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May 24, 2020

Rebuilding Mental Health from the Thought Up

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November 29, 2019

Destigmatizing Underlying Causes for Suicidal Ideation

Not every suicide is due to mental illness. Here is a common-sense perspective on the underlying causes of suicidal ideation. Click on the link below to read the article. Be well! It Wasn’t Depression That Led This Physician to Suicidal Ideation

June 20, 2018

Racism, Immigration, and Politics: Increasing Insanity Within Our Country (Personal Reflections of a Holistic Psychiatrist)

It is my job to bring sanity back into people’s lives. When I read this article on immigration by Jennifer Rubin, it struck me that since January 2017, this country has seemed to be in need of its own psychiatrist–to heal from its…

June 7, 2018

Understanding Histamine’s Connection to Mental Health

Much more information on medication withdrawal is available under holistic updates. Please subscribe for holistic updates on creating mental health from the thought up! _______________________________________________________________________ Recently, a patient with a history of bipolar disorder and lupus successfully tapered off of Seroquel. She…

April 9, 2018

New York Times Article: Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit

It appears that the problem of antidepressant withdrawal is finally getting some national attention. Please read this following article in the New York Times: Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit Antidepressant withdrawal should be done carefully by someone who has…

November 2, 2017

Alternative Information on Vaccines

Thought I would share a few interesting articles on vaccines as we approach winter and the pressure to choose whether to receive the flu vaccine. Vaccine Adjuvants and Excipients What Doctors Don’t Tell You: Scientists Discover Why the Annual Flu Jab Doesn’t…

October 7, 2017

Religion, Politics, and Sanity

The Rat In Religion and Politics Recently, an interesting article in the Washington Post entitled, “Why Christians Stick With Trump” by Hugh Hewitt highlighted how religion can be used as a convenient excuse by some, to justify bigotry or sexual discrimination. In…

September 7, 2017

A Blog by David Spangler called “You Shall Not Pass!”

I just read David Spangler’s latest essay on hate vs. love and was impressed with his insights. I hope people all over the world would be able to practice the ability to face evil and hatred with firmness, rather than more anger…

May 24, 2017

A Way to Nurture Beautiful Relationships: PAIRS (A Reflection from 2016)

This weekend I had the opportunity to begin my Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills (PAIRS) program, or to be more specific, the PAIRS relationship mastery program, taught by Ellen and Chuck Purcell in Reston, Virginia. Circumstances arose where one of the…

May 3, 2017

The Wisdom, Insight, and Power of Patients (A Reflection from 2016)

Being at the crossroads of life as a holistic psychiatrist is truly a privilege and an adventure. Not only is life made more meaningful through service, but at the end of the day, I feel as if I have condensed three day’s…

April 21, 2017

Matter and Energy: Colleagues Along the Healing Journey (A Reflection from 2016)

Over the past three months, I have attended three integrative medicine conferences. Each has taught me a great deal about diet, supplements, and medication side effects. While attending, I met a number of colleagues, who were relatively new to the field of…

April 8, 2017

The Glass Ceiling: A Barrier and an Opportunity (A Reflection from Election 2016)

In this historic presidential election, Hillary Clinton has the opportunity to break “the glass ceiling,” the metaphorical barrier that sets limits on women and minorities. Hillary Clinton’s glass ceiling is the current prejudice against a woman becoming president of the United States. …

March 27, 2017

The Parable of the Banquet/The Parable of the Treasure

The Parable of the Banquet Once there was a child who sat at a banquet table laden with delicious food. Two attendants were assigned to the room to serve the food. Each day, the child sat down at the table and waited…

March 22, 2017

Reflections and Clinical Pearls from the Integrative Medicine for Mental Health (IMMH) 2016 Conference

“My boy, you’ve got to remember it. You’ve got to remember the exact spot and the exact marks the boat lay in when we had the shaolest water, in every one of the five hundred shoal places between St. Louis and New…

March 11, 2017

At the Center of Healing is…

“To love yourselves is the final hurdle,The definitive frontier of humanity.” “Let me remind you,Love is not something to be earned.It cannot be judged,Meted out, or taken away.Love is something that you are.” Immanuel’s Book III pp 143, 150 These quotes taken from…

February 13, 2017

The Filters We Use

Steve, our sunset photography teacher, paused dramatically before sharing a secret trick to make waterfalls flow like silk threads, and people disappear on busy landscapes. He held up a special filter, as if he was showing off a fist-sized ruby from a…

January 17, 2017

To Give Credit Where Credit is Due by Allan N. Spreen, MD

An interesting article on the use of nutrition in the treatment of psychosis: Click here to see a web copy of this news release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 17, 2017 To Give Credit Where Credit is Due Commentary…

