by Michael Heitt | Jun 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
I remember when I was a kid and my dentist would repeatedly try to convince me to floss my teeth. I thought it was odd that he was trying to convince me to do things that would yield less business for him. After all, if I didn’t floss, I’d be more at risk...
by Michael Heitt | Jan 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Wow… It’s been quite a while since I posted anything to this blog. Let’s just say things have been busy especially since the pandemic. For my first post, literally in years, I thought I’d offer something light. A buddy of mine forwarded me a...
by Michael Heitt | Sep 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Regardless of your political leanings, I think most people will agree that discussions about politics have become increasingly more difficult over the past few years. In my practice, I have heard countless stories of friendships that have ended or family members stop...
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...
