Chapel Hill

Guest Video Blog: Conflict Resolution in 6 Easy Steps.

This week we are sharing a video on conflict resolution from an esteemed colleague, Dr. Jennie Byrne of Cognitive Psychiatry of Chapel Hill in North Carolina. These steps are simple and can be used at home or at work. Please let us know if you find this helpful or have any additional questions. I’d love […] Read more…

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