January 10, 2017

Unity Walk 2016: Know Your Neighbor

I am lucky to have culturally enlightened friends, who are willing to have me tag along when they do culturally enlightened activities. If it weren’t for them, my leisure activities would sink to watching movies and going shopping. Instead, I had…

December 7, 2016

Obtaining Your Heart’s Desire and the Meaning of Cinderella’s Glass Slipper

In the movie Cinderella (2015, directed by Kenneth Branagh), women flocked from all over the country to try on the glass slipper. It would seem to be such an easy task to fit a shoe . . . but the shoe didn’t…

October 26, 2016

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Power Tapping Approach: Acupressure Approach for Resolving Problems

The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a well-known acupressure technique that integrates intention while meridian points are being tapped. EFT has been applied with good success in reducing anxiety, addictions, sensitivities to foods or allergens, traumas, and even delusions. It has been…

October 19, 2016

Integrating Journaling with Meditation: Creating, Transcending, Resolving, and Intuiting through Divine Connection

In 2004, Donna E., an energy medicine mentor, asked me to keep a journal, where I could practice “channeling” and have “conversations with God”, or my higher Self. I agreed to give it a try. I purchased a beautiful, blue leather journal…

October 15, 2016

Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl

“What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life…

October 3, 2016

New Clinical Tips – 1 & 2

1. Restore, http://restore4life.com/, is a liquid supplement that helps reduce leaky gut syndrome in the face of glysophate (Roundup) exposure. Glysophate is found in common herbicides and is highly toxic to humans. When one introduces Restore to the gut, the gut is able to…

August 13, 2016

A Psychiatrist’s Perspective: Syrian Refugees and the Middle East

Just the evening before, I had asked someone to explain to me, what is going on in the Middle East, to create the Syrian refugee crisis. The person was not clear about it either. The very next day, the NY Times devoted…

August 1, 2016

A Psychiatrist’s Response to Khizr Khan’s Speech and Trump’s Reaction to Mr. Khan

The battle for the presidency of the United States currently unfolds before us as living history. I am profoundly moved to add my voice to those who have spoken for the continuance of our beautiful country, and the unifying principles that bring…

July 6, 2016

Ten Clinical Tips on Antipsychotic Withdrawal

Much more information on medication withdrawal is available under holistic updates. Please subscribe for holistic updates on creating mental health from the thought up! _______________________________________________________________________ When an individual becomes psychotic, typically an antipsychotic medication is used to ameliorate symptoms. However, there are…

March 3, 2016

A Psychiatrist’s Personal Opinions of Donald Trump

As I listen to Mitt Romney and the Republican party speak up against Donald Trump today (Transcript of Mitt Romney’s Speech), I feel compelled by civil duty to express my personal opinions on Donald Trump’s rise in politics. It has been an interesting,…

January 12, 2016

Orthomolecular News: No deaths from nutritional supplements

I like this article, in that it presents the safety on nutritional supplements to the public, to correct any misunderstanding of the supposed dangers of nutritional supplementation. Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 12, 2016 No Deaths from Supplements. No Deaths from Minerals.…

October 20, 2015

The New York Times: Talk Therapy Eases Symptoms of Schizophrenia

In the New York Times, dated October 20, 2015, an article on the benefits of talk therapy in recovery from schizophrenia. This is a government funded study, and therefore, with less bias from pharmaceutical agencies, needing to promote their medications as the…

November 17, 2014

Sustainable Mental Health: Fast, Easy and Cheap

What is the number one factor that gives a person the best prognosis and the best chance for sustainable mental health? Someone who takes care of their mental health before it falls apart! In one word: prevention. The reason why it is…

February 4, 2013

NY Times: Drowned in a Stream of Prescriptions, Abuse of Medications

Please see this article in the New York Times for the story of a young man who was prescribed stimulants by psychiatrists, despite his parents’ repeated warnings of their son’s abuse of the medication and repeated psychotic symptoms, until the patient committed…

December 4, 2012

Clinical Tip #5 – Prevention of Relapse in Mental Illness

Clinical Tip #5: Life is a dynamically changing process, and just as health can improve, it can also deteriorate. Relapsing after a period of wellness happens when the amount of energy for maintaining health and well-being has been depleted so completely that…

October 12, 2012

Clinical Tip #4 – Energy Medicine is Indispensable in Healing

When it comes to eliminating the most difficult symptoms, such as psychosis in schizophrenia, I find that supplements and diet alone is insufficient to do the amount of work required to help a patient heal completely. What is necessary is the integrative…

June 19, 2012

Food as Medicine: Applying an Old Adage in a New Way

As Mark Hyman succinctly stated in his concluding statement at the Food As Medicine conference at Bethesda, Maryland (June, 2012), “It’s not ‘Food As Medicine.’ It’s ‘Food IsMedicine’.” As a physician, I was taught to rely on prescription, pharmaceutical medications. I made…

May 3, 2012

Clinical Tip #3 – Gentle Detoxification and Its Importance in Medication Withdrawal

