by Michael Heitt | Aug 23, 2022 | benefits of therapy, communication, exercise, health, insomnia, Psychotherapy, relationships, self care, sleep, stress, Uncategorized
I’ll admit it: I haven’t been the best blogger. Things have just been too busy with my patients and consulting clients. But I do routinely refer folks to my blog to remind them of content that we’ve discussed in session. I figured it might be a good...
by Michael Heitt | Jul 19, 2016 | benefits of therapy, medication, placebo, Psychotherapy, side effects
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal summarizes some of the explanations about how we think placebos work. If you read an earlier blog post I wrote about placebos, what I find so fascinating about all this is that even when subjects/patients are told they are...
by Michael Heitt | Mar 15, 2016 | benefits of therapy, human behavior, Psychotherapy
In a recent presentation, US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy said, “If there was a factor in your life that could reduce your risk of having a heart attack or a stroke, that could increase your chances of living longer, and would make your children less likely to...
by Michael Heitt | Feb 10, 2016 | benefits of therapy, medication, Psychotherapy, side effects
The American College of Physicians has released a new clinical guideline on the treatment of depression in the Annals of Internal Medicine. They suggested that psychotherapy is as effective for treating depression as antidepressants, and “given its relative...
by Michael Heitt | Jan 27, 2016 | benefits of therapy, medication, Psychotherapy
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now officially recommends that primary care health clinicians screen all of their patients for depression. Though this is wonderful, this is very, very long overdue. The costs associated with depression and other mental...
by Michael Heitt | Nov 18, 2015 | benefits of therapy, brain, human behavior, Psychotherapy
I teach a great professional development and clinical consultation class at Loyola University Maryland. Yesterday morning my doctoral students and I had a great discussion about what makes psychotherapy work (among some other very stimulating discussions). This...
