The Nature of Healing
As a holistic psychiatrist, I have wondered over the years, “Which is more powerful in healing, orthomolecular/functional medicine or energy medicine?” It’s like asking whether the nature of man is good or evil. My answer to that question has been, “Neither–the nature of man is self-centered.” Similarly, as I’ve reflected on the healing process, I’ve […]
Perfection and the Purpose of Life
Could happiness be captured only through perfection? Could the reason for anguish: ”__ was never perfect enough for __.” have the power to keep one from a fulfilling and joyful life? The assumption is that the cause for one’s misery is due to an imperfect and flawed life, self, or person. This paradigm leaves one […]
Intention, Time, and Healing in Energy Medicine
One way of improving the force, impact, and effectiveness of using intention in energy medicine is to prolong the period of time that one focuses the mind on setting a particular intention. For example, focusing my mind on directing healing energy for a specific intention over 30 seconds will not be as powerful as focusing […]
Five Easy Tips on How to Withdraw from Antipsychotics Safely
More updated information on medication withdrawal is available under holistic updates. Please subscribe for holistic updates on creating mental health from the thought up! _______________________________________________________________________ Is it possible to withdraw from antipsychotic medications safely and successfully, without the “chronic” psychotic condition recurring? YES! Although psychosis is one of the most difficult conditions to treat in […]
New York Times Article: A Drug Maker’s Playbook Reveals a Marketing Strategy
The following article by the New York Times highlights one of the problems in medicine today that limits physicians from being open to alternative approaches to healing mental illness. With pharmaceutical companies paying doctors to laud their products, and doctors being seduced to believe that they are “experts” rather than “customers,” it is difficult for […]
After Getting Off Medications: Completing the Healing Journey
Why do some patients’ recovery last many years, even after stopping their medications, while others seem to sail right into robust health? My answer to this question has developed after years of carefully observing patterns of healing among my patients, and can best be explained through the following analogies: Illness is like being in debt. […]
“The Doctor Who Lived”: Holistic Psychiatrist Defeats the Maryland Board (July 16, 2009)
Alice W. Lee, M.D., a holistic psychiatrist practicing in Olney, Maryland, has successfully defeated the Maryland Board of Physicians and protected her legal right to continue practicing orthomolecular psychiatry and energy medicine. After a raging, two-year battle in the Maryland courts and at the administrative level, Dr. Lee delivered a crushing legal defeat to the […]
When There are Too Many to Count
If I were to learn one more thing my brain would be so heavy, I wouldn’t have the strength to carry it around, unless I went on crutches. (loosely paraphrased from Life on the Mississippi). That describes what it’s been like this month. Just when I thought I understood the five nutritional groups–vitamins, minerals, amino […]
On Teachers and Students
In school, we understand that good teachers are invaluable for facilitating understanding. Students who truly want to learn will go to great lengths to learn from these teachers. For wisdom is priceless and more valuable than knowledge, and good teachers are a well of wisdom. In life, we have good teachers that are invaluable for […]
Ten Practical Considerations During Medication Withdrawal
While there will never be an end to improving my knowledge about medication withdrawal (unfortunately), there are a few things here and there that I have picked up over the past few years, which have far surpassed my “training” on this topic during my psychiatric residency. In fact, I believe that in all my years […]