Although I have known for many years that detoxification was critically important in helping to create a smooth medication withdrawal, I was faced with the problem of finding a detoxification approach that would be gentle enough for my patients. Many approaches were…

April 18, 2012

The Simple Idea That Is Transforming Health Care (WSJ article, April 18, 2012)

The Wall Street Journal wrote an article called “The Simple Idea That is Transforming Health Care. I like simple ideas, so I read the article. The simple idea is about clinicians asking patients how their health is affecting their quality of life.…

March 28, 2012

Clinical Tip #2 – Critical Glandular Support During Psychiatric Treatment

Glandular support is very important during psychiatric recovery. Adrenal fatigue is well documented, but in my clinical experience, there are actually five glands that are fatigued and challenged during medication withdrawal and psychiatric recovery. They are: pineal gland, parotid, liver, spleen, and…

March 19, 2012

Clinical Tip #1 – Critical Supplements During Antipsychotic Medication Withdrawal

Starting today, I’ve decided to leave short clinical tips on medication withdrawal that I hope will be helpful for people to know. Some will be on the process of withdrawal and some will be on the content of withdrawal. I hope that you will…

March 14, 2012

Doctors Say Vitamins are Safe and Effective

(OMNS, March 13, 2012) The news media proclaim that taking vitamin supplements is of no value and, somehow, actually dangerous. You have heard an earful from reporters. Now let’s hear from doctors. Michael Janson, M.D.: The standard American diet does not provide…

October 2, 2011

The Simple ABC’s of Antidepressant Withdrawal

Antidepressant withdrawal is both complicated and simple. It was complicated when I first started in holistic psychiatry and didn’t know some of the nuances of antidepressant withdrawal, but now that I have gathered enough information to know the most important aspects of…

August 9, 2011

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…

May 27, 2011

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…

September 30, 2010

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…

May 6, 2010

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?…

September 1, 2009

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…

August 17, 2009

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…

July 16, 2009

“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…

July 15, 2009

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…

July 15, 2009

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…

July 15, 2009

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…

July 15, 2009

Holistic Psychiatry: Possibilities Beyond Conventional Psychiatry

Like Columbus who sailed to the “end of the earth” and showed that the earth was neither flat nor empty beyond those limits, holistic psychiatrists have journeyed beyond the continent of conventional psychiatry and found another realm of possibilities-amazingly rich and promising-in…

July 15, 2009

What is Holistic Psychiatry? Interview on News for the Soul

On February 5, 2005, Dr. Alice Lee was interviewed by News for the Soul on the topic of holistic psychiatry. Please click here to listen to this radio interview: News For the Soul Interview with Alice W. Lee, M.D.

July 15, 2009

Nutritional Know-how: Ten Essential Principles

There are thousands of nutritional companies each touting their products as being the best. The amount of information on nutritional supplements is overwhelming and almost impossible to navigate. In this maelstrom of options, it is important to follow a few guiding principles…

July 15, 2009

Infinite Intention CD – A Groundbreaking Tool for Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit

Consciousness in Healing & Improvements in CarePhenomenal, groundbreaking, magical, and amazing!Infinite Intention?? is all of these things, and it’s . . . practical! THE MIND CAN HEAL It’s not just a theory. . . You can put it into practice and observe…

July 15, 2009

More or Less Free: Creative Freedom Through Healing the Mind

“I know why you do it,” she said. Sitting outside a Greek restaurant on a late spring day, I was chatting, with a friend of over 25 years, about my work as an orthomolecular psychiatrist, catching her up on the highlights over…

July 15, 2009

On Maslow and Medicine

For the January, 2008 newsletter, I had a great idea for an article. It was to be called “Synopsis of Simple Truths.” I was all excited about sharing and compiling the wonderful ideas and concepts I had learned over the years since…

July 15, 2009

Heroes and Heroines: Patients that Make the Work Worthwhile

Sometimes, people ask me whether being a psychiatrist is a depressing job. On a tough day, I would say that it is. On those days, I would envy the baggers in the grocery store–how nice to have the task of putting groceries…

July 15, 2009

Too Easy: Teaching the Realities of Energy Medicine

For years I racked my brains for a solution. How can I teach patients about the reality of something that cannot be touched or seen and is beyond the range of sensory perception? Energy medicine: how do I prove to my patients…

July 15, 2009

A Breakthrough in Medication Withdrawal

The clues came in small bits over the years–patterns seen in patients that at first seemed disconnected, began to have a temporal pattern associated with certain types of medication being withdrawn, and later pointed to possible underlying causes. Following these clues over…

July 14, 2009

On Rooms and Roaming

“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heartand try to love the questions themselvesas if they were locked rooms . . .the point is, to live everything.Live the questions now.Perhaps then, someday far in the future,you will gradually, without even noticing it,live…