by Michael Heitt | Jun 24, 2015 | benefits of therapy, Psychotherapy, Uncategorized
Over the years of doing psychotherapy with individuals and couples I have often observed a thematic trend from patient to patient. Sometimes I get a bunch of calls about relationship problems or several existing patients will bring up similar issues in the same week...
by Michael Heitt | Nov 11, 2014 | medication, Patient safety, Uncategorized
For the past decade some of the “newer” antidepressants have had “black box warnings” that caution about a risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young adults and kids. Though there has been controversy about this, the benefits and risks...
by Michael Heitt | Nov 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
A couple months ago there were a few articles that ran about developing a blood test for Major Depressive Disorder ( see: The Chicago Tribune, CBS News, TIME, Medscape, Huffington Post, Newsweek, New York Magazine and HealthDay). This sounds great: it could...
by Michael Heitt | Jul 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last week I had the pleasure of co-presenting another “Legal Lunch with Laura” webinar with my colleague, Laura Rubenstein of Offit Kurman law firm. Laura is an employment law attorney and a wonderful speaker. Our webinar was entitled, Analysis of Common...
by Michael Heitt | Jul 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Analysis of Common Psychiatric Illnesses and Assessment of Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace Join management-side employment attorney Laura L. Rubenstein of Offit Kurman, P.A. and Dr. Michael Heitt of Heitt Clinical & Corporate Consulting, LLC on Tuesday,...
by Michael Heitt | May 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
USA Today recently ran a summary of a SAMHSA report about the dangers of Xanax use. Xanax (alpazolam) is a benzodiazepine antianxiety medication that, frankly, works really well for a lot of people. That’s a good thing. The problem is that many primary care...
